Links - Writers and Writing
Australian Society of Authors
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is the professional association
for Australia's literary creators.
https://asauthors.org/
The Australian Women's Register
Information about Australian women and their organisations including a large
archive of manuscripts, correspondence and other papers of
Mavis Thorpe Clark.
http://www.womenaustralia.info/
Children's Book Council of Australia
Established in 1945, the Children's Book Council of Australia conducts the "Book of the Year" awards annually. The Children's Book Council of Australia National Archives, dating back to 1945, are held at the National Library of Australia.
Fellowship of Australian Writers
Founded in 1928, the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) aims to bring
together all those interested in writing for their mutual professional,
cultural and social benefit, and to provide information and advice to them.
http://writers.asn.au/wp/
National Library of Australia - Trove
A repository of Australian and online resources including The Australian
Bibliographic Database, The Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts,
historic newspapers, images, archives etc.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/
Includes "Papers
of Mavis Thorpe Clark 1920-1999" which are held by the National
Library and are available for research purposes.
13.75 m. 35 boxes + 23 cartons + 2 fol. boxes.
PEN Melbourne
PEN Melbourne is one of 145 PEN centres in 104 countries worldwide.
http://www.melbournepen.com.au/
PEN International campaigns on behalf of writers around the world who are
persecuted, imprisoned, harassed and attacked for what they have written
or simply for being a writer. It has committees representing writers in
prison, women writers, translation and linguistic rights and a peace committee.
http://www.pen-international.org
State Library of South Australia
The State Library of South Australia holds material pertaining to the land
and people of rural and remote South Australia including Harold Darwin,
"The Library Man" with whom Mavis Thorpe Clark travelled during
the early- and mid-1960s gathering background material for a number of her
books.
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/
The Wheeler Centre - Books Writing Ideas
A Centre in the heart of Melbourne dedicated to the discussion and practice of
writing and ideas.
http://wheelercentre.com/