‘I want story and forward momentum. For me, this is what crime delivers’

“My eyes have been opened to the depth of a significant global tragedy, and to its relevance in Australia.”
Jan Allerton reviews My Name is Revenge, the debut novel of our member Ashley Kalagian Blunt!

November is packed with literary events, books clubs, and submission opportunities! Check out our list of some of the top picks on offer this month.

‘Events help bring people back to books – and if not, at least they will still have had a fun night!’

Our Speculative Fiction Festival will be back in 2019! Send us your panel ideas and apply to be a speaker before midnight on Sunday 9 December.

Read the five poems shortlisted for the Quantum Words 2018 Science Poetry Competition, by Jenny Blackford, Eileen Chong, Lorne Johnson, Jack Oats, and Helen Thurloe.

“I literally couldn’t write anything without my notebooks and journals. My daily journal is my ‘capture tool.’”
Join Claire Corbett for a four week course to learn how journalling can help your writing and creativity.

“Not many people know that in the first fleet there were 11 black men; most of them had been convicted for petty crimes.” Beatriz Copello reviews Judy Johnson’s Dark Convicts, an insightful book of historic poetry based on Johnson’s own ancestry.