We’re pleased to announce the six recipients of the 2026 Writer’s Space Online Fellowship for writers with disability.

We’re delighted to announce the six recipients of the 2026 Whitlam Essay Residency.

Coinciding with World Poetry Day, we’re excited to announce the recipients of the Red Room Poetry Fellowship for 2026.

Register for an online information sessions about Varuna Residential Fellowships with Executive Director Veechi Stuart and Creative Director Maeve Marsden, on 24 March and 16 April

This week, Varuna staff and board members gathered at the house to wish Barbara Palmer all the best for her retirement after 18 years as Varuna’s librarian.

We’re excited to announce the three recipients of the 2026 Ann Moyal Fellowship.

We’re excited to announce the recipient of the 2026 Cove Park International Fellowship.

We are delighted to announce that Varuna is one of four organisations recently announced as delivery partners for Writing Australia, the new literature-focused agency under Creative Australia.

We’re thrilled to announce the six recipients for the 2026 Writer’s Space Fellowship for writers with disability. We received an incredible 100 applications for this program and our assessors commented on what a pleasure it was to read everyone’s work.

The Creative Producer - First Nations is a new, part-time position reporting to the Creative Director, working across Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival programming and logistics, strategic planning, Varuna’s First Nations fellowships and masterclasses, as well as community engagement in the region.

Yesterday, we said goodbye to our wonderful Residency Producer Jaala Hallett, as she departs Varuna and sets off for travels around the world.

The recipients of the 2025 Queensland Writers Centre Fellowships have been announced.

This year, Varuna are partnering with Blue Mountains City Council to present a Schools program and two free workshops and a panel in the main Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival program, as part of Council’s Safe to Be: In Our Community campaign.

We are delighted to announce the recipient of the 2025 Writing NSW Fellowship.

This week, we were thrilled to attend the awards ceremony for The Whitlam Institute’s What Matters? Writing Competition for young people, to award Claire Heo the Artistic Merit Award for her piece, nestled in the numbers.

The six recipients of the 2025 Arts NT Residential Fellowship have been announced.

The recipients of the 2025 WestWords Varuna Emerging Writers Residency have been announced.

The Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival returns to Katoomba on 31 Oct - 2 Nov 2025 for its fifth year, with a weekend of ideas and creativity featuring Australia’s sharpest minds and most expansive thinkers. Early-bird passes are on sale now.

The six recipients of the 2025 Varuna Climate Fellowship have been announced.