Dr Jan Zwar joined us for First Friday to discuss and dissect the findings of Macquarie University’s 2022 National Survey of Australian Authors.
Miles Merrill joined us for First Friday to discuss the projects and programs of his ground-breaking poetry slam organisation, Word Travels.
We chatted to writer and critic Anwen Crawford about what inspires her writing, and what makes creative non-fiction unique.
Award-winning writer Amanda Niehaus chats with us on the importance of reading, connecting with and writing bodies, now more than ever. Her online course, Writing Bodies, starts Monday 11 May.
‘The short story form demands a respect for the limitations of time and space, and enables a focus on the particular, the intimate, and the fleeting.’
‘I want story and forward momentum. For me, this is what crime delivers’
‘Events help bring people back to books – and if not, at least they will still have had a fun night!’
‘Write from the heart – write what scares you, what interests you; write out your most embarrassing thoughts. This is the stuff of common humanity.’
‘Reading is endemic – we all love stories, and that survives.’