Australian Writers' Centres

In Australia there are writers' centres for every state and territory as well as some sub-regions. Becoming a member of your local writers' centre is useful for keeping tabs on what's going on in the industry in your state and as a great networking tool between authors. All writers' centres run workshops, events and mentorship programs to benefit established and aspiring writers. Some, such as the Queensland Writers Centre, even publish a magazine. Membership of writers' centres usually requires a fee.

I'm also rather amused by the different uses (or lack thereof) of the apostrophe in the official names of the various writers' centres.

• Queensland Writers Centre 
• NT Writers' Centre
• Victorian Writers' Centre 
• writingWA 
• Tasmanian Writers' Centre 
• ACT Writers Centre 
• South Australian Writers' Centre 
• NSW Writers' Centre
  

There are also writers' centres in New South Wales focusing on more specific areas:

• New England Writers' Centre
  
• Hunter Writers' Centre
• Northern Rivers Writers' Centre
• South Coast Writers' Centre 

If you are a woman writer, there are special communities for you, but only in particular states:

• Society of Women Writers Tasmania
• Society of Women Writers Victoria 
• Society of Women Writers WA
• Society of Women Writers NSW