Next month Thirroul will host a festival of females telling female stories - but don't confuse it for a feminist writers event.
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The Heroines Festival on September 15 is also the only festival of its kind in the country, according to its director.
"It's not so much grappling with our contemporary feminist issues and how we run our lives but more about stories," Sarah Nicholson said.
"Feminist writers festivals aren't specifically about women's stories and they can be about all sorts of women's issues.
"But what we're really looking at is telling historical stories and also imagining women in the future."
Notable authors and novelists like Cat Sparks, Claire Corbett, Jessica While and Shankari Chandran are among a long list of guest speakers for the day.
Topics to be covered vary from Sydney's bohemian art scene of the roaring '20s, to real life adventures in the Antarctic, to book readings and signings.
Dr Nicholson has been fascinated with heroes and their stories since studying at university and found heroes were in all cultures and "written about since the beginning of time".
"[But] I was curious why there weren't as many heroines as heroes," she said.
"I realised there were feminist writers festivals, but there's no festival in Australia that just has women writers tell women's stories."
The Heroines Festival is now in its second year and drawing a lot of support from publishers. Dr Nicholson said this suggests there is a need for "this kind of space" to be promoting women's writing.
She hopes to expand the event in future years to include mentoring, workshops and support for female writers. While a writing prize will be announced where emerging writers will be commissioned and mentored to write stories about women in 2020.
Heroines Festival, Thirroul District Community Centre, September 15, 10am to 6pm. Tickets via www.tickettailor.com