“I like to write myself into the story and get to know characters through their interaction with each other. Dialogue is hugely important for me to discover who they are, their relationship to each other, and that wonderful thing of what is not said, or what they actually think.”

Fill your August with these wonderful writing events. There’s a mix of online and in-person events including Poetry Month, an author talk with Briony Benjamin at Gertrude & Alice, a digital Q&A with Larissa Behrendt and more!

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‘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.’

Three emerging editors will be selected for the six-month program, with the aim of helping them to secure ongoing paid employment in the industry.

Resilire. The question I have with this word is — what direction? For spring back, I mean. Towards the object or away from it? Both?

Take a look at the great things we’ve read in July — a book-length essay by one of Australia’s award-winning critics, a bestselling guide to investing, novels that defy genre and more!

Benython discussed insights from his long career in publishing – as a literary agent and the Sydney-based director of Zeitgeist Agency, representing writers and illustrators from around the globe.