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Since its beginnings in 1938 FAWWA has honoured established writers in our community by making them Fellows. Indeed, until Constitutional changes in 1996, only Fellows — those members with a body of published work — had voting rights. Many well-known writers such as Elizabeth Jolly and Julie Lewis began as Associate members, only becoming Fellows after achieving major publication.In 2005 our Fellows were invited to become members of a Council of Published Authors (COPA) and the title of Fellows was no longer used.In 2008, the Executive decided to return to the earlier title. Members who have recently achieved substantial publication are invited to apply for Fellow status.

To become a FAWWA Fellow you must:

Have had a substantial body of work published
Have been a member of the FAWWA for at least two years.

Applications should be addressed to:

Registrar of Writing Fellows
FAWWA
PO Box 6180
Swanbourne WA 6910

Email applications will be accepted. Email to admin@fawwa.org.au.

Applications will be considered by a committee of the FAWWA Management Board.

Your application should include a detailed list of published, performed or broadcast works with dates and details of publication, together with a list of literary prizes awarded for both published & unpublished works.

Contributions to newspapers, journals, ezines, websites and self-published works (except those that have received wide circulation and acclaim) should not be included.

The application should be accompanied by a cheque for $30 to cover costs of administration and the certificate. Excess funds will be used to further the work of the Fellowship. Should the application be unsuccessful the cheque will be refunded to the applicant, who may re-apply when further work has been published.

Current FAWWA Fellows

Prof. Brian Dibble
Betty Durston
Kevin Gillam
John Harman
Nicholas Hasluck
John Kinsella (Patron)
Andrew Lansdown
Joyce Parkes
Glen Phillips*
Barbara Temperton
Trevor Todd
Janet Woods
Barbara Yates-Rothwell
Barbara York Main
Norma King
Roland Leach
Pat Lowe
Ruth Marchant James
Shane Macaulay
Andrew Burke
Murray Jennings*Honorary Life Member

FAWWA Alumni (Former writers in residence)

Chris McLeod
Kevin Gillam
Glyn Parry
Trevor Todd
Michael Farrell (Vic)
Terry Whitebeach (Tasmania)
Stephen Dedman
Tracy Ryan
Bronwyne Thomason
Andrew Burke
Megan McKinlay
Sarah French
Julia Lawrinson
Rachel Robertson
Sue Woolfe
Peter Bishop
John Mateer
Liana Joy Christensen
Annamaria Weldon
Vivienne Glance

Welcome to our new Fellows 2013

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The FAWWA would like to congratulate its two newest members for their work, and thank them for being a a part of the FAWWA community.

Annamaria Weldon, shortlisted for the Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2012, was awarded the inaugural Nature Writing Prize (2011) by the Nature Conservancy Australia, and the Tom Collins Poetry Prize 2010. Her text, photo and recorded poetry installation, in collaboration with artist Carolyn Marks, was commissioned for the opening of Mandurah INQB8 Gallery of contemporary Art in 2011.

Her collection of poetry The Roof Milkers was published by the Sunline Press. Her style is grounded in a sense of place and a strong geographic feeling and consciousness that she might have developed during her many travels, from Malta to Western Australia, through London and Central America to name a very few.

Annamaria is a very dynamic poet who enjoys leading workshops, readings, and public speaking that enable her to share her valuable experience and widsom stories across Perth and Fremantle.

Vivienne Glance is a Western Australian writer and performer working across media: poetry, performance, science, written and spoken word. She is most inspired by the big questions of the day and the small moments that link us all. She is at her most creative when blending music, sound, text, light and movement in live performance.

Her theater work has been presented in the UK, USA, and Australia, and has been a guest in festivals abroad, where she showed her commitment to community arts and inclusivity. She runs workshops on playwriting and poetry writing for children in schools on transcreating work across language and culture, adult creative writing classes, and sessions to help writers perform their work at readings and events.

Vivienne is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at UWA, researching representations of science in performance.

