Archive
You can view archived copies of Victorian Writer in the VWC library, open 10am-5pm Monday to Friday.
Members of the VWC receive 9 copies of the Victorian Writer each year of membership.
February 2010
Getting your writing out there
Contributors: Liam Davison, George Dunford, Nadine Cranenburgh, Paul Mitchell, Alison Aphrys, Angela Meyer, Tiggy Johnson, Alison Karayan (Visible Ink), Barry Scott (Transit Lounge), Lisa Wardle (VWC workshop participant), George Eraclides, Helen Healy.
December 2009 - January 2010
The year that was
Contributors: Narrelle M Harris, Sean Dooley, Steven Amsterdam, Donna Bennett (VWC volunteer), Pam Davison (VWC volunteer), Lisa Mamone (VWC volunteer), Jillian Pattinson (Doris Leadbetter Melbourne Poetry Cup winner), Liz Robinson ("Year of" participant), Loretta Smith ("Year of" participant), Margareta Osborn Kerby ("Year of" participant), Helen Bradwell ("Year of" participant), Jackey Coyle ("Year of" participant), David Spitzkowsky, Janette Fernando, Jean Sietzema-Dickson, Joel Magarey, Claire Van Baalen, Charmaine Calaitzis, Christine Slavin, Elise Hearst.
October-November 2009
Journey to the centre
Contributors: Amy Espeseth, Chrissy Sharp (CBWI), Michael Williams (CBWI), Jessica Ratschke, Teresa Bell (Australian Poetry Centre), A.S. Patric, Andrew Hutchinson, David Ryding (EWF), Bel Schenk (Express Media), Ella Holcombe, Joel Becker (VWC), Martin Hughes (Affirm Press), David Tenenbaum (Melbourne Books), Louis de Vries (Hybrid Publishers), Zoe Dattner (SPUNC), Estelle Tang, Frenchelbow (aka Simon Keck), Steve Grimwade, Anna Kelsey-Sugg, Elizabeth Sim, Jenny Davies.
September 2009
Spoken word
Contributors: Alicia Sometimes, Angela Costi, Liz Stringer, Emilie Zoey Baker, Sean M Whelan, Tru S Dowling, Lisa Greenaway (Going Down Swinging), Geoff Lemon (Wordplay), Santo Cazzati & Rhonda Jankovic (Spoken Word, 3CR), Jeltj, La Mama Poetica, Catherine Bateson (The Word Tree), Michael Crane (Poetry Idol), Alex Skovron, Jan Cornall, Tiggy Johnson, Arnold Zable, Bryan Humphrey, Kathy Charles, Tass Holmes, Paul Mitchell, Mary Napier, James Waller.
August 2009
Fiesta!
Contributors: Glen David Gold, Kamila Shamsie, Jessa Crispin, Heidi Julavits, Irfan Yusuf, Alexander Waugh, Steve Grimwade (Melbourne Writers Festival), Ali Cobby Eckermann, Lewis Scott, James Waller (Overload Poetry Festival), Harry Laing, Nadine Cranenburgh (Goldfields region), Glen Heyne (Words in Winter festival in Daylesford and surrounds), Christine Caley (Macedon Ranges Writers Group), Julie Lacy, Dee White.
July 2009
Re-inventing the real
Contributors: Lee Gutkind, Simmone Howell, Robin Freeman, Sian Prior, Marcus Niski, Nicola Redhouse (Scribe Publications), Sophie Cunningham (Meanjin), Jeff Sparrow (Overland), Michael Mullins (Eureka Street), Sally Heath (A2, The Age), Pat Crudden (Goulburn Valley Writers Group), Helen Healy (Mildura Writers' Festival), Robyne Young (Write around the Murray Festival), Jill Blee, Anna Kelsey-Sugg, Pam Davison, Elizabeth Wilde, Annie Condon.
May-June 2009
The writer's notebook
Contributors: Sonya Hartnett, Michael Meehan, Helen Garner, Ann McCulloch, Antony Loewenstein, David Ryding, Brendan Gullifer, Peter Millard, Heather Tobias (Ibis Writers), Barbara Erskine, Ulla Hiltula, Myfanwy Jones.
April 2009
Workshop till you drop
Contributors: Rijn Collins, Clare Renner, Janey Runci, Jane Sullivan, Caitlin Dullard, Angelina Mirabito, Antoni Jach, Society of Women Writers, Jenny Scoullar Gideon Haigh, Margaret Simons, Paul Mitchell.
