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Saturday 4 November 2017 STATE COUNCIL MEETING FAW Spring Edition #257 SEP 2017 QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF AUSTRALIAN WRITERS NSW INC. Meet fellow members at our SAVE THE DATE: FAW Awards Luncheon Awards Lunch at Club York in Saturday TSydney is a great opportunity for membershe to get-together socially for 4 November 2017 lunch, enjoy the guest speaker and applaud this year’s winners of the prestigious FAW Marjorie Barnard Award and Hilarie Lindsay Young STATE COUNCIL MEETING Writers Short Story Competition. All FAW Branch Delegates are invited to join the Executive Committee for The State Committee changed the second biannual State Council Meeting, Saturday 4 November 2017, the date to early November so that the event doesn't clash with branch starting 10:00am at Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney. Christmas gatherings so why not This will be immediately followed the same day by our… support this initiative. Come in early to the bi-annual meeting of delegates FAW AWARDS LUNCHEON at the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts at 10am; then stretch your legs York 1 Room, ‘York Events’, Club York SEE MAP with a walk to 99 York Street and (formerly known as ’99 on York’) enjoy the 'fellowship' of meeting 95-99 York Street, Sydney, 11.30 for 12 noon PAGE 4 other FAW members. It is a rewarding day which always Our Special Guest Speaker this year is Marilla North, makes me appreciate being part of a author/editor of Yarn Spinners, about the life and times of author NSW-wide organisation such as ours. Dymphna Cusack, as well as Miles Franklin and Florence James. From year to year I catch up with Cost: $45 per person / Raffle Tickets $1 each. members from branches far and wide. The order form for your Luncheon Ticket and Raffle Tickets is on Order your tickets, bring a friend the back of your Writers Voice mailing sheet. and enjoy this inspirational day. To obtain tickets, please send your order form and cheque to: Maureen Kelly oam, Hon Sec Hon. Treasurer, FAW NSW, Unit 801, Henry Kendall Gardens 150 Maidens Brush Road, WYOMING NSW 2250. Make all cheques payable to ‘Fellowship of Australian Writers’. IN THIS ISSUE… And to help with our finances, please enclose a stamped State Council News: 3 return addressed envelope for your receipt and ticket/s. Branch Reports 5 Poets Voice 12 Images from the 2015 Awards Luncheon… Competition Results 13 Obituaries 14 Book Reviews 16 Roundup 17 Literary Achievements 20 Out & About with Trevar 24 Writing Competitions 25 Branch Meetings and Contacts 26 FAW Members’ Bookshelf 28 FAW NSW Inc. State Council: Biannual Delegates Meetings May and Fellowship November each year. Minutes are mailed to each Branch Secretary. 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