What We Offer
Networking
Meet like-minded people and get to know industry professionals through workshops.
Professional Development
A variety of professional development sessions from ‘social media for authors’ to ‘how to write the perfect pitch’ take place each month.
Critique Groups
Improve your writing with a supportive and diverse critique group. There are specific groups for picture book, junior fiction, young adult and illustrators.
Resources
Our extensive list of resources can help you on your writing and illustrating journey. Visit our Resources page for industry events, associations, newsletters and more.
From the Blog
‘Love, Fear & All That Other Stuff’ with Richard Yaxley
On 1st February, Write Link members kicked off 2025 in promising fashion, with the first meeting of the year hosting a workshop by highly experienced and acclaimed author Richard Yaxley. Richard’s many Young Adult novels and short stories have won […]
Adaptable with Josie Montano
A Write Links meeting on the 3rd of August was honoured by a visit from Josie Montano, an award-winning children’s writer whose career has taken her into the world of film adaptation. She has written more than sixty books, from […]
Writing Reviews with Mia Macrossan
StoryLinks Managing Editor, esteemed children’s book reviewer and former CBCA judge Mia Macrossan presented an enlightening session on writing reviews at the Write Links meeting on 29th June. Here are the details, based on her notes. Who is the […]
5 Tips for Writing A Series with Charlotte Barkla
On 25th May Write Links members had the opportunity to attend an insightful professional development session with author Charlotte Barkla. Always a highlight of Write Links meetings, professional development sessions offer valuable insights from industry professionals into a multitude of […]
Illustration Retreat at Woodlands of Marburg, May 2024
Set in the beautiful surrounds of Woodlands of Marburg, children’s book author and illustrator Yvonne Mes opened the weekend with one of the most widely loved and recognised of all picture book characters – Eric Carl’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. […]
Collective Wisdom: Insider Tips for Emerging Children’s Authors and Illustrators
As an aspiring children’s author, I’ve often found myself lost and overwhelmed by a maze of advice and feedback for people looking to get into the industry. Advice can be contradictory, vague, and often downright irrelevant to my preferred genre, […]
A New Critique Group at Write Links!
Hello aspiring and emerging authors and illustrators! Are you like me when I started writing and have googled extensively on ‘how to get published’ and found out that it’s super helpful to join a writing group and take part […]
Quality Critiquing Workshop with Melanie Hill
I wrote my first chapter book for children in 2005. It was brilliant. It was a masterpiece. It was a future best seller. I know because my mum said so. I still have the rejection letter from Penguin. It’s an […]
Workshop with Kate Foster – Writing Diverse Characters and Deep Point of View
Diversity, inclusivity and representation are hot topics in children’s literature at the moment, so the Write Links group were very fortunate to have the award-winning Kate Foster speak on this topic at our 3 February 2024 meeting. […]
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