Every month we bring you the latest from Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) members: playwrights, screenwriters for film and television, showrunners, podcasters, comedians, game narrative designers, dramaturgs, librettists, and audio writers at the heart of our Australian stories.
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NOVEMBER 2023
NEW & UPCOMING
| TITLE | WRITERS | WHERE TO WATCH | LINK | |
| Behind The Seams | Ruth Estelle | Series | Facebook, Instagram | WATCH HERE |
| Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes | Julie Kalceff | Documentary | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| The Disposables | Sonia Whiteman | Multi-platform | ABC TV, ABC iview, TikTok (vertical) | WATCH HERE |
| Erotic Stories | Jean Tong | Series | SBS On Demand | WATCH HERE |
| Hard Quiz | Adam Richard | Series | ABC, Wednesday 8pm | WATCH HERE |
| Kangaroo Beach S2 | Tim Bain | Children's TV | ABC Kids, 7:38am weekdays & weekends | FIND OUT MORE |
| Love Is In The Air | Katharine E. McPhee | Film | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| Mother and Son | Tristram Baumber, Sarah Walker | Series | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| One Night | Emily Ballou | Series | Paramount+ | WATCH HERE |
| RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service S2 | Ian Meadows, Claire Phillips | Series | Seven Network, Tuesday 9pm | WATCH HERE |
| Rock Island Mysteries, S2 | Alix Beane, Jessica Brookman, Marisa Nathar, Trent Roberts, Matthew Bon | Children's TV | Nickelodeon, Ten Play, Monday-Thursday, 5pm | WATCH HERE |
| Slant | Michael Nikou | Feature | In cinemas now | BOOK HERE |
| Spooky Files | Guy Edmonds, Marisa Nanakhorn Brown, Clem Bastow, Alberto Di Troia, Emma Gordon, Trystyn Bowe | Children's TV | ABC ME, ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| While The Men Are Away | Kim Wilson, Sam Icklow, Enoch Mailangi, Magda Wozniak | Series | SBS On Demand | WATCH HERE |
| VHS Revue | David M. Green | Series | YouTube, released fortnightly | WATCH HERE |
| Damages | Madeleine Blackwell | Feature | In cinemas Thursday 9 November | BOOK HERE |
| NCIS: Sydney | James Cripps | Series | Paramount+, premieres 10 November | |
| The Royal Hotel | Oscar Redding | Feature | In Cinemas 23 November | |
| Uproar | Sonia Whiteman | Feature | Premieres at Toronto International Film Festival. In cinemas 30 November | |
| Bump S4 | Kelsey Munro | Series | Stan, December 2023 | |
| Poor Things | Tony McNamara | Feature | Premiered at Venice International Film Festival. In Cinemas 26 December 2023 | |
| Expats | Alice Bell | Series | Episode 5 premieres at Toronto International Film Festival. Full series available early 2024 | |
| Troppo S2 | Yolanda Ramke, Chelsea Cassio | Series | Early 2024 | |
| The Narrow Bridge | Esther Takac | Film | Screening on ABC Compass, May 2024 |
SERIES
| TITLE | AWG WRITERS | WHERE TO WATCH | LINK | |
| 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone | Fin Edquist, Tim Groenendyk | Children's TV | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath | Fin Edquist, Tim Groenendyk, Tess Meyer | Children's TV | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| All My Friends Are Racist | Enoch Mailangi, Kodie Bedford | Comedy | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| A Place To Call Home | Katherine Thomson, David Hannam, Kristen Dunphy, Kim Wilson, Hamilton Budd, Brooke Wilson, Tony Morphett, Rick Held, Sarah Walker | Drama | Binge | WATCH HERE |
| Bali 2022 | Marcia Gardner, Michael Toisuta, Justin Monjo | Drama | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| Barons | Liz Doran, Marieke Hardy, Matt Cameron | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Bay of Fires* | Andrew Knight | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Black Comedy | Steven McGregor (director), Dylan River, Rhianna Malezer | Comedy | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Black Snow* | Lucas Taylor | Drama | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| Bluey* | John McGeachin, Tim Bain | Children's TV | ABC iView, Disney+ | WATCH HERE |
| Class of '07* | Kacie Anning, Romina Accurso, Nina Oyama, Courtney Wise | Comedy | Amazon Prime Video | WATCH HERE |
| Colin From Accounts | Harriet Dyer, Patrick Brammall | Comedy | Binge | WATCH HERE |
| Crazy Fun Park* | Nicholas Verso, Magda Wozniak, Craig Irvin, Enoch Mailangi | Children's TV | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Deadloch* | Kirsty Fisher, Kim Wilson, Nina Oyama, Anchuli Felicia King | Comedy | Amazon Prime Video | WATCH HERE |
