Event:

• The Sydney Writers' Festival

Autobiographical stories:

• NYC: Hit to the Shinbone, Sonja Goernitz
• Migration: Glenda Kwek's Path to Australia
• Between Jobs: Lesson to Listen, Brett Kelly

Interview: John Misto, multi-award-winning Author (his new novel: The Devil's Companions)

#9, May 2005

Events:

• Conflux 2 in Canberra
• The 8th Annual Freelance Convention (MEAA)
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• Giving Life: It's About Love, Eva Sallis
• Horror: Writer's Block, Richard Harland
• At Baxter: A Peaceful Protester, Geoff Hastwell
• Lovebirds: Married and Moved to Queensland, Norma Cato
• Cancer: Can You Share Death? Merran Cooper

Interview: Malcolm Knox (Literary Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, his new book A Private Man is short-listed for the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Award)

#8, April 2005

Events:

• Magic Casements III, NSW Writers' Centre
• Book Launch bei gleebooks, Roslyn Arnold
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• Big familie and the perspective from "No 12": In My Dream I Screamed..., Chez Chidzey
• Children published: Creative Kids, Edel Wigness
• Couragous - a woman defends her ground against three men in the bush: Daybreak, Leila Bryant
• Uplifting: Barry Flies Solo, Barry Harrison
• Domestic Violence: Shattered - Waiting in Hospital, Marya Clifford

Interview: Mem Fox (Autor of more than 30 books for children and grown ups)

#7, March 2005

Events:

• Writers' Week in Perth (Helen Garner, Bill Bryson and Gregory David Roberts)
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• Movement in Miami: A woman relaxed on holiday when illegal migrants came by, Terry Spring
• Migration: Three generationen searching for "the right spot" to live, Geraldine Mackey
• Meeting the Undertaker: A Business Trip with a Surgery, Daphne Hargreaves
• Childhood: Memories of the Neighbourhood in Sydney in the 50s, Patricia Stone

Interview: Gabrielle Lord (Award-winning Author of 12 crime novels)

#6, Feb. 2005

Events:

• Four desert books launched at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in Canberra
• Eternity exhibition and book with 50 life stories of "ordinary and extraordinary Australians" at the NMA
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• On the way to school: Boy floated in the Pacific for three days - Determination for Education by Narendra Singh
• Kids and/or Career: A Family on Holiday in NSW (three children) by Silvana Liguori and her life story
• Love & Passion: A Man loves His Car - Farewell my Love by Trevor Ludlow
• A Day to Remember at School: The Stick Method by retired teacher Jim Conway

Interview: John Martinkus (Australian Reporter and Autor of four books, e.g. Travels in American Iraq)

#5, Jan. 2005

Events:

• Launch of the Anthology Famous Reporter 30 in Tasmania
• Michael Ariston sells his books on the Saturday Salamanca Market in Hobart
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• Extremes: Guided by an Angel? by Zainab Ali Kahiye
• Travel: Back to Breda by Greg Bogaerts
• Health: Write from Depression by Luis Navea
• A Writer: Stopped after 1014 Words by Matthew Robert
• Read 9-5 and beyond: An Agent's Point of View by Nikki Davies

Interview: Rachael Treasure (Tasmanian Autor of the Penguin bestseller Jillaroo)

#4, Dec. 2004

Events:

• The Bookshow at the NSW Writers' Centre (plenty about self-publishing)
• Jessie Street National Women's Library: About the library and Goldie Alexander presents some of her 25 mainly self-published books
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• Growing up in Nazi Germany, Jürgen Corleis (Foreign Correspondent in Sydney) - Listening to BBC radio in an SS Boarding School
• It Did All Happen, Didn't It? Phyllis McDuff (Random House) - An Australian Child in Post War Vienna
• Letter: Bread Comes Back Cake, James Hayton - Writing a Letter about a House in England during the War brought back many Letters from Others

Interview: Paul Ham (The Sunday Times and Author of Kodoka)

#3, Nov. 2004

Events:

• The Canberra Readers & Writers Festival (Sandy McCutcheon, John Birmingham and an evening with sexy stories)
• gleebooks: Launch of Alaisdair McGregor's biography about Frank Hurley
• Arts Law Centre of Australia: Understanding Legal Subtext
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• Why I write? Craig Cormick (Deputy Chair of the ACT Writers' Centre in Canberra)
• Love for Romance Writing, Melanie Milburne (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
• Gathering Life Experience, Sonja Görnitz

Interview: Sandy McCutcheon (Author of seven books, his latest: The Haha Man)

#2, Oct. 2004

Events:

• The Brisbane Writers' Festival (Eva Sallis, Chris Nyst, Matthew Reilly, Louis Welsh)
• Tea in the Library: Emily Ross and Angus Holland present their book 100 Great Businesses and the minds behind them.
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories:

• Adventures in Self-Publishing, Matthew Reilly (Pan MacMillan)
• A Walk at Night in Beijing, Bruce Lyman (CEO, Argus Solutions)
• Start your own Business, Carolyn Anthony (Director, Talking of Sydney Tours)

Interview: Dr. Julia Baird (Author and Opinion Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald)

#1, Sept. 2004

Events:

• The Melbourne Writers' Festival (Peter Robb, John Martinkus, Clea Koff)
• Tea in the Library: Judith White's lively presentation about her books on aromatherapy
• Writers' events calendar

Autobiographical stories (by me as an example what they can be like):

• Journal (Flight to Melbourne)
• Migration from Hamburg to Sydney
• Hiking in Queensland (2nd Great Walk)

Interview: John Larkin (Author of 20 books)