Write Here Festival

Anzac Day closure

All Lake Mac Libraries branches will be closed on Friday 25 April for Anzac Day.

Self-access is available for inducted users at Belmont Library, Cardiff Library, Speers Point Library, Toronto Library, Sugar Valley Library Museum and Wangi Library Creative Hub.

Write Here Festival

Readers and writers rejoice! The Lake Macquarie Write Here Festival returns with a bang in 2025.

Immerse yourself in words and be inspired to get writing.

Celebrate some of Australia’s best writers and discover emerging talent across a packed program of workshops, author talks, and special events.

Download the full program(PDF, 3MB)

22 Result(s) Found

Write Here Haiku submissions for digital exhibition

30 Apr 2025 Have your work displayed as part of our digital exhibition

Tagged as: , Write Here!, MAP

Blue Room Poets Anthology Launch - Morisset Library

14 May 2025 Join us at Morisset Library for the launch of the fourth Blue Room Poets: Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry.

Morisset Library, bawarramalang, 39 Yambo Street, Morisset 2264

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops

Everything you need to know about publishing

16 May 2025 A total overview of publishing and all it has to offer with industry professional Benny Agius.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Relax and Write Cruise with Magdalena Ball

16 May 2025 Climb aboard our literary cruise for a writing workshop on beautiful Lake Macquarie.

Booragul Public Wharf, (On the lake in front of Art Gallery), 1 First Street, Booragul 2284

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops

Stories for the Stage - Playwriting Workshop

16 May 2025 Do you have a passion for writing and theatre?

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Crips & Creeps - Are You Pulling My Leg? Comedy at Warners Bay Theatre

16 May 2025 This raucous accessible comedy event boasts a line-up of award-winning performers with entertaining and uncensored insights into disability.

Warners Bay Theatre, baramayiba, 39 Lake Street, Warners Bay 2282

Tagged as: , Talks & workshops, Warners Bay Theatre

Mapping Workshop with illustrator Chrissy McYoung

17 May 2025 A fun and interactive drawing workshop for adults and teens

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Kids & family, Windale Hub, Youth events

Lake Macquarie Fellowship Of Australian Writers - Anthology Launch

17 May 2025 Celebrate 25 years of a passionate Lake Macquarie writing community.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Beyond Representation: Disability, Storytelling, Voice and Visibility

17 May 2025 Presented by Hunter Writers' Centre and Write Up! Writers with Disability.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers

How to Write Funny

17 May 2025 Are you interested in being a better communicator and writer?

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Microfiction Writing Workshop for Teens

17 May 2025 Do you have a talent for writing and would like to learn the art of writing super short stories.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Mental Health: Writing from Experience

17 May 2025 Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist and Craig Semple

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Book Launch - Skin by Deborah Kelly

17 May 2025 Join author Deborah Kelly to celebrate the launch of her latest title Skin. A fiction work for teens.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Writing Relationships with Janette Paul, Saman Shad and Natalie Murray

17 May 2025 Learn how authors write authentic characters and relationships.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Hear, Hear! Podcasting Workshop

17 May 2025 A hands-on workshop with Forgotten Australia podcaster Michael Adams.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops

Poetry and Performance

17 May 2025 The power of poetry will be explored with Magdalena Ball, Rob Waters and Sara Crane.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Music & arts, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Haiku Digital Exhibition viewing

17 May 2025 Come and celebrate your work in our 360-degree projection cube at MAPmima.

Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP mima) Lake Macquarie, 96 Creek Reserve Road, Speers Point 2284

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, MAP, Youth events

Food Passions: Reece Hignell and Jennifer Wong

17 May 2025 Join our panel as they share their food journeys

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops, Windale Hub

Crafting the Novel with Graeme Simsion

17 May 2025 Graeme Simsion will cover the end-to-end process of writing, from premise to proofreading, as described in his book The Novel Project.

Windale Hub, bilyabayi, 20 Lake Street, Windale 2306

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops

Tom Keneally in Conversation

18 May 2025 Join Tom Keneally and Scott Bevan for an afternoon of stories.

Warners Bay Theatre, baramayiba, 39 Lake Street, Warners Bay 2282

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Exhibitions & festivals, Talks & workshops, Warners Bay Theatre

Belmont Cemetery Walk

18 May 2025 130 years of stories will come to life in dramatic reenactments with professional storyteller Jo Henwood.

Belmont Cemetery, Green Street, Belmont South 2280

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Tagged as: , History and heritage

Crime Writing with Michael Robotham, Darcy Tindale and Jaye Ford

18 May 2025 Readers can't get enough of Aussie crime writers.

Warners Bay Theatre, baramayiba, 39 Lake Street, Warners Bay 2282

Tagged as: , Community events & fundraisers, Talks & workshops, Warners Bay Theatre

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