March 2009
Working relationships
Contributors: Krissy Kneen, Alison Lloyd, Nick Gadd, Joan Kilby, Sally Gould, Sam Everingham, Belinda Byrne (Penguin), Karen Tayleur (Black Dog Books), Vivienne Kelly, Jodi Wiley, Noel Tennison.
February 2009
The ages and stages of writing
Contributors: Elizabeth Campbell, Dorothy Richards, Marley Berry-Pearce, Barry Heard, Peter Lothian, David Frazer (Full Dress Publishing), Louise Swinn (Sleepers Publishing), Susan McCulloch (McCulloch & McCulloch), Ingrid Baring, Kate O'Donnell, Brian Dibble, Tiggy Johnson, Harvest magazine.
December 2008 - January 2009
The year that was
Contributors: Patti Miller, Elly Varrenti, Nicki Reed, Christopher Lappas (Ilura Press), Louise Thurtell (Allen & Unwin), Anne Beilby (Text Publishing), Steve Edmonds, Hilary Heggie, Louise Darragh-Law, Kerrie Henry, Christine James, Gillian Essex, Lisa Dempster, Peter Moon, Lee Kofman, Kylie Ladd.
November 2008
Melbourne: UNESCO City of Literature
Contributors:
Sophie Cunningham, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Kris Hemensley, Edinburgh City of Literature Trust, Minister Lynne Kosky, MWF Director Rosemary Cameron, Steven Conte, Jason Cotter, Iola Mathews, Sandra Shotlander, Ibis Writers, Barbara Erskine, Stuart Mayne.
October 2008
Writing courses
Contributors:
Toni Jordan, Fran Macdonald, Natasha Wood, Angela Crocombe, Ally Blake, Geelong Writers,
Colac Writers' Guild, Apollo Bay Arts, Mandy Maroney, University of Melbourne, Deakin University, CAE, RMIT, Chisholm Institute, Caro Cooper, Antoni Jach, John Marsden, Andrea Goldsmith, Nam Le, Rochelle Jackson, David Astle.
September 2008
Writing for the web
Contributors:
Sean Williams, Lee Fox, Ballarat Writers, Dey Alexander, Nicholas Brasch, Anna Kelsey-Sugg, Museum Victoria, George Dunford, Susan Johnson, Louise Swinn, Adrian Symes, Katie Wyatt.
July-August 2008
Festivals & Behind the scenes of writing
Contributors: MWF director Rosemary Cameron, Anne Gracie, James Waller, Anita Heiss, Name Le, Sally Rippin, John Armstrong, Gil Adamson, Rachel Cohn, Sydney Smith, Jennifer Castles, Garry Disher, Mandy Brett, Fran Berry, Sheila Hollingworth, Karen Reid.
June 2008
A sense of place
Contributors: Alex Miller, Betty Pike, Charles Balnaves, Julie Gittus, Petra White, Brian Nankervis, Sue Thomson, Watermark Literary Society, Geelong Writers, Jeannie Haughton, Kris Hemensley.
May 2008
Emerging writers
Contributors:
Alex Broun, Melbourne PEN, Suzette Chapple, Su Nash, Rachel Matthews, Glenice Whitting, Daniel Ducrou, Alice White, David Ryding, Allen and Unwin Friday Pitch, Australian Poetry Centre, Australian Society of Authors, Express Media.
Apri 2008
Science writing
Contributors:
Graeme Kinross-Smith, Melbourne PEN, Sue Woolfe, Ruben Meerman, Dr Shane Huntington, Bernie Hobbs, Jarad Henry, Shane McCarthy, Lucy Sussex, Pearson Education, Scienceworks, Wilson da Silva, Jacana Books, Tanya Patrick.
March 2008
Marking the moments - writing for special occasions
Contributors:
Joel Deane, Andrew Weldon, Nigel Starck, David Ryding, Michael Nolan, Mandy Sayer, Barbara Erskine, Dr Michael Fullilove, Lisa Dempster, Dorothy Gauvin, Ron Thorpe.
February 2008
Unravelling the threads - issues-based writing
Contributors:
Enza Gandolfo, Mike Ladd, Katherine Wilson, Andrew McGahan, Morag Fraser, Clive Hamilton, Eureka Street, NewMatilda.com, The Big Issue, Griffith Review, Scribe Publications.