“As writers we fool ourselves into thinking that the world wants to read our words – and even that readers owe us their attention. ISBNDB estimates that there are 158,464,880 books in the world. How will readers find yours? And why should they buy or read yours ahead of all the others? That’s where marketing skills come in.”
See what the Writing NSW staff have enjoyed the most in 2023, and what we’ll be reading over the holidays to end the year!
Check out some of the wonderful literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW (and online) this December!
This month the Writing NSW team has been reading anthologies and journals, memoir, speculative fiction, non-fiction and new fiction releases.
‘The brilliant thing about the process of writing a travel memoir is you get to experience your travels all over again, sharing the insights gained and the transformative nature of the journey.’
Dozens of Writing NSW members and other writers joined us for an engrossing and at times humorous conversation between Hayley Scrivenor, Nick Bhasin and Zaheda Ghani.
Check out some of the wonderful literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW (and online) this November!
This month the Writing NSW team has been devouring fiction, essay, poetry, memoir and short story, read on for what we’ve been enjoying!
‘There’s always a distinction between what is true and what is real – sometimes historical fiction needs to diverge from what is known (or suspected) to create something that feels true, that breathes and communicates something vital.’
