SUTHERLAND FAW MEETINGS
Writing can be an isolated, lonely pursuit. If you're looking for support and encouragement from other writers, then come along to see if it's what you're looking for.
Our meeting structure varies from month to month. We often invite guest speakers to share their knowledge. They run writing exercises and workshops, and sometimes there are open mic sessions, when members get to share their writing.
Following afternoon tea, which members take it in turns to provide, we take care of official business for the last half-an-hour. This includes members sharing their latest submissions and achievements.
Members also collaborate to jointly create anthologies, which are self-published and sold. The fifth anthology ‘Living Dangerously’ was published on the 22nd November, 2025.
HOW MUCH?
$10 to attend your first meeting with no obligation to join.
FAW membership: $45 per year /$20 under 21.
Branch fee: $60 per year (to cover meeting room hire).
All members receive the FAW quarterly magazine The Writers Voice and other benefits, such as the monthly Shire Scribblers, a Newsletter of the Sutherland Shire FAW.
WHERE: The Kirrawee Library (meeting room), 6 Kiln Road, Kirrawee.
WHEN: 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm last Saturday of the month.
2026 MEETING DATES
29th August - Meredith Jaffe - Publishing Novels
26th September - Open Mic - Share your writing
31st October - AGM
28th November - Christmas Party, Open Mic Christmas story and Kris Kringle.
(No December or January meeting)
Meredith Jaffe is the author of five adult novels, including The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison, which was twice voted into the Better Reading Top 100 and is currently optioned for television. A former literary editor, she was also the co-founder and director of StoryFest held on the NSW South Coast and is a seasoned writers’ festival facilitator. Her latest novel, The Importance of Being Delia, is a witty and poignant exploration of the lives of women who have spent a lifetime sacrificing themselves on the altar and love are finally ready to reclaim their own identity.
The next Monthly Sutherland FAW meeting will be held on Saturday 29th August 2026. We will have a guest speaker, Meredith Jaffe, who talk on Creating a Cast of Characters to Create Tension and Interest.
