Award winning Australian author Ms Catherine Jinks aims to inspire the Riverina region’s budding writers at the launch of a program designed to develop the skills of young authors. Catherine Jinks, who writes historical fiction for young adults, will be in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 4 October to launch Cyberwriters, a project for young authors of historical fiction devised by Booranga Writers' Centre member Ms Jen Thompson. The visit by the internationally celebrated author is funded by a Country Arts Support Program (CASP) grant from Regional Arts NSW and is presented through the collaboration of the Booranga Writers’ Centre at Charles Sturt University (CSU), the Eastern Riverina Arts Program, the Museum of the Riverina and CSU.  Ms Jinks will present a one-only reading and open-microphone discussion session in conjunction with the launch of Cyberwriters at the Wagga Wagga Historic Council Chambers.