| Dis/Connected | Felicity Tillack | Series | WATCH HERE | |
| EastEnders* | Peter Mattessi | Serial | BBC One | WATCH HERE |
| Firebite | Brendan Fletcher, Kodie Bedford | Drama, Supernatural | SBS On Demand | WATCH HERE |
| First Day | Julie Kalceff | Children's TV | ABC iVIew | WATCH HERE |
| Five Bedrooms* | Michael Lucas, Mithila Gupta, Claire Phillips, Alisha Hnatjuk | Drama | Paramount+ | WATCH HERE |
| Gold Diggers* | Jack Yabsley, Amy Stewart, Shontell Ketchell, Sara Khan, Erica Harrison | Comedy | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| The Great* | Tony McNamara, Fiona Seres | Comedy | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| Gruen | James Colley | Comedy | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Hard Quiz* | Adam Richard | Quiz show, Comedy | ABC, 8pm Wednesdays, ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Heartbreak High | Hannah Carroll Chapman, Matthew Whittet, Marieke Hardy, Thomas Wilson-White, Megan Palinkas | Drama | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| The Heights | Peter Mattessi, Hannah Carroll Chapman, Romina Accurso, Megan Palinkas, Magda Wozniak, Mithila Gupta, Dot West, Nick King, Larissa Behrendt, Melissa Lee Speyer, Alexandra Cullen, Jessica Paine, Tim Williams, Aaron McCann, Faith McKinnon, Jane Allen, Cassandra Nguyen, Sarah Bassiuoni | Serial | ABC | |
| Home and Away* | Serial | Seven Network, Monday-Thursday 7pm | WATCH HERE | |
| In Limbo* | Lucas Taylor, Tamara Asmar | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| In Our Blood* | Jane Allen | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Ithaka: A Fight to Free Julian Assange | Ben Lawrence | Documentary | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Kangaroo Beach | Tim Bain | Children's TV | ABC Kids, 7:38am weekdays & weekends | WATCH HERE |
| Little J and Big Cuz | Danielle MacLean, Dot West, Clare Madsen | Children's TV | SBS On Demand, ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart* | Sarah Lambert, Kirsty Fisher, Kim Wilson, Leah Purcell (actor) | Drama | Amazon Prime Video | WATCH HERE |
| Love Me | Alison Bell, Leon Ford, Blake Ayshford | Drama | Binge | WATCH HERE |
| MaveriX | Sam Meikle, Fin Edquist, Michelle Offen, Sarinah Masukor | Children's TV | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| The Messenger* | Sarah Lambert, Kim Wilson, Magda Wozniak, Kirsty Fisher | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Deb Cox, Michael Miller, Kristen Dunphy, Liz Doran, Chris Corbett, Michelle Offen | Drama | ABC iView, Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| Monster Beach | Shayne Armstrong, Lorin Clarke | Children's TV | Cartoon Network | |
| Mustangs FC | Shanti Gudgeon, Magda Wozniak, Michael Miller, Kirsty Fisher, Alix Beane | Children's TV | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Mystery Road | Michaeley O'Brien, Kodie Bedford, Timothy Lee, Steven McGregor, Blake Ayshford, Danielle MacLean, Dylan River | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Mystery Road: Origins | Blake Ayshford, Kodie Bedford, Timothy Lee, Steven McGregor, Dylan River | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| NCIS* | Shane Brennan | Drama | Binge, Paramount+ | WATCH HERE |
| NCIS: Los Angeles* | Shane Brennan | Drama | Binge, Paramount+ | WATCH HERE |
| New Gold Mountain | Pip Karmel, Benjamin Law, Yolanda Ramke, Greg Waters | Drama | SBS On Demand | WATCH HERE |
| The Newsreader* | Michael Lucas, Niki Aken, Kim Ho | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Neighbours* | Serial | 10 Peach, Monday-Thursday 6.30pm | WATCH HERE | |
| North Shore* | Marcia Gardner | Drama | Network 10 | WATCH HERE |
| Pine Gap | Felicity Packard, Greg Haddrick | Drama | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| The PM's Daughter | Tristram Baumber, Hannah Samuel, Jessica Paine, Craig Irvin, Alexandra Cullen, Gemma Bird Matheson, Magda Wozniak, | Children's TV | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service* | Ian Meadows, Claire Phillips | Drama | Seven Network | WATCH HERE |
| Rock Island Mysteries | Alix Beane, Sam Carroll, Trent Roberts, David Hannam, Marisa Nathar, Hannah Samuel, Jessica Brookman, Matthew Bon | Children's TV | Nickelodeon, Ten Play | WATCH HERE |
| Safe Home | Anna Barnes, Jean Tong, Michelle Law | Drama | SBS On Demand | WATCH HERE |
| The Sandman | Catherine Smyth-McMullen | Fantasy | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| Savage River | Belinda Bradley, Franz Docherty, Giula Sandler | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Secret City | Matt Cameron, Belinda Chayko, Greg Waters, Elise McCredie | Drama | Netflix, Binge | WATCH HERE |
