Writers Victoria
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| Established | 1989 |
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| CEO | Lucy Hamilton |
| Location | Melbourne , Victoria , Australia |
| Address | 176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne 3000 |
| Website | https://writersvictoria.org.au/ |
Writers Victoria was established on the 6th of October 1989 as the Victorian Writers' Centre (VWC) with the objective of supporting and connecting all types of writers at all stages of their writing careers.
Writers Victoria is an incorporated, not-for-profit, membership-based association.
History
Writers Victoria was originally Victorian Writers' Centre (VWC)[1][2]. Writers Victoria's first office was in Tasma Terrace, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Bev Roberts[3] was the first director of the organisation. Prior to Tasma Terrace VWC had shared space in The Old Broom Factory in George Street, Fitzroy[4]
VWC/Writers Victoria was registered as a Cultural organisation.[5] In early 2000 the Centre temporarily moved into the Meat Market Arts Centre. The Centre placed an emphasis on resourcing disadvantaged writers. In the mid-2000s, VWC hosted the organisation's first Summer School. VWC was involved in opening the Glenfern Writing Studios in St. Kilda[6] and partnered with both Express Media[7] and the Emerging Writers Festival.[8]
In 2003 VWC moved into the Nicholas Building in Swanston Street, Melbourne.
In 2008, the Victorian Writers' Centre was involved in Melbourne becoming the second UNESCO City of Literature[9]. That same year, the Centre celebrated its 60th event and received $26,000 from Grace Marion Wilson trust [10] to support the cost of 12 writers' studio spaces at Glenfern for a whole year.
Under then director Joel Becker, the idea of a literary centre to host numerous writing organisations – including VWC – was proposed. VWC then worked with other organisations to make it happen. This idea gave birth to the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas.[11]
The Victorian Writers' Centre moved into the Wheeler Centre (originally Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas) when it opened in 2010, thereby becoming part of Melbourne's Unesco Creative City of Literature Victoria — the designation it earned in 2008.[12]
In 2011 The Victorian Writers' Centre was renamed Writers Victoria.
As part of the National Writers Centre Network Writers Victoria made representations to the 2015 Senate Enquiry into Arts Funding.[13]
Patrons
The following have been Patrons/Matron of Writers Victoria: Judith Rodriguez(Matron); Noel Turnbull; Christos Tsiolkas; Melanie Cheng; Andy Jackson.[14]
Services & Initiatives
Writers Victoria provides services for writers and the writing community.[15] [16] [17][18][19]
Writers Victoria publishes The Victorian Writer magazine.[20]
Writers Victoria provides opportunities for disadvantaged writers that have included its Write-ability[21] program and the Dulcie Stone Writers Competition in 2020, for people with intellectual disability. The latter showcased the voices of people with intellectual disability and recognised the lifetime contribution of Dulcie Stone to services for people with intellectual disability and writing.[22][23][24][25] The Victorian Government has supported Writers Victoria's Write-ability program.[26]
Writers Victoria ran a mentorship program for culturally and linguistically diverse people (CALD).[27]
Writers Victoria runs the annual Deborah Cass literary prize which was established in 2015 in memory of academic and writer Deborah Cass. The prize is awarded to emerging writers from migrant backgrounds. Anneliz Marie Erese won the 2022 Deborah Cass Prize for her story ‘International’.[28]
References
- ↑ Tempo; The Age : Tempo, November 21 1990
- ↑ "Writers Victoria". onlymelbourne.com.au.
- ↑ "Only Melbourne". onlymelbourne.com.au.
- ↑ Living Arts; The Age : Living Arts P16, 19 March 1999
- ↑ "Arts". arts.gov.au. 24 January 2022.
- ↑ "Glenfern". creativespaces.net.au.
- ↑ "Expressmedia". expressmedia.org.au.
- ↑ "Emergingwriters". emergingwritersfestival.org.au.
- ↑ "UNESCO City of Literature".
- ↑ "Grace Marion Wilson".
- ↑ "Wheelercentre". wheelercentre.com.
- ↑ "city of literature". Melbourne,vic,gov,au.
- ↑ "senate enquiry" (PDF). writerssa.org.au.
- ↑ "Books+Publishing". booksandpublishing.com.au.
- ↑ News; Clarke, Blanche (2016), Weekend : News, Saturday February 6 2016
- ↑ "Women of Colour". qldwriters.org.au.
- ↑ "killyourdarlings". killyourdarlings.com.au.
- ↑ "Yooralla".
- ↑ Idiom; Marcon, Nerissa (2020), Furious Fiction with Writers Victoria : Idiom, Vol 56/2,ISSN:2208-2646
- ↑ Writers Victoria; Flux, Elizabeth, Victorian Writer: The Victorian Writer, ISSN: 2203-1197
- ↑ "career advice". artshub.com.au. 22 May 2022.
- ↑ "Dulcie Stone". daru.org.au. 5 December 2019.
- ↑ "yooralla". yooralla.com.au.
- ↑ "artshub". artshub.com.au. 22 May 2022.
- ↑ "wimmera writers". mailtimes.com.au. 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "The Victorian Connection". connection.vic.gov.au. August 2019.
- ↑ "CALD Mentorships". peril.com.au.au. December 2013.
- ↑ "Final Deborah Cass Prize". booksandpublishing.com.au.
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