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 new Kirrawee Library (meeting room), 6 Kiln Road, Kirrawee.
WHEN: 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm last Saturday of the month.
2026 MEETING DATES
28th February - Guest speaker Nick Bolton - Writing for film and TV.
28th March - Open Mic - Share your writing.
18th April - Guest speaker Peter Frankis - Poetry
23rd May - Member talk and mini workshop Greg Moriarty - Accurately Measuring Readability
27 June - Hayley Scrivener
25th July - Open Mic - Share your writing
22nd August - Meredith Jaffe - Publishing Novels
26 September - Open Mic - Share your writing
24th October - AGM
28th November - Christmas Party, Open Mic Christmas story and Kris Kringle.
(No December or January meeting)
The next Monthly Sutherland FAW meeting will be held on Saturday, 28th February, 2026. We will have a guest speaker Nick Bolton who will be talking on Writing for film and TV.
Nick Bolton
Nick is a regional filmmaker based on the South Coast of NSW and is passionate about growing the local screen sector as Chair of Screen Illawarra. Nick is a multi-disciplinary screen practitioner in the disciplines of writing, directing and producing, having worked for 20 years in feature, documentary, tv, corporate, branded, social impact, theatre, web series, live streaming and multimedia.
