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Bendigo Writers' Council monthly workshops - Writers Explore - are held on the last Wednesday of each month. Check our Fb page for more details - All welcome

Bendigo Writers’ Council welcomes writers & readers of all ‘ages and stages’ to our monthly writers' workshop presentations. Check out BWC page or website for updates

25/10/2026

02/10/2026

BWC Writers Explore October – Becoming an Emerging Writer with a Seniors Card – with Garry Fay

Since selling his first published work to a roleplaying games company way back in 1991, Garry Fay has considered himself an ‘emerging’ writer. With the publication of his debut novel Crowhand, he likes to think he has finally emerged.

Rather than finally breathing a sigh of relief that his dream of being a published author had finally been achieved, fulfilment of this life-long ambition has brought with it its own unique set of challenges he wasn’t quite prepared for.

Book-tok, anyone? Garry is quite happy to discuss these challenges, as well as talk about the genre of ‘grimdark’, which is the genre he writes in at the library.

Residing in regional Victoria where he lives with his wife, Pauline, a pair of feuding cats, and a friendly neighbourhood Border Collie, Garry Fay works as a specialist youth librarian.

In addition to being the published author of adventures for several tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), Garry has worked as a pastrycook’s assistant, band roadie, record store manager, primary school teacher, basketball coach and gifted education mentor. He recently oversaw the publication of the Young Adults Handbook for Public Libraries Victoria (PLV), and was founder of the Eisner Award nominated comic bookstore, Heroes HQ.

Bring pens and paper and be inspired.

When: 7–9 pm, Wednesday 28 October 2026

Cost: $10

25/09/2026

Bendigo Writers Council Monthly meeting/workshop, last Wednesday of every month 7pm- 9 pm, ( January- November), Bendigo Library, Hargreaves St entry. Bring pens and paper and be inspired by our diverse range of workshop facilitators. $10 cash entry fee includes light supper & door prize. All welcome.

11/09/2026

Reminder: The room is now completed. The Bendigo Writers Council attendees can enter through the Hargreaves St entrance up the stairs.

31/08/2026

BWC Writers Explore September – A Warehouse of Ideas –with Paul Laverty
How to generate useful fiction prompts and how to store and access them—Dr PJ Laverty is the author of four books of sports fiction (including the Rippa! series), three works of literary fiction and two music biographies (Arcade Fire and Beck). With a doctorate in creative writing, Laverty discusses what to do before facing the blank page as he details his process of gathering story ideas and breaking through writer's block.
Bring pens and paper and be inspired.
When: 7–9 pm, Wednesday 30 September 2026
Cost: $10
Where: Bendigo Library, Activity Room 1, 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo*
* Until further notice, due to building works, entry to the library is via the rear doors in Lyttleton Terrace… please ring the BWC bell if we’re not there to welcome you.

02/08/2026

BWC Writers Explore August – Writing from History – Telling Stories from Primary Sources with Leigh McKinnon
Leigh McKinnon is the Research Officer at Bendigo’s Golden Dragon Museum where he has been researching, writing and presenting on Chinese heritage in Bendigo and the Goldfields for the past 15 years. Amongst his publications have been a history of Bendigo’s heritage-listed dragon Loong, a two-volume illustrated history of the places and people of Bendigo’s Chinese community, and an account of Chinese-Australian ANZACs from regional Victoria.
In this talk Leigh will not only refer to his experiences in researching and writing about this rich history but will also present to the group some different types of primary sources to which participants will have the opportunity to make their written responses.
Bring pens and paper and be inspired.
When: 7–9 pm, Wednesday 26 August 2026
Cost: $10
Where: Bendigo Library, Activity Room 1, 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo*
* Until further notice, due to building works, entry to the library is via the rear doors in Lyttleton Terrace… please ring the BWC bell if we’re not there to welcome you.

26/07/2026

Reminder: Chris McInally is a Scottish writer, editor and anthologist
Besides writing fiction, Chris has also edited and co-edited several anthologies, the most popular of which is the CONTACT! military horror anthology series (2021–present), all for his own independent publishing house Screaming Banshee Press.
Bring pens and paper and be inspired.

When: 7–9 pm, Wednesday 29 July 2026
Cost: $10

Where: Bendigo Library, Activity Room 1, 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo*
* Until further notice, due to building works, entry to the library is via the rear doors in Lyttleton Terrace… please ring the BWC bell if we’re not there to welcome you.

01/07/2026

BWC Writers Explore July – with Chris McInally

Chris McInally is a Scottish writer, editor and anthologist, currently living in Victoria, Australia.

An avid reader and fan of horror from a young age it was perhaps inevitable he would eventually turn to writing in the very same genre (but also others!). His works include the APEX series (2016–present), the DEVILSBANE series (2022–present) and standalone novels DEEP BLACK (2017) and RELICT(2021).

Besides writing fiction, Chris has also edited and co-edited several anthologies, the most popular of which is the CONTACT! military horror anthology series (2021–present), all for his own independent publishing house Screaming Banshee Press.

Facebook links: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorChrisMcInally and https://www.facebook.com/screamingbansheepress

Bring pens and paper and be inspired.
When: 7–9 pm, Wednesday 29 July 2026
Cost: $10
Where: Bendigo Library, Activity Room 1, 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo*

* Until further notice, due to building works, entry to the library is via the rear doors in Lyttleton Terrace… please ring the BWC bell if we’re not there to welcome you.

21/06/2026

Reminder for this Wednesday, the 24th of June

Address

Bendigo Library. Hargreaves Street. Meeting/Workshop. The Last Wednesday Of The Month , 7/9 Pm
Bendigo, VIC
3550

Telephone

+61417530069

Website

http://www.bendigowriterscouncil.com/

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