Tag: Writing

Clear your schedule. Make a pot of tea. Plump your couch pillows, and settle in for some quality long-form journalism as recommended by writer, author and broadcaster Benjamin Law. Ben’s online course, Writing Narrative Journalism, starts 23 September.

July 30, 2020

Feature Articles // Kirsten Krauth on the fierce fiction of Andrew McGahan

By Kirsten Krauth

Like Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting, Praise was like a self-help manual for the times. McGahan’s voice became one you could trust. He seemed to have been- there done-that. All laced with a sharp tang of humour.

July 23, 2020

Writers On Writing // Make 2020 the year you write a novel, with Emily Maguire

Emily Maguire’s course, Year of the Novel (phase 3), is now online and open to writers across NSW and Australia. We chatted to her about what writers can expect from the 8-week course.

July 3, 2020

Writers On Writing // Ryan O’Neill recommends his top short stories

We asked author Ryan O’Neill to recommend a couple of his favourite short stories, ahead of his course Online Feedback: Short Stories, and he responded with some crackers. All stories are available to read online, so you can see what the fuss is about.

May 29, 2020

Feature Articles // Kirsten Tranter on writers and libraries in a time of isolation

In the early days of 2020, smoke from wildfires around the state of NSW was still drifting into Sydney now and again. When I visited my local library in Marrickville on the bad days, it was hard to breathe; the space had been designed for a maximum of flow between inside and outside, a lovely […]

May 1, 2020