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Estelle Pinney Competition.
Get out your pens, pencils, paper or typewriters, computers or laptops, it is time to enter the Estelle Pinney Short Story Competition which closes on July 31st, 2019. For more details and to print out the details of the competition … Continue reading
Guest Speaker – Karen Tyrrell
What a great meeting with Karen Tyrrell giving us so many ideas about marketing our books!! So much information which is of great value to our members. Thank you Karen, and lovely to meet Steve too. Karen is very busy … Continue reading
2019 New Year – New Start
New Year – New Start for Goals Do you start the new year with some goals? We used to call them “resolutions” but that terminology is fading. I am sure many of us start the new year with some key … Continue reading
A Pearl Called Marj – by Toni Risson
A Pearl Called Marj ‘Always keep a pole handy.’ This from Marj Wilke, a woman who is to the Society of Women Writers of Queensland what Alan McGilvray was to cricket. ‘A light one,’ she adds, ‘but long enough to … Continue reading
Survey Questions
This is for members – we have asked members who attended the last meeting and Bribie Island Retreat to complete this form, and give us feedback or ideas. If you could complete the form, and send it to secretary@womenwritersqld.org.au, it … Continue reading
From Guest Blogger – Trudy Graham
My Journey with Writing My journey with writing began with reading. I had always felt comfortable with words and language and read voraciously from a very young age, working my way through most of the classics before I was a … Continue reading
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2017
Wouldn’t it be good to even be on the shortlist for the prestigious award – Prime Minister’s Literary Awards! Check Details Entries to the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are now open. The 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards mark 10 … Continue reading
Do You Remember Inchcolm?
On Wickham Terrace, in what used to be the specialist medical precinct of Brisbane, stands the historic Inchcolm building. These days there are medical practices in the precinct, but other businesses have replaces some of the older businesses. Medical Centre … Continue reading
Guest Blogger – Lauren Elise Daniels
Our ‘Let’s Talk About Alice’ panel began with words from M.K. Hume’s King Arthur: Dragon’s Child. “Now, in the twenty-first century, Karl Marx’s grave in a London cemetery is no longer a rallying cry to the poisoned idea that the … Continue reading
The Alice Panel at Brisbane Square Library
The Alice Literary Award was the inspiration for a presentation at The End Room of the Brisbane Square Library. While a little late starting, the panel session was most interesting. Laurel Daniels set the tone with readings from the works … Continue reading