Member Profiles

This area is open to all Society of Women Writers members who would like their profiles published. Just send the information via email to Rita Shaw – Email Rita –…

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Roslyn McFarland

Roslyn McFarland lives in the Blue Mountains on the traditional lands of the Darug and Gandangarah people.  While working for many years as a secondary teacher, she wrote and…

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Beatriz Copello

Dr Beatriz Copello is an award-winning poet. She writes poetry, fiction, poetry reviews and plays. The author’s books are: Women Souls and Shadows, Meditations At the Edge of a Dream,…

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Liz Shaw

Liz, now retired, has worked in the beauty, fashion, communications and building industry software areas as a Business Development Manager, Key Account Manager and Channel Partner. She has volunteered on…

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Libby Hathorn

Author | Poet 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…

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Nell Jones

Nell Jones is an emerging Australian writer working across poetry, historical fiction, and performance-based storytelling. Her work explores personal and cultural histories, memory, and the transformative power of language. Nell’s…

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Bronwyn Rodden

Bronwyn Rodden has published short fiction and poetry in Australia, the USA and the UK, holds an MA Writing (University of Technology, Sydney) and won the Patricia Hackett Prize for…

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Paula Welch

Paula is the author of four books. Born in England, she immigrated to Australia in the 1970s. She completed a BA, majoring in Creative Writing and Literature in 2017 and…

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Colleen Keating

Colleen Keating is a Sydney poet. Her writing explores the wonder and paradox of nature with the harsh realities of life, justice, equality and the increasing threat to our natural…

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