Event:

Year of the Novel Celebration

Tuesday 17 November, from 6:30pm

Want to write a novel in 2021? Are you keen to enrol in our popular Year of the Novel course, but not sure what you might get out of it, or how best to prepare over the summer?

Join us for our Year of the Novel celebration on Tuesday 17 November from 6:30pm, via Zoom. You’ll hear readings from our 2020 participants and meet the course tutor, Emily Maguire.

Our 2021 Year of the Novel course will run completely online. The course is not open for enrolments yet, so add your name to the waitlist here to be contacted as soon as it opens and to find out information about the course dates.

This Zoom event is free and open to all, but RSVPs are essential. RSVP by emailing us your full name. You can email info[at]writingnsw.org.au

We will email the Zoom link the Monday before the event.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

To find out more about Year of the Novel, you can read about the 2020 course here.

This event has already taken place.

Speakers

Emily Maguire

Emily Maguire is the author of six novels and three non-fiction books, and an experienced teacher and mentor of emerging writers. Her novels have been translated into 12 languages and her articles, essays and reviews have been published widely. Emily was the 2018/2019 Writer-in-Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney and the 2023 […]

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