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
31st October - Gwen Wilson, AGM
28th November - Christmas Party, Open Mic Christmas story and Kris Kringle.
(No December or January meeting)
Gwen Wilson started writing her memoir in her fifties. Essentially self-educated, Gwen worked as a motel receptionist, dental nurse and switchboard operator until at nineteen, in the exciting days of the pre-container era, a chance opportunity saw her land a role in customs clearance on the male-dominated Port Adelaide waterfront. A stable marriage and successful career in shipping and logistics followed until she retired, after which Gwen entered university for the first time and now holds a Master's degree in Electronic Commerce. She has written two books I Belong to No One and Louisa. Gwen and husband Bill live in Wollongong, New South Wales.
The next Monthly Sutherland FAW meeting will be held on Saturday 31st October 2026. We will have a guest speaker, Gwen Wilson.
