Events

The WordFam runs lots of different kinds of events throughout the year. Check out the calendar for what’s coming up!

All times are in AEST / Brisbane Australia times.

WordFam Calendar of Events

June 2025

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  • Words With the Fam (Brisbane Edition)
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  • Craft with the Fam
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  • Check-in & Write Night
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  • Games with the Fam
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  • Roving Words
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  • Craft with the Fam
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  • Check-in & Write Night
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  • Words With the Fam (Ipswich Edition)
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21 June 2025
  • Roving Words

    21 June 2025  1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    http://discord.word-family.com

    Join us to write wherever you are! To take part:

    • Go to a writing spot near you (preferably outside your home)
    • Share a picture of the place with us on Discord
    • Write with us! (Or plan or edit; whatever works for you)

    See more details

22 June 2025
  • Craft with the Fam

    22 June 2025  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    http://discord.word-family.com

    It's time to get crafty! Bring your art or craft project of choice, and make some progress with company. 

    How it Works

    This event is entirely online, so you don't need to move your project or equipment anywhere. You can do any kind of art or craft you like! (You can even write if you'd like.)

    We'll start off with a bit of a chat about what we're all working on and our craft of choice. It would be great if you could share a photo of your project with us! Then we'll have some focus time to get some work done. 

    If you want to join the voice channel, feel free to share a video stream of your crafty progress! Look out for people who have their mics and headphones muted, as they can't hear any chatter, but they might be sharing a view of their work with us or viewing others' streams. In Discord, you can view multiple streams at once. 

    At the end of the event, it would be lovely to have another photo of your project, so we can have before-and-after views! 

    *Pictures and videos are entirely voluntary; please only share what you're comfortable with.

    See more details

25 June 2025
  • Check-in & Write Night

    25 June 2025  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    http://discord.word-family.com

    Come write with us! There will be sprints, chat, and maybe some prompts.

    See more details

28 June 2025
  • Words With the Fam (Ipswich Edition)

    28 June 2025  9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    9 Blackstone Rd, Eastern Heights QLD 4305, Australia

    Hi Ipswich Word Fam! Due to skyrocketing prices and feeling much less supported as valued cafe patrons since new management took over, we are relocating!  We will now be meeting at Wild Rose Cottage in Eastern Heights. It's a lovely small business with good coffee, pretty treats, and light meals.

    Join the Ipswich branch of the Word Family for Breakfast, conversation about what we're writing, and OF COURSE, writing time!

    See more details

1 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

2 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

3 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

4 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

5 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

  • Words With the Fam (Brisbane Edition)

    5 July 2025  10:00 am - 3:00 pm
    The Coffee Club Café - Park Road, Shop 9 - 11/32 Park Rd, Milton QLD 4064, Australia

    Our monthly central catch-up!

    For in-person meetup, come along to the Coffee Club at Milton (CCM). There's free parking available in the area and it's just up the road from the Milton train station. 

    To find us inside, head down to the back of the restaurant and look for the forest of laptops. We'll have plenty of room for everyone, power available if you need to plug in, and lots of chance to chat and focus on writing! Bring headphones if you wish, to aid focus or simply get some quiet time. Whatever works for you is fine with us.

    We'll be running some writing sprints through the day. 

    If you can't make it in person, join in online on our Discord server!

    See more details

6 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

7 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

8 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

9 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

  • Check-in & Write Night

    9 July 2025  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    http://discord.word-family.com

    Join us for a monthly check-in, to talk about what's happening with you and how you're going. Come and share with us!

    Afterwards, we'll move on to do some writing sprints.

    See more details

10 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

11 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

12 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

13 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

  • Craft with the Fam

    13 July 2025  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    http://discord.word-family.com

    It's time to get crafty! Bring your art or craft project of choice, and make some progress with company. 

    How it Works

    This event is entirely online, so you don't need to move your project or equipment anywhere. You can do any kind of art or craft you like! (You can even write if you'd like.)

    We'll start off with a bit of a chat about what we're all working on and our craft of choice. It would be great if you could share a photo of your project with us! Then we'll have some focus time to get some work done. 

    If you want to join the voice channel, feel free to share a video stream of your crafty progress! Look out for people who have their mics and headphones muted, as they can't hear any chatter, but they might be sharing a view of their work with us or viewing others' streams. In Discord, you can view multiple streams at once. 

    At the end of the event, it would be lovely to have another photo of your project, so we can have before-and-after views! 

    *Pictures and videos are entirely voluntary; please only share what you're comfortable with.

    See more details

14 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

15 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

16 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

17 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

18 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

  • Games with the Fam

    18 July 2025  8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    http://discord.word-family.com

    Join us in the voice chat for some fun games! 

    The games can be online party games, MMOs, or anything else easy for people to take part in online. If someone has Jackbox available, you are welcome to run them! 

    Free and available games online include: 

    Got a game you want to play? Bring it along!

    See more details

19 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

  • Roving Words

    19 July 2025  1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    http://discord.word-family.com

    Join us to write wherever you are! To take part:

    • Go to a writing spot near you (preferably outside your home)
    • Share a picture of the place with us on Discord
    • Write with us! (Or plan or edit; whatever works for you)

    See more details

20 July 2025
  • WordFam Writing Extravaganza!

    1 July 2025 - 31 July 2025  

    Join us for a month-long writing challenge! Set your writing goal, do some dares and challenges, and jump into writing events with us. Let's get those words done!

    See more details

Regular Events

Writing Events

Writing Events

The WordFam meets up regularly to write and stay connected. Not sure what all the events on our calendar are about? You're in the right place! For our in-person meet-ups, we have a set of standard guidelines that everyone must follow: If...
Event FAQ

Event FAQ

Not sure whether you should come along to our events? New to the group and want to know more? No problem! You can check out the info about our writing events and where and when they are . If you're unsure about coming to an event, you can...
QWC Events

QWC Events

The Queensland Writers Centre hosts free writing meetups across Queensland in their Writing Friday program. We include them here for your convenience! Contact the QWC to get involved. All times are in AEST / Brisbane Australia times. QWC...

Special Events

The WordFam does various special events through the year. These are usually annual events, so don’t miss out on the next one!

Writers' Asylum

Writers' Asylum

This way lies madness. Or salvation. One of those. (Picture by ark4n) 1 day, 5 challenges, 1,000 words each.  Can you keep up? Welcome to the Asylum : a day of writing challenges for writers! This is a chance to try something outside...
WordFam Retreat

WordFam Retreat

(Photo: Melanie Edmonds) Returning in 2025: the WordFam is holding a Retreat! This year, we will be going to beautiful North Stradbroke Island / Minjerribah to enjoy writing time, cool winter beaches and possible passing whales. We hope...
International Writing Events

International Writing Events

There are lots of writing events open to everyone around the world! Here is a calendar of international writing events and challenges that you can participate in. These are all run externally to the WordFamily and are provided for your information....

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