“Helena Fox is effortlessly ambitious with How it Feels to Float. She sweeps us into the world of Biz, an Australian teen whose thoughts fall haphazardly into readers' hands: shards so confused and hurried you can’t help but think they’re meaningless.

But as you read on, and Fox patiently waits for you to place the shards together: you find yourself standing in front of a stunning mosaic confused as to how you got there and yet sure that this is how things were supposed to come together.”

This book is the perfect introduction into the YA space for new readers, and a breathe of fresh air for the veterans who are growing tired of the genre's well worn tropes. Noni successfully breathes life into her more mature work, allowing for optimism, hope and love to carry the book through its darkest times and most difficult challenges.

“Dragon Scales is one of the most interesting books I have read. I loved every bit of it. To begin with, it is set in Australia, which is so rare for a fantasy story and I love that. Pip, a young girl, rescues Little Fella, a baby dragon, from the waterhole, and has to release him back to his mother.”

“Only a Monster is an interesting read, going from light to dark, happy to sad, contrasting each mood as the story twists and turns like a windy road until cutting off at the ultimately heartbreaking end. Sad, but definitely worth a read, unless you are looking for a happy ending.”

In memory of SCWC friend Jack Baker, we’d like to offer this wonderful essay about him by Judi Morison, and honour him as a writer through this poem from the preface of his final book, Stranded at Sunrise.

The South Coast Writers Centre would like to recognise Treva Taylor, who was a huge part of our activities and energy for many years, and who sadly passed away recently. Former Director of the South Coast Writers Centre, Friederike (Rike) Krishnabhakdi-Vasilakis, kindly wrote some words remembering Treva.

On Saturday 19 March at Coledale Community Hall, the South Coast Writers Centre hosted the 2022 SCWC Poetry Awards, and the launch of our 2021 anthology of writing: Legacies.

Congratulations to the winners (Erin Shiel, Sean West, Lore White & Peter Frankis), the shortlisted and longlisted poets, and to all the writers in the Legacies anthology.

SCWC’s 2022 Book Reviewer Errin Faran reviews The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He.

The South Coast Writers Centre is pleased to announce the eight selected writers, and we look forward to seeing their work that comes out of this program. Meet the writers.

SCWC Member Camille Booker recently hosted the book launch of her debut novel What If You Fly? at Coledale Community Hall.

From Australia’s dominant fetishization of property comes a crime romance with a killer tagline that will have any crime writer kicking themselves that they didn’t come up with it first.

"These two books reminded me that impossible hurdles or immovable gatekeepers don’t last forever...When texts allow us a tiny glimpse of the world waiting for us to return, lockdown can’t end soon enough." - Andy Muir