The Writer’s Space Writing Group - St Marys
A free, 6-week writing program for writers with disability in St Marys, meeting on Fridays at St Marys Library.
Registrations open soon
Dates: Fridays 10.30am-12.30pm, 24 April - 29 May 2026
Venue: St Marys Library, 207-209 Queen St, St Marys NSW 2760
Places: 12 places are available
Who should apply: This program welcomes writers with disability at all levels of experience, working in any genre
Facilitated by psychotherapist and emerging writer Shannon Anima, each session of this free writing course will focus on a different theme – from idea generation to developing compelling characters.
Using writing prompts and exercises, we’ll spend time writing in a fun and supportive environment. We will also chat about the writing life, including submitting work for publication and how to stay motivated!
In the final week, there will be a special Q&A session with a guest writer.
Places are limited to 12 participants.
TESTIMONIALS
“This 6 week writing course has been absolutely wonderful. Fiona is a highly competent facilitator who delivered the context of each week’s lesson with perfection. I am walking away with more confidence to write my own autobiography and am actually quite sad that this writing group has come to an end it’s been my highlight of the week.”
“The workshop pushed me little bit further in my creative writing, which is great as I was stuck for a while. I’m working on three poems that came out of the workshop. The group was diverse and lovely, and Fiona is an excellent facilitator - her gentle and encouraging manner was a wonder to watch.”
ABOUT SHANNON ANIMA
Shannon Anima is a psychotherapist and emerging writer. Recent accolades include a Varuna Flagship Fellowship, Varuna Writers Space Fellowship, WestWords Writer-in-Residence, WestWords-Varuna Residency, Dentro la Terra Residency Italy, Ireland Writers’ Residency; shortlist the Deborah Cass Award, the Tasmanian Women’s Fiction Prize, and a Mascara Varuna Residency; longlist the Spark Hardie Grant prize. She has published short stories in Australia and Canada.
This program is generously supported by Penrith City Library, Create NSW and the Australian Government Department of Social Services.
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