Events & Meetings

Sep
6
Wed
Brisbane Writers Festival @ State Library of Queensland
Sep 6 @ 8:00 am – Sep 10 @ 5:00 pm
Oct
14
Sat
Poetry Workshop @ Bee Gees Way
Oct 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Poetry Workshop beginning at the beach end of the Bee Gee’s walk at 2pm on Saturday the 14th October.  From here we will take a short walk to Jacqueline’s (our Vice President) home for an afternoon of Poetry with Julie Hyndman, FAWQ President.

Nov
25
Sat
Read your own & Break up Party @ Central City Library Theatrette
Nov 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join FAWQ for a Read your Own Session at the Central Library Theatrette followed by afternoon tea at the Shingle Inn outside the library.

Feb
24
Sat
2018 Annual General Meeting @ Brisbane Square Library - Room 1.9 Level 1
Feb 24 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Mar
24
Sat
March Meeting @ Redcliffe Library - Meeting Room 2
Mar 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Apr
28
Sat
Poetry Workshop with Rob Morris @ Redcliffe Library - Meeting Room 2
Apr 28 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Rob is a Brisbane-based writer. Rob has published a number of selected poetry works and has represented Queensland in Poetry Tours

May
26
Sat
Book Binding Presentation by Stephanie Elizabeth Mann @ Redcliffe Library - Meeting Room 2
May 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

A Book Binding Presentation by Stephanie Elizabeth Mann.

Jun
23
Sat
Flash Fiction Workshop with Virginia Miranda @ Redcliffe Library - Meeting Room 2
Jun 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Virginia has self-published two volumes of Flash Fiction and participates in a weekly Flash Fiction Challenge on Facebook.

Jul
28
Sat
July Meeting @ Redcliffe Library - Meeting Room 2
Jul 28 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Aug
13
Mon
The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship
Aug 13 @ 12:00 am – Sep 30 @ 11:45 pm
The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship

The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust is delighted to announce:
The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship

The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship will give an emerging author or illustrator creative time away from home in Adelaide for 21 nights in March 2019. This aims to be a gift of time and support, enabling you to concentrate intensively on the development of new work, as well as offering networking opportunities and professional development.

Applications open Monday 15th August 2018

Visit maygibbs.org.au and find more information via: Creative Time Fellowships, The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship.
To request an application form, or if you have any questions, please contact Polly Hamer, Fellowships Coordinator, for details of what to do next:

contact@nullmaygibbs.org.au

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 30th September 2018.

Aug
25
Sat
August Meeting @ Redcliffe Library - Meeting Room 2
Aug 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Sep
29
Sat
September Meeting @ Redcliffe Library - Meeting Room 2
Sep 29 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This month’s meeting has a “Read Your Own” component, with critiquing if required. Bring along a novel or short story you are working on and read an exerpt to the group. Members will critique your work if you wish.

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For members who were there last month, you can finish the work you started last meeting and read it to the group.