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Writers On Writing / The Varuna Fellowship with Adele Dumont

Adele Dumont reveals some of her experiences from her one week residency with Varuna. She reflects on how the fellowship gave her the opportunity to disconnect from her normal rhythm and write in a new environment.

Writers On Writing / Storytelling the truth with Helen O’Neill

We spoke to Helen O’Neill, award-winning author of Daffodil: The biography of a flower, in the lead-up to her upcoming workshop ‘Creative Non-Fiction Essentials’. Join Helen O’Neill for a four-week course on Monday evenings 3-24 September to learn about writing creative non-fiction.

Writing On Our Calendar / August 2018

Check out Writing on Our Calendar to see what’s on around NSW this August!

Spotlight On / Michelle Morgan

By Lucie Towers

‘I want the reader to become immersed in my characters’ worlds and have a sensory as well as a literary experience.’

Event Recap / First Friday Club with Catherine Milne

By Cassie Watson

At our First Friday Club in July, Communications and Project Officer, Aurora Scott, chatted with Catherine Milne, Head of Fiction at HarperCollins.

Writers On Writing / Cryogenically Freezing Your Darlings with Tiffany Tsao

Tiffany Tsao is the author of the acclaimed fantasy novels, The Oddfits and The More Known World, and her debut work of literary fiction, Under Your Wings, was released by Penguin Australia earlier this month. We spoke to Tiffany about rough drafts and cryogenically freezing your darlings ahead of her one-day course at Writing NSW, The Art of Revision.

Book Review / Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

By Kristyn M. Levis

Kristyn M. Levis reviews Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp, a dark YA novel that grapples with the stigma around mental illness.

Book Review / The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady

By Amanda McLeod

Amanda McLeod reviews The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady, winner of the 2018 The Australian/Vogel Literary Prize.

Writing On Our Calendar / July 2018

Check out Writing on Our Calendar to see what’s on around NSW this July!

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