Mornington: Peninsula Writer’s Club
Website: https://peninsulawritersclub.com.au/
Looking for a writing group offering support, company, connection, guidance and focus? Join the Peninsula Writers’ Club today. Write in company, plan for writing success, inspire and be inspired by others, keep connected.
The Peninsula Writers’ Club connects, encourages and enriches amateur, aspiring and professional writers (and readers) of all ages across Victoria’s beautiful Mornington Peninsula.
Our mission is to actively promote and facilitate a vibrant literary voice, enhancing the skills of writers, and contributing to the creative culture and storytelling of the Mornington Peninsula.
We welcome all writers, from newcomers to the already-published, from novelists and bloggers to poets and journalists. We promote and encourage the unique voice of all writers of all abilities on the Mornington Peninsula, and the networking and skills development in a social and virtual setting.
Last updated: August 2023
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We’re not just any old writing group – we are a community of emerging, published and award winning writers who encourage each other to remain focussed, feel supported, keep learning, and above all inspired to write.
We’re about supporting while creating., ask questions, find answers, find more space in your life to write with like-minded folk, improve your writing with annual workshops, local scribes, supportive vibes, it all started with two sentences: “want to join my club we have a membership of two.”.
Peninsula Writers’ Club was formed in 2015 when, during a chance meeting between copywriter and children’s author Andrea Rowe and food writer Nikki Fisher, they shared how they were tired of commuting from the Mornington Peninsula to Melbourne for writing workshops and speaking events. The two accidental Founders fast-tracked the “If we build it, they will come” model, and declared the first Peninsula Writers’ Club open over a dinner party style affair in local restaurant Bistro Elba .
Incorporated Status and inclusivity values
Peninsula Writers Club became an incorporated not-for-profit organisation in 2019. We ensure our gathering spaces are accessible venues for guests of all abilities, we accept companion cards for workshops and writing days, and provide a safe and respectful environment for all who join us. We value acceptance, we don’t tolerate stigmatism and we welcome BIPOC, LGBTQI+ writers, people with sensory, cognitive, acquired, intellectual and physical disabilities, and writers and guests from multicultural and Indigenous communities.
Photos are taken at all of our events and used to promote our activities with the wider community via social media, our website and electronic communication. Anyone who does not wish for their photo to be taken and/or used for these purposes is to inform a member of the Committee or the host of the event upon arrival.
Auspices / Governance
We are a volunteer committee overseeing planning, program delivery, membership management and communications. We operate under our Rules of Incorporation, meet regularly throughout the year and hold an Annual General Meeting in November each year.
President – Carolyn Nicholson Vice President – Sheena Robertson
Secretary – Karen Young Treasurer – Rob Sutherland
General Committee – Muriel Cooper
We are open to working in partnership with regional initiatives with the Mornington Peninsula Shire, Frankston City and Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Library Services and our regional bookstores.
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