Hobsons Bay is a community with a deep and proud literary history, and vibrant and diverse culture of writing.
Homegrown Hobsons Bay is an innovative program to celebrate and to grow the potential and reach of, writers from Hobsons Bay. Homegrown writers are featured in this database, and their titles are clearly identified within our libraries with the Homegrown branding.
Homegrown Hobsons Bay is also about supporting up-and-coming writers. We are pleased to offer use of our library facilities for your next book launch and can assist you in the planning and promotion of your event.
If you are a published (or soon-to-published) writer with a significant connection to the City of Hobsons Bay we would love to hear from you to discuss how we can work with you further.
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'Tina Murray just knew that her unexpected redundancy during the recent Global Financial Crisis would lead her to find a more fulfilling life. Today, her experience of 30 years in innovation and management and her skills as a qualified interior designer, ...

The author has spent many years in historical research in original records, particularly early Port Phillip and Williamstown, more recently the topical WW1, particularly the "home front". Life in, and connection to, Hobsons Bay Most of the author's li ...

Adam Browne was born in Melbourne in 1963. He has published numerous short stories and two books. The first is a novel, Pyrotechnicon: Being a True Account of the Further Adventures of Cyrano de Bergerac Among the States and Empires of the Stars, by Himse ...

Internationally published author, Alison Stuart began her writing career, perched half way up a tree in the school playground. She is now a multi published author of historical novels set in Australia and the UK, spanning a range of historical periods ...

Passionate educator Amal Abou-Eid is an Australian mother of two with a strong connection to her Lebanese heritage. Inspired by her faith, and her wish for people to live harmoniously and without fear, Amal has turned her hand to writing. Supported by her ...