Welcome to the
South Australian Writers' Centre
Welcome to the website for the SAWC. Located in Adelaide, we are a non-profit organisation providing resources and support for South Australian writers of all ages.
Upcoming Events
7:15pm — 9:30pm Tuesday 26 August 2008
A night of celebration that spotlights the work of young writers. With guest speaker Don Henderson, author of humorous stories including "Half the Battle".
10am — 1pm Saturday 30 August 2008
Character Development through Dialogue
Our speech defines us. This workshop, led by Rory Barnes, will consider various aspects of written dialogue and look at the effects these have on a reader’s perception of the speaker.
10am — 1pm Saturday 30 August 2008
Effective Interviewing for Memoirs and Family Histories
'The techniques, processes and products of interviewing are critical and fundamental to creating and writing successful family histories, memoirs, life stories or biographies. The richness of the interviewing and all its aspects makes non-fiction stories more powerful, ' says workshop leader, Pamela Rajkowski
2pm — 5pm Saturday 30 August 2008
Science Fiction and Fantasy World Building
Science fiction author David Conyers leads this workshop on a practical approach to designing believable worlds and universes for science fiction and fantasy settings.
2pm — 5pm Saturday 30 August 2008
Katharine England leads a workshop on critical reading and writing with an emphasis on book reviewing – style and structure, flavour and focus, finding markets.
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.