4th Friday of each month
Afternoon session: 1pm-5pm
The Writing Life: 6.00-7.30pm: Join us for a special presentation by a guest writer on ‘the Writing Life’ in March, May & September.
Supported through an RTC Community Grant
Coordinated in 2025 by
Leni Shilton,
Laurel Freeland,
Paula Durance,
Chris Johnston
Get writing in company
Do you sometimes wish you had others around when you write? To keep you motivated or focused? Provide quiet company? Share in the solidarity of the joy (or chore) of writing?
Well wait no longer! Come along to the Hub Writers Group and be part of our informal monthly ‘shut up and write’ sessions on the 4th Friday of every month at the Newstead Arts Hub – 1-5pm.
Our writing sessions seek to create a shared space for quiet focused writing as well as a chance to catch up with other writers during scheduled breaks. Writers participating are working on poetry, novels, creative non-fiction, children’s literature, essays and more. No need to book: just turn up (at 1pm or whenever you can get there) with your writing gear – notebook, tablet, laptop – and get going. There are tables and chairs ready to go at the Hub plus coffee, tea and herbals available.
In case you like to plan the whole year in your diary, here are our 2025 Friday dates: 28 February, 28 March, 25 April, 23 May, 27 June, 25 July, 22 August, 26 September, 24 October, 28 November.
In March, May & September we’ll have a guest writer on the Writing Life from 6-7.30pm:
- Friday 28 March – enjoy the wisdom of the wonderful Carmel Bird – read more here
- Friday 23 May – Bonny Cassidy
- Friday 26 September – Cate Kennedy
Our November special evening will again be Writers Read: a chance for you to come and read from your writing.
All welcome. Gold coin or note donation appreciated.
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