Varuna News

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Wei Clerkin Wei Clerkin

2024 Cove Park Fellowship Recipient

Congratulations to Cove Park Fellowship 2024 recipient Brooke Robinson, who will be heading to Scotland in September to take part in a four-week residency in Scotland.

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Maeve Marsden Maeve Marsden

Inaugural Whitlam Essay Residency recipients

Kim Huynh, Dr Kath Kenny, Dr Farjana Mahbuba, Deborah Prospero, Heather Taylor-Johnson and Dr Jessica White selected for the inaugural Whitlam Essay Residency, to take place March 2024.

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Maeve Marsden Maeve Marsden

Pitch Me! 2024 now open for applications

Varuna is delighted to announce our 2024 call out for Pitch Me!. Applications are now open to be part of a program that connects Australian writers with publishers and agents.

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Guest User Guest User

Varuna’s support of The Voice

We at Varuna, the National Writers House, on the lands of the Darug and Gundungurra peoples, thank the First Nations leaders, delegates and communities for their generosity, grace and good faith in inviting us to walk with them in a ‘movement of the Australian people for a better future’. 

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Guest User Guest User

2023 Cove Park Fellowship Recipient

Congratulations to Cove Park Fellowship 2023 recipient Jeanine Leane, who will be heading to Scotland in August to take part in a four-week residency. Thank you to our wonderful alumni writers who applied and supported this fellowship.

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Jaala Hallett Jaala Hallett

NSW Government announces $815,827 in funding for Varuna

Leveraging the presence of over 200 award-winning writers who visit Varuna each year, the funding will transform the extraordinary cultural wealth of Varuna from being a residential asset enjoyed by relatively few, to being a place that all members of the community can enjoy.

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