Complex sentence: He has been active in the Canberra writing community, teaching and editing, was Chair of the ACT Writers Centre for several years, from 2003 to 2008, and in 2006 was Writer in Residence at the University of Science in Penang, Malaysia.
Split into simpler sentences: He has been active in the Canberra writing community, teaching and editing. He chaired the ACT Writers Centre from 2003 to 2008, and in 2006 was Writer in Residence at the University of Science in Penang, Malaysia.