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From the Chair  
SWW-WA Chairperson

 

Welcome to The Society of Women Writers WA

 

2024 - We are well into another great year!

 

What's on Next

 

 

 

    • 17 September 2024

      Citiplace Community Centre

      Committee Meeting 9.30am – 12md

      General Meeting   12.15pm – 2pm

    • Book Launch:  Finding Linda  -  Shirley Rowland

      Guest Speaker:  Lynne Hunt
    • Topic:   Creative Non-Fiction Interactive Workshop

    Nuts & Bolts Workshop 2pm – 3pm

     

20/04/21 Citiplace Committee Meeting 9.30am – 12md
General Meeting 12.15pm – 2pm
Guest Speaker: David Whish-Wilson
Topic: Crime Writing
Book Editors Club 2pm – 3pm

 

 

Wednesday Writing Classes

Bookings are essential through the Booking Officer

swwwabookingofficer@gmail.com


September 4 2024


Topic: Write a Sestina Poem (1)
Tutor: Maria Bonar


Learn how to craft a sestina, a fixed form poem
consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, ending with
a three line envoi.

 

September 11, 18, 25

Topic: Poetry Pyramid – building authentic poems
from the soul (3)
Tutor: Aileen Boyer
The poetry pyramid is a building block designed to
help you build strong poems that resonate on
personal, collective and spiritual levels. These are
hands-on classes so bring pen and paper or laptop
as we will be writing poems throughout the course.

Week 1. Self, story and space are explored.

Week 2. Form, facility and focus are the subjects.

Week 3. Rhythm, relevance and revision are explored

and our poems refined to express our intent.

 


 

25 September 2024

Committee Planning Meeting 10am – 1pm

 

 

30/09/24 Bronze Quill Competition

for Creative Nonfiction Closes

 

 

Wednesday Writing Classes

October 2, 9, 16, 23

Topic: Travel Writing (4)

Tutor: Kathleen Knight

Travel writing includes aspects of research, creative

non-fiction, and forms to allow readers to vicariously travel.

Learn the conventions, forms, and styles of travel writing for yourself or publication.

 

 

 

 

 

Updated 31st August 2024