Writing, creative writing, novel writing, non fiction writing, magazine articles, life stories, poetry, screenplays and writing workshops are all included throughout the year at our fun & friendly Saturday afternoon meetings.  We offer the opportunity for writers and poets to mix with other creative writers and expand their writing horizons.  We have been operating on the Northern end of the Gold Coast since 2000 and many of our members have had numerous books published and many magazine article …

This group has been started so that passionate readers, book lovers and writers on the Gold Coast can hear about and meet at free author events presented by Gold Coast Libraries. We also plan to get together over coffee occassionally just to talk about what we're reading and what we really should have read or even the books we wish we hadn't read. Everyone welcome! 

The Writers' Studio in Main Street Murwillumbah writes, edits and proofreads copy for business and work offers writing coaching in private and workshops each Wednesday at 10.30-12.30 and alternate weeks at 5.30p.m-7.30 p.m. Each week a writing prompt is emailed out and listed on the website. Participants share what they've written for the prompt and discuss their own projects, working through any challenges, and meeting other writers under the guidance of Marian Edmunds. Hint for the prompt: wha …

How would you like to meet interesting people with uplifting stories about amazing people? I came accross The Amazing People Club, who publish inspirational stories about Amazing People,  like Mozart or Gershwin, or writers like Shakespeare or Mark Twain, or women like Marie Curie or Coco Chanel. They all used their time well and inspired me to start this group. I would like the group to discuss a particular Amazing Person and how they succeeded and what we can learn from their experiences. We c …

Organised by the Writers' Studio Main Street these workshops will be held at serene Greenhills on Tweed on February 12, March 11 and April 15. They will look at specific aspects of writing such as plotting and structuring of your story, voice, dialogue and characterisation, points of view, pacing and description, editing and preparing your book for publishers. Each of the days will focus on different aspects. Work on the story you've always wanted to tell in the company of other writers.   Maria …

Meet weekly with a Creative Cluster to work through the 12-week process to discovering and recovering our creative self. The Group will meet up for around 1.5 hours per week to work through the Twelve-week process of discovering and recovering our creative self, as outlined in ‘The Artist’s Way’ by Julia Cameron. The morning pages and artist dates are required of everyone in the group, and the exercises are done in order in the group, with everyone answering the questions and then sharing the an …

Would you like to be a member of a bookclub that will never ask you to read fem lit? Would you like to discuss the classics of Science Fiction, pursue thought-experiments on the deep and meaningful questions of life; watch the best sci-fi movies and/or television shows with a small group of like-minded geeks and enjoy a drink or two? Well, then, this is the group for you.