If you missed out on purchasing a copy of Ink 4 at the Centenary Lunch on 10 September, it’s not too late! To order Ink 4, click here: https://www.trybooking.com/DCQVM. To save on postage, come along to the October workshop and/or literary event and pick it up.
Ink 4 is an anthology of four years of prize-winning fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry, published to celebrate the Centenary of the Society of Women Writers NSW Inc.
Pricing – $20.00 or $16.65 for two to four books, plus postage or collect in person at an SWW event.
For orders of more than one book, please email Amanda to discuss postage or delivery options.
Please note:
- Due to the Library’s extensive renovations, these events will be held in the Michael Crouch room, on Level 1, instead of in the Dixson Room. Level 1 is accessible by lift or stairs at both ends of the building.
- The cafe has been temporarily relocated to the Dixson Room – it is open for coffee etc but limited food is available.
Please book for the Workshop and/or Literary Event by Monday 6 October.
Workshop
Time: 10:15 am to 12:00 pm
Place: Michael Crouch Room, State Library of NSW
Cost: Members $40, non-members $55
Pippa Kay: A Short Story Toolkit
In this workshop, we’ll practise using the tools you need to craft a short story, with fun exercises and some challenges.
Pippa Kay’s collection of short stories, Keeping it in the Family, won the 2018 SWW Fiction Awards and her short stories have featured in anthologies and won awards. She is a regular judge of Fellowship of Australian Writers’ short story competitions such as the Marjorie Barnard Award and the Ernestine Hill Award.
Literary Event
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Place: Michael Crouch Room, State Library of NSW
Cost: Members $25, non-members $40
Member Spotlight
Unfortunately Sharyn Anderson, who was scheduled for this Member Spotlight, is ill and unable to attend.
Liz Shaw: Colours of the Coast
This is the Central Coast as you’ve never seen it before — brought to life through stories and poems that explore colour in all its beauty.
Colours of the Coast is a vibrant anthology of short stories and poems, penned by members of the Central Coast Creative Writers Group. Each piece offers a unique interpretation of the theme ‘colours’. Together, they form a delicate mosaic of the hues of human experience — rich with emotion, memory, metaphor, and mystery.
Julie Thorndyke: Turning the Calendar
Julie will talk about and read some of her twelve tanka strings from this newly-published chapbook.
Guest Speaker
Libby Hathorn: Shining City, Sydney
Libby will be launching her new book, Shining City, Sydney, with Elizabeth Cummings.
Libby Hathorn is a writer, poet and librettist. She has won numerous awards here and internationally, including the Centenary Medal, the Alice Award 2014, the Asher Peace Prize 2017, the Lady Cutler Award, 2020, and the ABIA Pixie O’Harris Award, 2022, for outstanding services to children’s literature.
Recent picture book No! Never! (Hachette Australia), with daughter Lisa, won the CBCA Early Childhood Children’s Picture Book of the Year, 2021. Her latest book is Mother Earth (Hachette Australia) 2023, poetry which celebrates our unique Australian environment. Two poetry collections, Shining City Sydney (Hathorn&Cummings), Pacific Ocean Press, and This is Us (Hathorn&Fell), National Library Australia, launched in 2025. Her verse novel Through a Glass Darkly is slated for 2026.
Libby lives and breathes poetry.
Book and pay:
Members, you can book for yourself and a friend at member pricing, if purchased at the same time.
Workshop: Members $40, non-members $55
If you have a Workshop Voucher, please email Julie Thorndyke, Workshop Coordinator, to advise your intention to attend.
Literary event: Members $25, non-members $40
Discount for full program (Workshop and Literary Event) when booked together:
Members $60, non-members $85
By Credit card: https://www.trybooking.com/DCRVR
or by Direct debit:
The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc
BSB: 062 018
Account: 00950433
Code: VM
Email Amanda and include
your name, receipt number and date of event
Zoom ($10) will be available for this function – please click here to book: https://www.trybooking.com/DCRVC