Meetings:
Book Links meetings are held online via ZOOM, generally the Monday evening before the monthly Write Links meetings.
Email the secretary@booklinks.org.au for dates if you are interested in getting involved.
Write Links meetings are generally held on the first Saturday of the month at the State Library of Qld and online. Venues and dates can vary.
These meetings are for financial members of Book Links but non-members can attend for up to 2 meetings to see how they work.
For paid workshops, anyone can attend, and financial member receive discounted attendance.
The meeting structure is generally:
● 1:00 pm – Topic of interest or professional development
● 2:00 pm – Networking
● 3.00-5.00 – Critique groups
Workshop meetings are also scattered throughout the year and on those days sessions can begin earlier.
Sometime there is a fee to attend to cover presenter fees.
The next Write Links meeting will be Saturday 5 July in Meeting Room 1B. State Library Qld at 1pm.
The next Book Links meeting will be via ZOOM on Monday 7 July 2025 – Book Links meeting 6pm via zoom. If you wish to join in, please email info@booklinks.org.au for a link.
Are you or your family a Book Links member yet? Members receive generous discounts to events!
Join for 2025 via Trybooking.
The July Write Links meeting will be held 5 July in Meeting Room 1b, State Library of Qld
• 1:00 pm Topic: Writing Activation
• 2:00 pm Write Links Networking and Collective Wisdom – Focus on grants
• 3:00 – 5:00 Critiquing
Please ensure your Book Links membership is up to date before attending any face-to-face meetings. Staying current with your membership helps ensure smooth participation in all activities, access to resources, and compliance with organisational guidelines. It also pays the rent and insurance!
Face-to-face meetings are exclusive to paid members only. However, new book creators are welcome to attend two free trial sessions (excluding paid workshops).
Write Links now has its own Facebook page! This public page is where you can stay updated on upcoming events, workshops, and opportunities specifically for children’s book creators.
In addition to our public page, we also have a private Facebook group exclusively for paid Book Links members. This group offers a more intimate space for discussions, networking, and member-only resources.
The August Write Links Workshop & meeting will be held at State Library of Qld, Meeting Room 1B on Saturday 2 August.
This will be a hybrid meeting. If you book for in person then find you can’t come, you can still join via ZOOM with the link sent in the confirmation email.
This is also a special workshop meeting so we charge a fee to cover costs of the guest presenter. The cost for Book Links members is $5 and for non-members $20. To receive the discount, add in your members discount code at the point of payment. It was sent to you in the Trybooking confirmation email when you joined. Not a member? JOIN HERE FIRST to get your booking code.
If you only wish to attend the Networking and critiquing part, then select that ticket option and there will be no cost.
● 12:30 pm Topic: A deep dive into writing scenes with Melanie Hill
● 2:00 pm Write Links networking
● 3.00-5.00 Critiquing
BOOK HERE
A Deep Dive in Writing Scenes – Scenes are the starting point for a great story because they are stories in a microcosm. If you can write a scene that works, you can write a story that works. In this Session, we’ll cover:
What is a working scene with examples
The key elements of working scenes, and
How to plan your scenes.
Once you understand how scenes work and how to write them, you’ll be amazed by how much faster you’ll write.
Participants will be sent some pre-reading materials before the session.
Melanie Hill is an author, poet, the editor of the Australian Fairy Tale Society’s eZine, project lead for West of the Moon – more Australian Fairy Tales, a member of the Institute of Professional Editors, and co-host of the Story Nerd podcast. When Melanie isn’t writing or editing, she cat-wrangles four children with her husband. Her first middle-grade novel, Jett Cooper, will be published in September, and she’s working on the sequel.
Melanie has a passion for middle-grade and young adult stories, spy novels, and fairy tales, and she is rapidly developing a fondness for master detective novels. She combines her skills from a career as a logistics planner with story theory to write her novels, and help authors identify and solve plot problems.
Click on the image above to find out all about Romancing the Stars on the Sunshine Coast, Friday 29 August.
Plan a weekend away. We have some wonderful new stars for you to meet.
Upcoming Events:
Special dates to mark in your diary for 2025:
21 September – Write Links One Day Retreat at State Library of Qld
4 October – Book Links AGM and Write Links meeting
23 November – Big Lit Quiz at Good News Lutheran School, Middle Park
Other key dates to note for 2025
9-10 October – Wordplay as part of Brisbane Writers Festival at The Brisbane Powerhouse
Friday 31 October – Future Libraries Conference (QSLA) Book Links at their Trade Fair.
Are you or your family a Book Links member yet? Members receive generous discounts to events!
Join for 2025 via Trybooking.
