Books

Join our vibrant community work spaces at Juanita Nielsen Community Centre

Are you a book lover and looking for something interesting to read?

Are you looking for feedback to improve your work? Join this course to give and receive feedback on your writing.

In this online writing course, author Simmone Howell will provide feedback on your writing for young adults.

Nick Earls will focus on key aspects of short-fiction, and how to make choices that deliver compelling short stories.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to craft opinion pieces that stand out in today’s crowded media landscape.

Candice Fox will deliver a one-stop-shop writing workshop aimed at writers wanting to produce commercial crime fiction.

Sound Healing & Body-based Manifestation Techniques

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife with Anna Johnston

Hilary Bell will help you find an entry point through which you can access the idea that’s inside you.

A fun bilingual storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

Develop and enrich your research for writing skills.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories

Keen on solar but don't know where to start? A free info night, hosted by your local community energy group.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining rhymes, singing and stories.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing.

A fun storytelling program combining stories, rhymes, and singing

This workshop introduces strategies to help you understand the bigger picture of your works-in-progress

Explore methods of building tension, and ways of approaching scenes that fit your style.

A celebration of all things Women's Rebellion at The Women's Library in honour of International Women's Day

Mawunyo Gbogbo, Max Easton, Liam Keenan, and Katharine Pollock will chat about music as a soundtrack to our lives.

A space to connect, chill and share your writing and poetry.

An event for all romance readers

In conversation with Professor Clare Wright OAM

Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a bookish discussion.

A monthly series with authors about their latest work, their body of work, writing process and ideas that inspire them.

Think a party bus – but for book lovers! A fun tour of bookstores, cafés, vintage shops & more.

Join author Maggie Hamilton to deep dive into the mind, body, spirit genre.

Learn ways to inspire curiosity, introspection and awe in readers to incite connection and change

This workshop is designed for intermediate to advanced fiction writers.

Custom make your own chunky journal

In this one-day workshop, author, Dr Rosie Dub will take you on a journey into the psychology of character.

A special book reading with bestselling author and illustrator, Sami Bayly.

In this 6-week course with author Amy Lovat, you’ll explore the fundamentals of dialogue and character.

This seminar will give you the tools to navigate the publishing waters with confidence and a sense of direction.

Louise Park provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to write for the education market.

In this course with Melina Marchetta, writers will explore the fundamentals of writing fiction.

Dr Sian Prior will introduce you to some of the essential skills required to write creative non-fiction.

Melanie Saward, we will discuss the rules of writing romance: the structure, tropes, and different subgenres.

This course with Eleanor Limprecht looks at writing scene and summary in your narrative.

Join Pamela Cook to learn critical skills involved in the entire novel writing process.

A monthly series with authors about their latest work, their body of work, writing process and ideas that inspire them.