First Friday Club, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. It can be hard to feel resilient as a writer at the best of times, but with a global pandemic and time spent in lockdown, mental health can take a […]

Boundless, Australia’s leading festival of Indigenous and culturally diverse Australian writers, will be presented online, 30 October – 1 November.

Fill your October with these wonderful writing events. There’s a range of online events to keep you going as we (slowly) exit lockdown including Booktober, online conversations about all things writing, workshops, a ground-breaking opera film and more!

The writer’s voice: a precious thread that can guide us out of this dark labyrinth.

“Suddenly I had the character of Finn, a character who refused to be silenced – and that was the message we wanted to bring to the screen.”

“Lean into the emotion. By their nature, psychological thrillers (and psychological dramas, which I feel better describes my writing!) turn on internal conflict, and so it follows that gripping and plausible internal drama maximises their effectiveness.”

“Once I had amassed enough facts, my rage fortified me. I couldn’t contain my secret anymore. My sadness and fear seeped onto the page, as well as an unbridled joy when I discovered Deaf culture.”