‘The more you pitch, the more comfortable you become with rejection, with no response, and with pitching again. Editors want to hear from you, and rejection is never personal!’

Check out some of the wonderful literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW (and online) this November!

Phillipa McGuinness joined First Friday to share her insights about what it’s like to edit a major literary magazine, life inside one of NSW’s most venerable literary institutions and what she’s learned in her years in publishing.

Angelo Loukakis joined First Friday to share his insights and stories about writing and publishing from his unique perspective, having worked across the industry.

Eugen Bacon joined First Friday to share her insights about mentorships, her career as an author and editor, and her advice for emerging writers.

Check out some of the wonderful literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW (and online) this October!

‘Rereading is an important mode of reading – taking in patterns until they become part of the fabric of your thoughts, learning how language and story and people’s minds work.’

Check out some of the wonderful literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW (and online) this September!

‘This isn’t about clouds parting to beam in words channelled by angelic beings… so much as the process of story-making becoming magnetic and natural. One of the most gratifying elements of writing is getting out of the way of ourselves, to discover what we didn’t know we knew. This happens when we write words and ideas that we might not have believed ourselves consciously capable of constructing.’