Writers Groups in Queensland
Getting involved with a writers’ group is a fantastic way to find support and assistance with your writing. It is a great opportunity to connect with like-minded people and receive valuable feedback on your writing.
There are a broad range of writers groups in Queensland that serve various genres, locations and writers. Some writers’ groups operate as critique groups giving detailed feedback, others as a social opportunity to give one another support, motivation, and ideas.
Interested in joining a writers’ group? Find below a list of active and engaged writers’ groups throughout Queensland and feel free to contact them to get involved. Please note: this is not a comprehensive or complete list, but includes all writers’ group who are involved members of the QWC network.
If you would like your group to be listed below, you will need to have a group membership with QWC. You can sign up for this over at the ‘Membership’ page on the site or by giving us a call on 07 3842 9922. If you are already a group member and are not listed, please get in touch with us via qldwriters@qwc.asn.au and we’ll be sure to update your listing on this page.
Association of Writers at Work
Located in: Rockville, Toowoomba
Contact: Keith Meredith-Bramwell
Email: krembee@bigpond.com
Brotherhood of the Wordless
http://www.brotherhoodofthewordless.com.au/
Located in: Sandgate
Contact: Joan Beddoe
Email: jbeddoe@gil.com.au
Bundaberg Writers’ Club, Inc.
www.bundywriters.com. You can also find them on facebook.
Contact: D. Esmond
E: esmond@internode.on.net
P: N/A
Area of Specialisation: None. Our Mission: to bring together people who love to create and write and, together, to foster the art and polish the craft. We do the lot.
Meets: Bundaberg (Wide Bay)
Bush Curlews
http://bushcurlews.blogspot.com.au/
Located at: Charters Towers
Contact: Maria Caesar
Email: bushcurlews@hotmail.com
Capricorn Writers Group
Located at: Frenchville
Contact: Ron Bay
Email: capwriters@yahoo.com.au
Carindale Writers
http://www.carindalewritersgroup.org/
Located at: Carindale
Contact: Debby Raymond
Email: 2debby@iinet.net.au
East Creek Writers
Located in: East Creek, Toowoomba
Contact: Sally Fischer
Email: opap@eastcreek.com.au
Phone: 07 4639 2755
Fairfield Writers Group
http://fairfieldwritersgroup-queensland.blogspot.com.au/. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Contact Person: Carol
E: fairfield_writers@yahoo.com.au
P: 3848 0442
Area of Specialisation: All Writing Genres
Meets: 2nd & 4th Saturdays of the month @ 10.30 am BCC Library, Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, 180 Fairfield Road, Fairfield 4103
Fellowship of Australian Writers
http://www.writers.asn.au/
Located at: Mt. Gravatt
Contact: Nancy Cox-Millner
Email: ncmwriting@gmail.com
Garden City Creative Writers’ Group
Contact: Boyd Craig
E: gccwriters@gmail.com
P: 07 3343 7393
Area of Specialisation: None
Meets: Every second Thursday morning from 9:30 – 12 noon at the Garden City Library
Geebung Writers
Located at: Geebung
Please contact Jan Jorgensen on 07 3264 7330 or Rae Newman on 07 3265 4991
Gold Coast Writers Association
http://www.goldcoastwriters.org/
Located at: Gold Coast
Contact: Jeannie May Barker
Email: info@goldcoastwriters.org.au
Hervey Bay Council for the Arts Scribes
Contact: Lynn Harris
E: harlynn@iprimus.com.au
P: 07 4124 5531
Area of Specialisation: None
Meets: Lakes Room Hervey Bay RSL
Licuala Writers Group
http://licualawrite.wordpress.com/
Located at: Wongaling Beach
Contact: Tara Webster
Email: svcatalpa@yahoo.com
Mackay Writers Group
https://sites.google.com/site/mackaywriters/
Located in: Mackay
Contact: Paul Vander Loos
Email: paul.vanderloos@gmail.com
Macleay Island Inspirational Writers Group
Located at: Macleay Island
Email: tardisea@acenet.net.au
Ravenshoe Writers
http://www.ravenshoewriters.com.au/
Located at: Ravenshoe
Contact: The Secretary
Email: ravenshoewriters@yahoo.com.au
Romero Centre
Located at: Dutton Park
Contact: Marcela Moreno Ramirez on 07 3013 0100
Email: admin@romerocentre.org.au
Rosecity Writers
Located at: Warwick
Contact: Paul Elliot
Email: rosecitywriters@gmail.com
Sisters in Crime
http://www.sistersincrime.org.au
Located at: Melbourne + Brisbane
Contact: Carmel Shute
Email: cshute@internode.on.net
Society of Women Writers
http://www.womenwritersqld.net/
Meets: Brisbane Square Library
Contact: Heather Jacobs
Email: heather.jacobs2@gmail.com
Stanthorpe Writers Group
Contact: Cecelia Adams
Email: communicationart1@gmail.com
Area of Specialisation: None
Meets: First Wednesday of each month, 5pm - 7pm, 157 High St. Stanthorpe
Strathpine Library Writers Group
Located at: Strathpine
Contact: Suzanne Cowell
Email: writeonsuzanne@gmail.com
Sunshine Coast Literary Association
www.scliterary.org
Located: Various locations on the Sunshine Coast
Contact: Alison Quigley on 07 5445 1479
Email: alisonquigley@iprimus.com.au
Sunshine Coast Writers’ Group
Contact: Jenifer Nodwell, Secretary
E: Jenifer at nodwellj@optusnet.com.au
Area of Specialisation: None
Meets: Buderim, Sunshine Coast
Symposium Society
Located at: St. Lucia
Email: symposiumUQ@gmail.com
Tropical Writers
www.tropicalwriters.com.
Contact: Carol Libke
E: twpresident12@gmail.com
P: N/A
Area of Specialisation: None.
Meets: Cairns. See website for more information.
Writers in North Queensland
Located at: Innisfail
Email: barbufi@bigpond.com
Writers in Townsville Society
http://www.witsnq.blogspot.com.au/
Located at: Townsville
Contact: Lori Hurst
Email: witsnq@gmail.com
Writing with a Vision
Located at: Brookfield
Contact: Wendy Dartnall
Email: wendydartnall@hotmail.com
None of the listed groups meet your needs or location? The best way to get in touch with other writers groups in your area is to enquire at your local library or bookstore. No luck there either? Why not start your own! QWC has a comprehensive guide to starting your own writers group over here.