SCWC AGM 2026
Description
The South Coast Writers Centre warmly invites all our members, existing, past and prospective, to a morning tea celebration of the work of the SCWC. If you’ve ever been curious about SCWC membership—come along, have a chat and meet our committee.
Over morning tea, SCWC's 2026 Coledale Writers-in-Residence, science writer and researcher Sarah Hamylton and Christine Sykes, novelist, playwright and poet, will be in conversation with the Chair of the SCWC committee, Peter Frankis about their creative work and process.
Plus hear readings from the Young Writers Collective's most recent anthology, Untested Questions.
After morning tea, the AGM will begin which includes reports reflecting on the work of the SCWC over the 2025/26 financial year. Join us to hear about the important work of the Centre!
10:00 Doors Open & Morning Tea
10:30 Welcome to Country – Aunty Barbara Nicholson & Welcome to SCWC Members – Peter Frankis (Chair)
10:35 Panel discussion – Sarah Hamylton & Christine Sykes in conversation with Peter Frankis.
11:00 Young Writers Collective – readings from Untestable Questions anthology
11:35 AGM (also via Zoom)
Members are also invited to nominate for positions on the Committee of Management. You can play a role in the direction of the SCWC, now in its thirty-second year. The Committee of Management meets 4-5 times per year and provides governance, strategic direction and creative advice to support the work of the SCWC. Nominations for office bearers will be called at the AGM for the roles of Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary. If you're interested, please get in touch in advance, with Chairperson Peter Frankis.
Reports for the AGM will be available one week in advance from this link.
The AGM will also be able to join via Zoom at this link. Meeting ID: 852 1488 4623
Coledale Writers-in-Residence
Sarah Hamylton
Sarah Hamylton is a coastal scientist, nature writer and am emerging popular science writer. She works alongside Traditional Owners of Sea Country to learn how coastal environments have changed across broader scales of space and time. She has written several books, including the textbook Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and the essay collection Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from beyond the water’s edge (CSIRO Publishing, 2022). Her latest book is Plotting the Oceans: Stories of Popular Maps and Their Makers (Monash University Press, 2026).
Christine Sykes
Christine Sykes has three published books. The Tap Cats of the Sunshine Coast was inspired by her and her aunt’s experience taking up tap dancing in retirement. Being raised in Cabramatta provided the basis for her memoir, Gough and Me: My Journey from Cabramatta to China and Beyond. In Gough and Me, Christine overlays the social and political events of the tumultuous decades of the 1960s and 70s and the impact that Gough Whitlam has – not only on her own life but on generations of Australians. Her previous book, The Changing Room, was based on her experiences at the non-profit Dress for Success which provides practical support and help for women looking for work. The Changing Room won the fiction award from the Society of Women Writers NSW.
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