History – 2013 is FAWWA’s 75th year!

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The office is open Mondays and Thursdays between 10am and 5pm if you would like to visit our two heritage houses.

1. Beginnings

In June 1938 American writer, Hartley Grattan, visited Perth. Katharine Susannah Prichard and John K. Ewers organised a dinner for him with local writers. Only 11 West Australian writers were present and of those 11 not one writer knew all the others.

Following a suggestion by Grattan, the oldest writer present, Jesse Hammond, urged John K. Ewers to form an organisation where writers could meet and support each other.

After ongoing discussions with Henrietta Drake-Brockman, Gavin Casey and others, the first meeting of the new Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) was held in October 1938 and Ewers was elected as Foundation President

Katharine Susannah Prichard was a founding member.

2. Constitution

Rather than form a separate group, the early writers formed a West Australian Section of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, founded in Sydney in 1928. A similar group was also formed in Victoria in 1938. This made FAWWA a part of a national network. Henrietta Drake-Brockman and Katharine Susannah Prichard were already members of the Sydney group. Gavin Casey was responsible for the final clause in the first Constitution:

Property. All property of the Fellowship, whether land and animals, buildings, slaves, jewels, bullion, stores of foodstuffs, drink, explosives, valuable manuscripts written by members, fishing rights, mining leases, works of art or articles of agreements or concessions of value of any kind, shall be under the control of the Executive.

3. H.G. Wells Visit

In December 1938 the newly formed Fellowship entertained visiting British author, H. G. Wells, at a dinner for FAW members only. Such was the rush to meet the famous writer that, according to Casey: ‘some 75 percent of Perth’s Paltriest People suddenly went literary.‘ In 1940 Casey wrote an account of the Fellowship’s year under the title of ‘A Year-old Infant Still Bellows Lustily’.

One half of FAWWA’s annual short story competiton is named after Donald Stuart.

4. Tom Collins House

In 1949 Samuel Furphy, youngest son of Victorian writer Joseph Furphy, bequeathed the wooden cottage his father had built in Servetus Street, Swanbourne in 1907, to the Fellowship to be maintained as a memorial to his father. Joseph Furphy is known as the Father of the Australian novel, because of his major work Such Is Life , written under the nom-de-plume of Tom Collins.

This is the first author’s home to be retained as a memorial anywhere in Australia.

In 1996, because of the development of West Coast Highway, it was relocated to Allen Park, barely a kilometre from its original site. It now forms the central feature in the Allen Park Heritage Precinct. The house is listed with the National Trust and the West Australian Heritage Council. As well as being the major Writers Centre in the Western suburbs, it contains most of the prize-winning copper repoussé work done in the early 1900s by Samuel Furphy’s wife, Mattie.

5. Mattie Furphy House

In 2004 the Heritage Council of WA asked the Fellowship if it would take responsibility for the large wooden home originally built for Samuel and Mattie Furphy. Begun around 1907, with a later addition, the house was built to feature the copper repoussé work made by Mattie during her studies at the Perth Technical School, with James Linton. The house is one of Perth’s finest examples of the Arts and Crafts, or Domestic Arts, Movement.

Mattie’s House was moved to the Allen Park Heritage Precinct in April 2005. Major restoration work is being done this year thanks to a substantial grant from Lotterywest. When completed the house will be the home of the Foundation for Creative Imagination, which will honour Mattie’s vision by encouraging creativity in all aspects of life.

Pattie Watts became a life member in 1993. She is still a dedicated supporter.

6. FAWWA and the Future

After a tumultuous start to the 2007-08 financial year – with FAWWA losing its funding and thus cutting back on its services – the organisation is on the cusp of a major transformation. We’ve done some serious soul searching, agonised over our role in life, cursed the possums living in the roof and grappled with the loss of funds, staff, management members and faith. But not hope.

