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Sarah Nicholson

Sarah Nicholson is the Director of the South Coast Writers Centre, creative director of The Heroines Festival and editor of the Heroines Anthology.

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Fundraiser with perks: Help SCWC support local writers

On January 19, the South Coast Writers Centre celebrated wonderful news as storyteller Dr Aunty Barbara Nicholson was named the 2024 Wollongong Citizen of the Year. Aunty Barb is a founding member of SCWC, a board member and a new Life Member. 2024...

Sarah Nicholson
February 2024
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Workshops, a book launch and a festival livestream

Term 2 of the South Coast Writers Centre’s Young Writers Program begins the week after school goes back for Illawarra students and is open for enrolments. The program has weekly creative writing workshops in Coledale, Wollongong and online. For...

Sarah Nicholson
May 2023
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Coming up at Coledale hall

As part of the South Coast Writers Centre’s series of full-day writing workshops, acclaimed writer and mentor Kathryn Heyman presents “Voice and Vision: Bringing Your Characters To Life” on Saturday, May 6. For writers of fiction and non-fiction...

Sarah Nicholson
April 2023
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What’s on at the Writers Centre in February

If it’s time to make good on your bucket list, and you’ve always wanted to write a film, or a novel, we’ve got you sorted. For wanna-be novelists, our six-month-long fiction writing course starts February 4th. Co-led by an experienced novelist...

Sarah Nicholson
February 2023
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Poetry Award open for entries

The South Coast Writers Centre’s third annual Poetry Award is open for entries. Held in partnership with Wollongong Art Gallery, the theme for this year’s award is “in colour” in response to the gallery’s major exhibition, Thinking Through...

Sarah Nicholson
January 2023
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What’s On at the Writers Centre in December

As we cruise together towards the end of the year, Coledale Community Hall is wrapping up with December’s Film Club and the South Coast Writers Centre’s end-of-year celebration event. On December 3 at Film Club – the last one for 2022 –...

Sarah Nicholson
December 2022
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What’s on at the Writers Centre

If you are interested in freelancing as a creative, in research and writing, or getting creatively inspired under a grand tree in Wollongong Botanic Garden, you can learn from SCWC’s Wollongong Botanic Garden Writers-in-Residence in November. On...

Sarah Nicholson
November 2022
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Stellar line-up for first festival of true stories at Coledale hall

At a time when truth is under threat in so much of what we read, ‘I’m Not Making This Up’ celebrates the power of fact in storytelling, bringing together some of the brightest talents and most distinctive voices writing non-fiction today.

Sarah Nicholson
October 2022
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What’s on at the Writers Centre

Did you know that 12-18 October is Global Climate Change Week? The South Coast Writers Centre has teamed up with University of Wollongong’s Sustainable Futures Committee to present a program of events that are focused on finding inspiration...

Sarah Nicholson
October 2022
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What’s On at the Writers Centre

August is a big month of literary events at Coledale Community Hall, starting with an Argentinian film and a book launch with tap dancing on August 6th. From 3-5pm Christine Sykes, author of the acclaimed memoir Gough and Me, will be launching her...

Sarah Nicholson
July 2022
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Thanks to Thirroul Men’s Shed

The South Coast Writers Centre is excited to have recently installed a permanent Street Library at the Coledale Community Hall. You can find it in front of the west-facing wall of the hall on Lawrence Hargrave Drive. Our library cupboard is filled...

Sarah Nicholson
June 2022
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New Film Club at Coledale

From June, the South Coast Writer’s Centre (SCWC) will present a monthly Film Club and a Screenwriting group, and we are thrilled that Austinmer resident Graham Thorburn will host both of these at Coledale Community Hall. Graham has had a very...

Sarah Nicholson
May 2022
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Celebrate Literary Talent

We all know that the past few years have been tough for the arts, but we’re thrilled to announce that the Illawarra’s writers festival is set to return! From Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June you can join us at the South Coast Writers Festival for...

Sarah Nicholson
April 2022
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Writers Centre in festival mode!

It’s all happening behind-the-scenes right now, but we are super excited to give readers a sneak peek of what’s happening at not one, but two writers festivals we are presenting locally in May and June. First up, on Sunday, 22 May, the SCWC and...

Sarah Nicholson
March 2022
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