Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that Byron Writers Festival takes place on the traditional lands of the Arakwal Bumberbin Peoples of the Bundjalung Nation. We pay respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge them as the original storytellers of the lands and waterways of this Country.

Writer’s Centre

Supporting
Writers in the Northern Rivers

We act as a catalyst for creativity, developing the art of writing and connecting emerging writers with the publishing industry.

Byron Writers Festival supports professional and emerging writers' careers through year-round workshops, courses and mentorship programs. We provide networking opportunities and advocate as a key cultural organisation for the art of literature, connecting writers from regional NSW and around the world.

Academy Workshops for Writers

Professional support for writers through creative development writing workshops, manuscript development and industry pathway programs.

Workshop

Crime Writing Crash Course with Candice Fox

Learn to write great crime with Ned Kelly Award-winning, bestselling author Candice Fox.

Residential Mentorship

Our annual Residential Mentorship is Byron Writers Festival’s flagship development program for emerging writers.

Residential Mentorship 
& Firsthand Feedback Scholarships

The group mentorship program offers four writers the opportunity to spend five days in a Byron Shire location, with one-on-one mentoring.

Year-round Mentorships

Professional mentorship services are available to Festival Friend members.

Year-round Mentorships

Byron Writers Festival year-round mentorships are paid services available to members throughout the year who are seeking a professional mentor to assist with the development of their work.

We have compiled a list of locally-based writers of various genres and categories, (both fiction and non-fiction), as well as professional editors, who are willing to act as mentor to a developing or emerging writer.

Writers Groups

Find a writer’s group close to home.
If you’d like your writer’s group listed below please contact us.

Coffs Harbour Writers Group

Meets 1st Friday of the month at 10.30am to 12.30pm

Phone: Rosalie Skinner, 0437 221 619

email: rosalieiswriting@gmail.com

web: www.coffsharbourwriters.com

Byron Bay Memoir and Fiction Writing Group

Looking to join or form a local writing group in the Byron Bay area? Join our expanding group of like-minded writers. Writers for all experience levels and genres welcome!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/byronbaywriters

Email: Justin Foronjy – contact@justinforonjy.com

Ballina/Byron U3A Creative Writing

Meets fortnightly during school Term on Thursdays from 11.30 am to 1.00 pm at Fripp Oval, Canal Road Ballina.

Phone: Mandy Waring on 0427327381

Alstonville Plateau Writers Group

Meets second Friday of each month, 10am – 12pm. All genres welcome

Phone: Kerry 66285662

Email: alstonvilleplateauwriters@outlook.com

Byron Writers Festival '25 tickets

Join us from 8—10 August at Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country

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