Lament: A Community Gathering
Wed 29 Oct
5 pm (for 5:30 pm start) – 7:30 pm
Newcastle Memorial Park or Livestream
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Lament is a community gathering and a place to share stories of grief and loss. The event showcases of a range of pieces entered in the 2025 Grieve Project.
NEWS: Awards Calendar Announced
Hunter Writers’ Centre is pleased to announce a new rhythm for our national awards.
A confirmed calendar with fixed points in the literary year for writers and storytellers to plan around.
WORKSHOP SERIES: Brave Pen Bold Stories with Oceane Campbell
Wed 18 Jun — Wed 30 Jul
6:30 pm — 8:30 pm
In-person
Joy Cummings Centre, Newcastle
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Brave Pen, Bold Stories is a four-session creative writing course designed to support you to write and share personal stories, particularly those that involve difficult or transformative experiences. Facilitated by local author Oceane Campbell.
For writers and non-writers who want to turn real-life experience into powerful story.
ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES: Digital Storytelling with Rory Green
Tue 15 Jul — Tue 5 Aug
6:30 pm — 8:30 pm
Online via Zoom
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Explore how to make stories that are interactive, multi-media and push the boundaries of form.
In this four-week online course, digital artist and editor Rory Green guides you through the tools, techniques, and ideas that define digital storytelling today. Suitable for storytellers of all genres.
Member’s Winter Writing Competition
EVENT OVER
A quarterly writing competition with cash prizes for members of Hunter Writers’ Centre.
Closes 5 pm Friday 25 July 2025.
ONLINE WORKSHOP: Writing Narrative Comedy with Patrick Lenton
Tue 26 Aug
6:30 pm — 8:30 pm
Online via Zoom
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What makes a story funny? Or more importantly, how do we MAKE a story funny? This workshop with Patrick Lenton will give you the basic tools to create funny scenes, comedically minded characters, and crackling dialogue for any work of fiction or non-fiction.
TRADE TALKS: Pitching to a Literary Agent with Jane Novak
Sat 30 Aug
2 pm — 3 pm
In-person
Foghorn Brewery, 218 King Street, Newcastle 2300
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Join literary agent Jane Novak for a practical conversation about pitching your work and navigating the path to publication.
PLUS: A limited number of attendees will have the chance to practice pitch their work to Jane and receive direct feedback.
WORKSHOP: Writing from the Archives with Jodi Vial
Sat 6 Sep
10 am – 1pm
In-person
Maitland City Library
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In this workshop with writer and researcher Dr Jodi Vial, you’ll explore how archives might live not only in institutions, but in personal objects, memory, place, and the body itself.
AUTHOR TALK: Books at the Bowlo with Oceane Campbell
Tue 9 September
6 pm – 8 pm
Club Lambton
Presented in collaboration with Club Lambton and Hunter Writers’ Centre. ‘Books at the Bowlo’ is a place for bookish friends and book clubs to meet and mingle, catch up on their monthly reading over a meal, as well as meet local writers.
ONLINE WORKSHOP: Turning up the Heat with Natalie Murray
Tue 16 Sep
6:30 pm — 8:30 pm
Online via Zoom
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In this practical skills workshop, bestselling romance author Natalie Murray shows you how to craft spice that feels authentic, emotionally charged, and perfectly pitched to your audience.