EVENT: Member Events at the Newcastle Writers Festival

EVENTS NOW OVER
The Newcastle Writers Festival returns – including a swathe of events by Hunter Writers Centre team and members!
Come and support your crew.
All tickets available on the NWF website.
2024 Newcastle Short Story Award Ceremony

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Join us for the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award Ceremony and Anthology Launch.
AUTHOR TALK with Rosemary Lewis

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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.
EVENT: Literary Trivia Night at the Newcastle Writers Festival

EVENT NOW OVER
The Newcastle Writers Festival Literary Trivia Night is back – come support the Hunter Writers Centre team for the win!
EVENT: Social Club Festival Breakfast

EVENT NOW OVER
Kick off the Newcastle Writers Festival weekend with breakfast and fun conversation! Meet fellow Hunter Writers’ Centre members at the bi-monthly Social Club.
Newcastle Short Story Award – Shortlist Announced

COMPETITION CLOSED
Hunter Writers’ Centre is thrilled to announce the shortlist of the Newcastle Short Story Award, celebrating outstanding short fiction from writers across Australia.
AUTHOR TALK: Cold Truth with Ashley Kalagian Blunt

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Presented in collaboration with Newcastle Libraries, we’re excited to host the launch of number one bestselling author and podcast host Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s gripping new thriller, ‘Cold Truth’.
Thursday 20 February 2025
6 pm — 7 pm
Newcastle (City) Library
AUTHOR TALK with Lee Christine

EVENT OVER
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. This event will be hosted at Club Lambton on Tuesday 11 March 2025 from 6 pm, with an in-conversation and Q&A with a local author to follow at 7 pm.
Member’s Writing Comp – Summer 2025

WINNERS NOW ANNOUNCED
A quarterly writing competition with cash prizes for members of the Hunter Writers’ Centre.
WORKSHOP: From Memory to Manuscript with Ashley Kalagian Blunt

WORKSHOP SERIES: A six-month memoir course – UNDERWAY
Fourth Monday of each month starting 24 February, 5:30 pm — 8:30 pm
Hybrid delivery of both online and in-person sessions.
Join bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt for this practical six-month memoir course.