Writing Australia defunded
Writing Australia, a national organisation that was launched in 2011 to support writers’ centres across Australia, has been ‘quietly defunded’, according to a report from artsHub. According to artsHub, the...
New board members for NSW Writers’ Centre
Pantera Press CEO Alison Green, literary agent and publicist Benython Oldfield, author Emily Maguire, and author and editor Jean Bedford have joined the board of the New South Wales Writers’...
McCredie joins NSW Writers’ Centre
Jane McCredie has joined the New South Wales Writers’ Centre in the role of executive director. McCredie, who has worked as a publisher for NewSouth Books for the past two...
McCredie joins NSW Writers’ Centre
The New South Wales Writers’ Centre has announced that author and former NewSouth Books publisher Jane McCredie has joined the centre in the role of executive director. McCredie began in the...
Poole leaves Writers Victoria
Roderick Poole finished in his position as director of Writers Victoria in December 2012. Administration and finance manager Jacquelin Low is currently acting as director until the position is filled....
Poole leaves Writers Victoria
Writers Victoria has announced that director Roderick Poole has left the organisation. Poole finished in his position on 30 December 2012 after spending two-and-a-half years as director. He joined the organisation in 2010 and led...
Powell to join NSW Writers’ Centre
Rose Powell will join the New South Wales Writers’ Centre on 10 December in the role of projects officer for events and festivals. Powell, who will finish in her current...
O’Hanlon appointed CEO at Varuna
Jansis O’Hanlon will join Varuna, the Writers’ House, in the role of chief executive officer at the end of November. O’Hanlon replaces Lis Bastian, who finished in the role in July. (See...
O’Hanlon appointed CEO at Varuna
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced that Jansis O’Hanlon will join the writers’ centre in the role of chief executive officer. O’Hanlon, who will begin in the role at the...
Ryding to leave NSW Writers’ Centre
The New South Wales Writers’ Centre has announced that executive director David Ryding is leaving the centre to join the Australia Council for the Arts in the role of program...
Ryding to leave NSW Writers’ Centre
The New South Wales Writers’ Centre has announced that executive director David Ryding is leaving the centre to join the Australia Council for the Arts in the role of program...
Vann appointed QWC CEO
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has announced the appointment of Meg Vann as CEO. QWC chair Kevin Gillespie said Vann was ‘very passionate about continuing with and improving upon the...
Jones appointed SA Writers’ Centre program manager
Vanessa Jones has been appointed program manager at the South Australian Writers’ Centre. Jones is a freelance copywriter and author and has previously worked in marketing, project coordination, social media...
Bastian leaves Varuna
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced that CEO Lis Bastian has resigned from her position and has finished working for the centre. Acting chair of Varuna’s board of directors Sharryn...
Tooth appointed new director of SA Writers’ Centre
The South Australian Writers' Centre (SAWC) has appointed Sarah Tooth as its new director. Tooth, who has most recently co-directed the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, will begin...
In Brief
WA heARTlines festival underwayThe 2011 heARTlines festival for children's literature and illustration in Mundaring, Western Australia, was officially launched on Friday 2 September. The biennial festival, which will run until...
Writing Australia launches program, unpublished manuscript award
National writing organisation Writing Australia has officially launched its program, with details about a new award for unpublished manuscripts, a national conference, and an author touring program now available online....
In Brief
New name for Victorian Writers' CentreThe Victorian Writers' Centre has announced that the organisation will be renamed Writers Victoria. The announcement follows a recent survey in which members were asked...
Delahunty appointed Writing Australia national director
Former Victorian Arts and Education minister Mary Delahunty has been appointed national director of Writing Australia. In a statement from the organisation this week, interim chair Christine Gallagher said that...
Delahunty appointed Writing Australia national director
Former Victorian Arts and Education minister Mary Delahunty has been appointed national director of Writing Australia. In a statement from the organisation this week, interim chair Christine Gallagher said that...