What's Happening in 2009...
We started 2009 by reading poetry at Parramatta Library for Valentine's Day with musician Luciano Mesiti. We were joined by poets from FAW Parramatta.
New Writers' Group Gatherings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at Parramatta, Mars Hill Cafe and also at Merrylands Library on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays.
For details on our Gathering venues and times, and our latest events please go to NWG Inc Home
2008 Events Summary
New Writers' Group Inc published another Anthology for their financial members and gatherers in 2008, plus the second edition of ZineWest which is open to all
Western Sydney Writers. Our writers gathered regularly at Parramatta and Merrylands to read their writing and to share news and network. In 2008 we did not run
a HomeWord Festival but we particpated in Poetry Slams at Mars Hill Cafe and offered our own in-house workshops to writers wanting feedback. Some of the writers
of longer works offered each other support and editing. Highlight of the year was the ZineWest Launch at Mars Hill Cafe
Felicity Castagna who was awarded 1st Place in the ZineWest 08 competition talking to Dr. Mridula Chakraborty, the ZW judge from the Writing and Society Research
Group, University of Western Sydney. See E-Zine Inde
HomeWord Festival
The first HomeWord Festival was held in 2003 before New Writers' Group was incorporated. The festival was auspiced by ICE (Artfiles). Three more followed between 2005 and 2007. Calendars for 2006 and 2007 are linked to this page. All the HomeWord festivals were funded by Parramatta City Council Community Grants. Performance, workshops, writers forums and publication launches were the principal events. The festivals were integral to both the firm establishment of New Writers' Group Inc and the growth of sound networks, skills and confidence in supporting writing and writers in Western Sydney.
CONTACT: Email or visit NWG Inc's Home Site
"Words are the basis of most forms of cultural and artistic expression and there are many people and groups living
in Western Sydney who write for a profession, who aspire to tell the stories of their urban reality, who create and
perform songs, poems, films, and much more," Isabell Petrinic, HomeWord Festival Co-ordinator 2006.
