Thursday, 4 February 2021

2024 Membership Wagga Wagga Writers Writers - Booranga Writers' Centre

 

 


We are currently not accepting membership payments. 

If you have paid for 2024 membership 

you will be contacted by the Booranga Committee.

Wagga Wagga Writers Writers Inc. was formed in 1987 to foster local authors and their work. The group is active in promoting writing and writers throughout the Riverina, holding regular readings at local venues and conducting writing workshops. We also offer writing fellowships through the Writers in Residence program at Booranga Writers’ Centre located on the Wagga Wagga Campus of Charles Sturt University, and publish an annual anthology of poetry and short stories, fourW, under the imprint of fourW press.

2024 Membership entitles you to:

üü Free copy of the annual anthology fourW (full membership only)

üü Regular newsletters/mail outs covering events, competitions & publishing opportunities

üü Access to monthly writing workshops at Booranga Writers’ Centre ($10 members, $15 non-members)

üü Discounts at local bookstores

(10% off at Collins Booksellers in Wagga Wagga)

üü Exclusive mentoring opportunities with our Writers in Residence in Wagga Wagga

üü Invitations to writing events and get-togethers

üü Access to a network of writers, book enthusiasts and other writers’ centres

Membership is for the period 1 January to 31 December,

renewable annually.

Please email your details, as indicated below, to officemanager@booranga.com

 Membership applications received after 1 November in any year will be applicable until December the following year.

Please email the details as set out below and the membership level & method of payment (payment is due on application): 

Name:                                                                                                                                                                     Address:                                                                                                                                                       


Email address:                                                                                                                                              

Telephone:                                                           (mobile)                                                       (home/work)


Membership fee (please indicate membership type) (prices current as at November 2023):

   Full (single) membership (includes one copy of fourW anthology)      $60

   Single membership (no anthology)                                                                         $30

   Student (under 21)    /     Concession membership (no anthology)       $20

IF APPLYING FOR STUDENT/CONCESSION membership, proof is required. Card Ref:..............................................................................................








2021 Monthly Writers' Workshops



Monthly Workshops

Places limited. Please adhere to current Covid-safe practices at these workshops.

Bookings Essential RSVP director@booranga.com

We invite writers of all abilities, genres and interests to join us with a piece of writing you are working on, to workshop, develop and share with fellow writers. Please bring multiple copies (6 - 8) of the work to share around the table for editing purposes. These will be returned to you at the end of the workshop.


Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided.

Booranga is a friendly environment to nurture your creative writing while enjoying the company of like-minded people of all ages and stages of their craft.

$5 for 2021 financial members
$10 for non-members

*When our visiting writers-in-residence conduct the workshop they will run in a different format with writing tasks being set by them for all participants.

Third Saturday of each month

20 February: 
Booranga, 2 - 4pm

20 March: Booranga, 2 - 4pm 

10 April:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm, additional workshop with writer-in-residence Jane Downing.

17 April:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm 

15 May: Booranga, 2 - 5pm review-writing workshop with writer-in-residence Van Badham

19 June:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm with writer-in-residence Kai Jensen

17 July:  Online, 2 - 4pm with writer-in-residence Jeanine Leane

21 August:  Online, 2 - 4pm

18 September:  Online, 2 - 4pm with writer-in-residence Craig Billingham

16 October:  National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, 1 - 3pm with Greg Pritchard

20 November:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm

18 December:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm

Proposed dates, subject to change