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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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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Mel Ifield

Melanie Ifield is a prize-winning author from rural NSW, with a variety of publications in journals such as Mona, Specul8, AntipodeanSF and an upcoming publication on ‘writing illness’ with WestWords.…

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Christine Sykes

Christine Sykes has three published books. The Changing Room, which won the The Society of Women Writers NSW 2020 fiction award, was based on her experiences at the non-profit Dress…

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