A place where UTS creative writers – current students and alumni – can share new work
Join current students and alumni at 6pm on the first Friday of every month for the UTS Writer’s Salon. While every month features a different UTS-affiliated creative writer with a new publication, any students or alumni are welcome to read. Polish off your favourite excerpt, or simply come to listen and be inspired.
Masters’ students all impressed, showing that the UTS creative writing program continues to be deserving of its reputation. – Claire Mulcahy, attendee.
Next salon
Friday July 7, 6pm - 8pm
The loft uts, Building 9, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, Nsw 2007
The next UTS Writer’s Salon will focus on historical fiction, and specifically the latest book by Caroline Beecham, a fascinating look at a forgotten character from 20th Century history and the remarkable work done by the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning.
Come along to discover how creative writing turns facts into compelling narratives and the research needed by any writer interested in history.
Previous salons
Friday March 31, 6pm - 8pm
UTS Gallery, Level 4/702 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007
In this event we meet UTS Creative Writing alum Jane O'Connell, reading from and discussing her novel Cold Against the Glass, a project she began writing within her Master's study. Jane will discuss her journey in getting her work published, from working with agents and publishers, and ultimately her experience in self-publication.
Friday November 4 2022
Hannah Bent
UTS alum and author Hannah Bent discusses her debut novel When Things Are Alive They Hum, published by Allen and Unwin.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH 2022
Petronella McGovern
Featuring UTS alum, author and editor Petronella McGovern reading from her third novel, The Liars, which came out with Allen and Unwin in September 2022.
Friday September 2nd 2022
Mawunyo Gbogbo
Featuring UTS alumni Mawunyo Gbogbo, reading from her new book Hip Hop & Hymns. Mawunyo Gbogbo is a music and pop culture reporter for Double J and ABC News.
Thursday May 19 2022
UTS Postgraduate Writing Project
Join current students and alumni to polish off your favourite excerpt, or simply come to listen and be inspired.
Friday April 8 2022
Tanya Vavilova
Featuring UTS graduate Tanya Vavilova, the joint winner of the Small Press Network Book of the Year Prize 2021 for her debut collection of essays We Are Speaking in Code. Her short story capsule Grub was awarded the Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award in 2019 and released in 2021 in print by Spineless Wonders.
Friday March 4 2022
Helen Meany
Featuring UTS graduate Helen Meany, whose new novella Every Day is Gertie Day was a co-winner of the 2021 Seizure Viva La Novella competition published by Brio Books.