Like the phoenix rising from the ashes, FAWWA is ready to reinvent itself once again and meet the challenges of being a small arts organisation competing for recognition in a culture largely dominated by sport, engineering and consumerism.

With a plan to restructure our committee into a focused, authoratative Board of Directors, a mandate to seek and develop both corporate and organisational partnerships and a campaign to re-energise our membership, FAWWA is preparing to lay the foundation for an exciting, prosperous and sustainable future.

An Appetite for Writing with Cath Drake

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Join us at Mattie Furphy House at 11am on Sunday 14th of October for Cath’s informative and imaginative look at food and writing. The workshop will include making and enjoying lunch together in the restored heritage loungeroom of Mattie’s beautiful home. $22

Happy 21st Birthday

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to our wonderful PR Intern Amy. Red Velvet and Choc Chip cupcakes to celebrate!

Management

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FAWWA is currently managed by a volunteer committee who meet monthly. However, bold new plans involve a complete restructure of our management. Perhaps it will involve you? Don’t miss out on an exceptional opportunity to be part of shaping FAWWA’s exciting future

Board of Directors

As part of the Fellowship’s metamorphis, FAWWA is restructuring its management.

We are seeking dedicated professionals – from the literary, publishing and business communities – to join our Board of Directors and steer FAWWA’s evolution, according to our new strategic plan.

Our new Board will be comprised of:

Four FAWWA Members
Two FAWWA Fellows

Four Business People with skills in areas of
- IT
- Marketing
- Publishing
- Business Administration
- Accounting
- Journalism
- Academia

The Executive will be derived from this membership and be comprised of:

Chairperson
Co-chair
Secretary
Treasurer

Interested individuals should get in touch with A/President Trisha Kotai-Ewers on 0400 233 763 to discuss.

Exciting times are ahead. Get involved and join a dynamic network of writers.

Funding

FAWWA is a non-profit organisation. Funds come from memberships, grants and writing activities.

Step up to the plate and support your Fellowship -

Writers in Residence: Alumni

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1998 – Trevor Todd, Julia Lawrinson

1999 – Cecily Scutt, Georgia Richter

2000 – Kevin Gillam, Tracey Ryan

2001 – Steven Dedman, Jaya Mullamby

2002 – Glynn Parry, Kate Ramage

2003 – Megan McKinley, Alan Hancock

2004 – Allan Boyd

2005 – Natasha Lester, Chris McLeod, Nola Hosking, Shevaun Cooley

2006 – Terry Whitebeach, Sarah French, Michael Farrell, Lily Chan

2007 – Bronwyne Thomason, Andrew Burke, Alli Barnard

2008 – Lucas North

2009 – Adriana Ellis, Helen Venn, Les Wicks

2010 – NO FUNDING

2011 – John Mateer, Liana Joy Christensen, Rachel Robertson, Sue Woolfe, Peter Bishop

2012 – Horst Kornberger, Janet Blagg (editor), Janet Jackson, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Christina Neubauer, Amanda Curtin (editor), Laurie Steed, Campbell Jeffreys

Bert Vickers Library

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Immediately after the bequest of Tom Collins House to the FAWWA in 1949, books were donated to establish a library of works by West Australian writers. Over the years the collection grew to include books relating to all aspects of Australian literature and memorabilia from local writers and the family of Joseph Furphy.

The library was fitted with jarrah shelving and cupboards made locally, thanks to a gift from Sue Vickers in memory of her late husband, Bert Vickers, a Fellow and long time member of FAWWA. Bertwas president in 1965-1966 and was made an Honorary Life Member in 1971. The new library was opened by the Hon. Peter Foss in 1993 and named the Bert Vickers Library.

Today the tradition continues for all members to donate a copy of their published work. The library also contains recent publications donated by Fremantle Press as well as the former OOTA collection.

FAWWA volunteer, Judy Mason has just finished creating an electronic catalogue of all the books.
This is a research library only. Although books may not be borrowed, members are welcome to work in the library.

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