This was recorded at Honouring: Oodgeroo Noonuccal at the State Library of NSW on 18 August 2018.

In its annual Honouring Australian Writers series, Writing NSW (formerly the NSW Writers’ Centre) pays tribute to writers who have made an important contribution to our literary culture.

In 2018 we honoured Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920-1993), Australia’s first published Aboriginal poet. Oodgeroo Noonuccal, known publicly as Kath Walker until 1988, when she readopted her traditional name, was also a political activist, educator, and artist. The event celebrating her contribution to Australian literature will include conversations, readings, and archival materials.

Brenda Saunders is Wiradjuri writer and artist living in Sydney. She has won several prizes and fellowships and in 2014 was awarded the Scanlon Prize and the Woolhara Literary Prize for her collection ‘Looking for Bullin Bullin’. She has published three collections and her poetry and literary reviews appear regularly in national and international anthologies and journals including Best Australian Poems 2013 and 2015 (Black Inc). Brenda is currently completing a manuscript ‘Understory’ concerned with changes to Aboriginal culture and land since colonization.

Five phenomenally successful authors explain how they create fantastical worlds of magic and wonder, and keep readers coming back for more. With Jaclyn Moriarty, Garth Nix, James Bradley, and Kate Forsyth (chair).

Recorded at the 2018 Kids & YA Festival.

A panel of writers with very di erent publishing routes discuss the pros and cons of partnership publishing, multi-media storytelling, self-publishing, and traditional publishing. With Anne Donnelly (independently published), Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern (partnership publishing), Graham Davidson (multimedia), and Katrina Roe (chair).

Recorded at the 2018 Kids & YA Festival.

Jacqueline Harvey talks to Belinda Murrell about the highs and lows of Jacqueline's career, her passions, inspiration, writing process, and being part of a writing community.

Recorded at the 2018 Kids & YA Festival.

How do authors deal with serious issues in YA literature? How do they create diverse YA voices? What are their challenges and joys?

With Eleni Hale, Megan Jacobson, Tamar Chnorhokian, James Bradley, and Will Kostakis (chair).

Recorded at the 2018 Kids & YA Festival directed by Belinda Murrell.

BrendaSaunders by Writing NSW

JacqulieneHarveyFinal by Writing NSW

KYADiffering by Writing NSW

FantasticalWorldsKYA by Writing NSW

Writing NSW launched it’s rebrand, new website, and upcoming course program with a night of readings and literary festivities at Lazy Bones on Thursday 7 June 2018.

Kerri Shying read from her book 'sing out when you want me' published by Flying Island Books/Cerberus Press.

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Kerri Shying belongs to the Wiradjuri people and is of Chinese / Australian ancestry. A life of slow work with hidden people has given her respect for the small stories the hard places. She has published in the Roland Robinson Awards, and appears in the Women of Words series with Papatuanuku Press, Hunter Writers Centre, Grieve and Inclusion series and a variety of other journals, including Cordite, Billy Blue, Satellite, Users News, and Verity La.

Recorded by Zacha Rosen.

Image credit: Jeanne Kinninmont