Sydney Writers' Festival (more info)

The Sydney Writers' Festival is a week-long annual celebration of reading and writing featuring published writers across genre and form from across Australia and around the world. The Sydney Writers' Festival website provides information on the major...

The friendly Street Poets (more info)

Formed in 1975, Friendly Street hosts one of Australia's longest running live poetry readings. Friendly Street aims to encourage the development of South Australian poetry by providing a supportive venue for the live performance of poetry and regular...

The National Young Writers' Festival (more info)

The National Young Writers' Festival is held in Newcastle, New South Wales, each October. The website provides information about the festival, who will be participating, a program of the events, information on accommodation and some background infor...

This is not art (more info)

This Is Not Art is an annual gathering of young media makers, musicians, artists, and writers. This Is Not Art is the umbrella term for 4 seperate media and digital arts festivals held over 5 days in September/October in Newcastle, NSW: The National ...

Watermark Literary Society (more info)

The Watermark Literary Society was formed in 2003 to celebrate the literature of nature and place. The website includes information about the society, news, and details of the biennial Watermark Literary Muster and the Watermark Literary Fellowship.

Wordbox: for young Australian writers and readers (more info)

Wordbox is a national resource listing Australian writing competitions, opportunities, literary events, workshops and reading activities for school-aged Australians.

World Congress of Poets - Australia (more info)

The World Congress of Poets was formed in 1969, and has world gatherings every year. This site contains information on the eleventh congress meeting held in Sydney in 2001.