Bendigo Writers Council

BWC Writers Explore October – Becoming an Emerging Writer with a Seniors Card – with Garry Fay

Since selling his first published work to a roleplaying games company way back in 1991, Garry Fay has considered himself an ‘emerging’ writer. With the publication of his debut novel Crowhand, he likes to think he has finally emerged.

Rather than finally breathing a sigh of relief that his dream of being a published author had finally been achieved, fulfilment of this life-long ambition has brought with it its own unique set of challenges he wasn’t quite prepared for.

Book-tok, anyone? Garry is quite happy to discuss these challenges, as well as talk about the genre of ‘grimdark’, which is the genre he writes in at the library.

Residing in regional Victoria where he lives with his wife, Pauline, a pair of feuding cats, and a friendly neighbourhood Border Collie, Garry Fay works as a specialist youth librarian.

In addition to being the published author of adventures for several tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), Garry has worked as a pastrycook’s assistant, band roadie, record store manager, primary school teacher, basketball coach and gifted education mentor. He recently oversaw the publication of the Young Adults Handbook for Public Libraries Victoria (PLV), and was founder of the Eisner Award nominated comic bookstore, Heroes HQ.

Bring pens and paper and be inspired.

When: 7–9 pm, Wednesday 28 October 2026

Cost: $10

Where: Bendigo Library, Activity Room 1, 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo*