Georgia Behrens writes about her salvation: the short story As anyone who has read a newspaper column in the last 10 years will know, citizens of the 21st century have a short attention span. Gone are the days, generic columnist bemoans, when we’ll settle down with a good book or literary journal for a few […]

Though they’re faster (to read) than a speeding bullet and have been written by many of literature’s greatest names, the short story is somewhat of a minority interest.In 2004, a UK Arts Council survey found that less than half of self-described “medium” readers “sometimes” picked up a book of short stories. Here at the NSW […]

  In the lead up to Pat Grant’s brilliant visual storytelling course this weekend, we’re pleased to present two different takes on the phrase ‘words fail me’. Danielle Tam and Nathan Williams have both won a free pass to the course Graphic Storytelling: Writing with Pictures and Drawing with Words. Click through to see their […]

Georgia Behrens leaps to the defence of the beleaguered short story. For too long, the short story has been condemned as the novel’s poorer, uglier, less-charismatic cousin. It has been thought of by many as the Mr Collins to the novel’s Mr Darcy: well intentioned, yes; entertaining, certainly- but altogether lacking the depth, devastating good […]

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“Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” Ray Bradbury The NSW Writers’ Centre is excited to open its Library of Unwritten Stories, a dynamic new program for young writers aged under 30 developing their skills in short story writing both through an engaging talks […]

The NSW Writers’ Centre offers a mentorship scheme for writers who would like professional assistance with their writing. The program offers one-to-one discussion, supervision and analysis of a writers work with an experienced, established writer or editor. It is best suited for writers who have a fully completed manuscript and need some help to more […]

The Centre runs a range of courses for people looking to expand their skills as a writer in a business environment You’re good at your job but get a sinking feeling when it’s time to write reports, emails, proposals or other business documents. You know what you want to say but struggle to express yourself […]

2/7 Monday As I was adding some maps for writers’ groups on the website, I found that here are so many writers’ groups near. It’s good to join a writing group and work with other people who have same interest. I think it can help writers get improve and it’s a good platform to share […]