Summer Office Closure
Please note that the NT Writers’ Centre offices in Darwin and Alice Springs will be closed for the Holiday period. Book sales will be delayed during this time.
Darwin Office Closure
December 14 to January 21. And please be aware the due to renovations in the building, the Darwin office’s phone has been cut off. Please email executive@ntwriters.com.au if you want to leave a message.
Alice Springs Closure
January 15 to February 15
2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards
The NTWC is calling for submissions for the 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards. The awards are open to authors living in the NT who have had a book published in 2018 or 2019.
Since 2009, the awards have celebrated excellence amongst published authors residing in the NT. They draw national attention to NT writers and in the past have served to raise the profile of remote, regional and Indigenous voices. The awards take place biennially and this year, thanks to the generosity of Chief Minister Michael Gunner, we are again pleased to open three categories. (more…)
Imprint December 2019
The December 2019 issue of imprint, the Northern Territory Writers’ Centre Journal is headed to members’ mailboxes.
Writing, interviews, poetry and local book reviews!
Hot Desk Writer | Renee McBryde
Renee McBryde is an Alice Springs writer who published her first book, The House of Lies with Hachette Australia in 2017. Renee was our NT Writers Centre Hot Desk writer from July to December 2019 and has been working on her new book. This is what she had to say about the experience: (more…)
Summer Office Closure
Please note that the NT Writers’ Centre offices in Darwin and Alice Springs will be closed for the holiday period. Book sales will be delayed during this time.
Darwin Office Closure
December 20 to January 20. The workshop with Natalie Sprite (January 11-12) is being held in the training room of the Darwin Sailing Club in Fannie Bay.
Alice Springs Closure
December 20 to January 14
2020 Festival Director
Our long-time Alice Springs program manager Fiona Dorrell is taking to the tropics from the desert to direct the 2020 NT Writers Festival. (more…)
NTWF 2020 | Gunamidirra garawa birditj
The 2020 Writers Festival theme is out!
Gunamidirra garawa birditj, Larrakia for when the tides turn explores our moments of change. (more…)
Andrew McMillan Memorial Retreat
Thanks to everyone who applied for the Andrew McMillan Memorial Retreat in Larrimah.
This year there were 12 applications from around Australia, and one from New Zealand!
After deliberations by the selection panel, Alice Springs poet Laurie May was chosen as the successful applicant.
Laurie May is working on the memoir of an Alice Springs poet and storyteller.
The annual retreat will be offered again in 2020, thanks to the McMillan Trust.
Poetry Workshop for Arrernte Women
Penny Drysdale is coming back to Alice Springs to help us finish our poetry collection, ‘Arelhekene Angkentye – Women’s Talk’. We will be looking at the poetry we have written this year and getting it ready to publish. (more…)
Save the Date | NTWF 2020
In 2020 NT Writers Festival returns to Darwin, Larrakia lands also known as Garrmalang. (more…)
2019 Survey
Please click the following link to complete our survey for 2019 (you don’t have to be a member!). It will only take a few minutes and helps us to provide the best services and programs for the Northern Territory community, as well as get your valuable feedback on where we can add more value in the future!
Darwin Poetry Slam champion!
Congratulations to Piper Mules for winning the Darwin heat of the NT Poetry Slam!
She will join the winner from the Alice Springs competition (27 August) at the national finals in Sydney, with a chance to be crowned Australian Poetry Slam champion 2019. Piper put in an excellent performance at the heats on Sunday, delivering two well-chosen and thought-provoking poems with a flawless and engaging style. Well done to all those who took part, the quality of poetry on offer and huge turnout made it a special event for everyone involved.
Thank you to Laurie May for her excellent MC skills and coming all the way up from Alice to run the show, thank you to Nigel Foster for his excellent workshop to help us prepare for the event and thank you to the Wild Words team for hosting (and especially Fred van’t Sand for agreeing to be the sacrificial poet).
See you all next time!
Click here to watch Piper in action (Wild Words Facebook page)
Click here to check out the NT Poetry Slam website for more info on the finals
Top Five @ Darwin Heat
- Piper Mules
- Clare Bizley / Adelle Sefton-Rowston (same score)
- Kingsley Gittins
- Kaye Aldenhoven
NT Literary Award winners!
The winners of the NT Literary Awards have been announced! Congratulations to everyone who entered! Thanks to the Northern Territory Library for running these awards, which are beloved of the NT writing community, and thanks to the sponsors who support the event. (more…)
2019 Andrew McMillan Emerging Writer’s Residency
Thanks for a great festival in rainy Alice Springs!
It’s a wrap! Heartfelt thanks to the writers & storytellers who participated in the NT Writers’ Festival 2019. Your words resound in the air still. May the conversations shared and connections made sow the seeds of inspiration to bring forth new writing. Thank you to the Arrernte dancers and songmen; the musicians who carried the conversation beyond words; the readers, the interpreters, the facilitators and MCs – you have together made an unforgettable festival. (more…)