| The Secret River | Jan Sardi, Mac Gudgeon | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Significant Others | Tommy Murphy, Niki Aken, Blake Ayshford, Louise Fox, Vonne Patiag, Sue Smith | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Stuff the British Stole | Marc Fennell | Documentary | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Summer Love | Wayne Hope, Robyn Butler, Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, James Colley, Kodie Bedford, Kate Mulvany | Comedy | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Total Control | Stuart Page, Kim Wilson, Pip Karmel, Larissa Behrendt, | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Troppo | Yolanda Ramke, Jane Allen, Blake Ayshford, Kodie Bedford, Craig Irvin, Andrew Lee, Penelope Chai | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| The Twelve | Sarah Walker, Leah Purcell, Anchuli Felicia King, Greg Waters, Tommy Murphy | Drama | Binge | WATCH HERE |
| Wakefield | Kristen Dunphy, Sam Meikle | Drama | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Walking Shadows* | Sally McLean | Web Series | YouTube | WATCH HERE |
| Waltzing The Dragon | Benjamin Law | Documentary | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| We Interrupt This Broadcast* | James Colley | Sketch Comedy | Network 10 | |
| Wellmania* | Benjamin Law, Romina Accurso, Rachel Laverty, Amy Stewart, Nicholas Coyle | Comedy | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| Wentworth | Marcia Gardner, Emma J. Steele, Giula Sandler, John Ridley, Adam Todd, Stuart Page, Kim Wilson, Max Conroy | Drama | Foxtel, Binge | WATCH HERE |
*2023 new titles / seasons
FILM
| TITLE | AWG WRITERS | WHERE TO WATCH | LINK | |
| 100% Wolf | Fin Edquist | Feature | Available to buy/rent | WATCH HERE |
| The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race | Melanie Tait | Feature | Ten Play / Paramount+ | WATCH HERE |
| The Best Dumplings In Melbourne | Brendan Wan | Short Film | YouTube | WATCH HERE |
| Blame The Rabbit | Elena Carapetis | Short Film | ||
| Blueback | Robert Connolly | Feature | Amazon Prime Video | WATCH HERE |
| Cargo | Yolanda Ramke | Feature | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| Damage | Madeleine Blackwell | Feature | In cinemas 9 November 2023 | WATCH HERE |
| Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan | Jack Brislee | Feature | Netflix, 7 Plus | WATCH HERE |
| Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes | Julie Kalceff | Documentary | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson | Leah Purcell | Feature | Binge, Amazon Prime Video | WATCH HERE |
| The Dry | Robert Connolly, Harry Cripps | Feature | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| The Favourite | Tony McNamara | Feature | Disney+ | WATCH HERE |
| Freeing The Song | Claire Haywood | Documentary | ABC iView | WATCH HERE |
| Get Free | Craig Giles | Feature | ||
| Here Out West | Leah Purcell (director), Julie Kalceff (director) | Feature | FIND OUT MORE | |
| Hotel Mumbai | John Collee | Feature | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| Koko: A Red Dog Story | Aaron McCann | Documentary | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| The Last Elephant On Earth | Piri Eddy | Short Film | International Premiere at 56th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia | BOOK HERE |
| Love Is In The Air | Katharine E. McPhee | Feature | Netflix | WATCH HERE |
| Mrs Harris Goes To Paris | Keith Thompson | Feature | Binge | WATCH HERE |
| The Pink House | Claire Haywood | Documentary | DocPlay | WATCH HERE |
| Relic | Natalie Erika James | Feature | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| Slam | Partho Sen-Gupta | Feature | Stan | WATCH HERE |
| Slant | Michael Nikou | Feature | In cinemas now | BOOK HERE |
| Slap. Bang. Kiss. | Dan Giovannoni | Theatre | MTC Digital Theatre | WATCH HERE |
| Shayda | Noora Niasari, Leah Purcell (actor) | Feature | ||
| Tanna | John Collee | Feature | SBS On Demand | WATCH HERE |
| The Wilted Rose | Elisa Lamb | Short Film |
INTERACTIVE & GAMING
| TITLE | AWG WRITERS | LINK |
| Anytown Garage Sale Monsters | Alexander Swords | FIND OUT MORE |
| Ashen | Anna Irwin-Shutze | AVAILABLE HERE |
| Eleven Eleven | Lucas Taylor | |
| Fashion Insproesis Experience | Alexander Swords, Bella Battersby | AVAILABLE HERE |
| Metropius | Ally Burnham | FIND OUT MORE |
| Storm Boy: The Game | Ellen Jurik | AVAILABLE HERE |
| Totem Teller | Alexander Swords | FIND OUT MORE |
| Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles | Anna Irwin-Scutze | AVAILABLE HERE |