Past Courses
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Making Short Stories Work 2017 – SOLD OUT!
This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Tegan Bennett Daylight When: Sunday 5 February 2017, 10am–4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Emerging and established writers will benefit most from this course. Experience in finishing a […]
Personal Narratives: From Page to Podcast 2017
This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Kate Montague and Belinda Lopez When: Saturday 11 February 2017, 10am–4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Suited for emerging and established writers wanting to gain practical skills to […]
The Horse’s Mouth: Storytelling 2017
Who: Phil Spencer When: Saturday 11 February 2017, 10am–4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Any level, as long as you have a desire to perform your stories aloud Performance storytelling is growing in popularity, with many opportunities to perform stories live. Join acclaimed performer and storyteller Phil Spencer and sharpen […]
From First Draft to Polished Manuscript 2017 – SOLD OUT!
This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Linda Funnell When: 6 x Wednesday evenings: 22 February; 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March 2017, 6.30pm – 9.30pm Cost: Full price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: Intermediate/advanced writers who have […]
Grammar and Punctuation Basics 2017
Who: Gillian Polack When: Saturday 4 March 2017, 10am – 4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate Learn how you can use the building blocks of grammar and punctuation to create writing that says what you need it to say. Gillian Polack will teach you how to polish your prose, […]
Teen Buzz: Writing Great Young Adult Fiction 2017
Who: Sophie Masson When: Saturday 4 March 2017, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: This workshop is mainly pitched at early and emerging writers interested in or currently writing YA, but also may interest established writers considering moving into YA from other areas. In this exciting and practical one day […]
Romancing the Page 2017 – SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT. Email us to go on the waitlist. Who: Anne Gracie When: Saturday 11 March 2017, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Romance is character-driven genre fiction. Forget about “the formula” — there’s no such thing. Like all popular fiction, it must delight, surprise and entertain readers. Romance […]
Book Publicity for Self-Published Authors 2017
Who: Emma Noble When: Saturday 11 March 2017, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125, Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginning/Intermediate Self-publishing seems like it has never been more viable. Your options for bringing a book to market are myriad, easy to access and cheaper than ever. But what happens next? How do you make your […]
World Building: Writing Speculative Fiction 2017
Who: Terry Dowling When: Sunday 19 March 2017, 10am–4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate Do you dream of the impossible? Do you want to create worlds that live and breathe on the page, that readers will never forget? Then get ready to immerse your imagination in the genres of […]
A Play in Two Days 2017
Who: Hilary Bell When: Sunday 26 March and 2 April, 2017 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $350; Member: $250; Conc Member: $210 Level: Beginner and intermediate aspiring playwrights. As we will be starting from scratch, it is preferable to come prepared to write a new play rather than work on a pre-existing idea. Do you write […]
Breathing Life into Language: Writing Poetry 2017
This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Mark O’Flynn When: Saturday 1 April 2017, 10am–4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Emerging/general Ever get that sinking feeling when a poem isn’t working? Does it […]
Character & Dialogue 2017
Who: Toni Jordan When: Saturday 1 April 2017, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All The bad news: bad dialogue stands out. It distracts from your story. It’s ungainly and ugly. If you write bad dialogue, even if everything else is great, good readers will think you’re not a good […]
Seminar: Crowdfund it! 2017
Who: Anna Maguire When: Thursday 6 April 2017, 6:30–9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 Level: All Crowdfunding has become an accepted way of potentially raising funds for small publishers and self-publishers. According to Books+Publishing, Australian crowdfunded publishing projects raised $1.2 million in 2014. Although we see many crowdfunding success stories in […]
Ignite Your Creative Fire 2017
Who: Jan Cornall When: 6 x Wednesday evenings: 26 April; 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 May 2017, 6:30–9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: All Creativity is important in every art form – the challenge for writers is how to access your creative energy and bring it to the page. Whether […]
How to Succeed as a Freelance Writer 2017
Who: Bianca Nogrady When: Saturday 29 April 2017, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: This workshop will best suit emerging and established writers looking to earn a living as a freelancer. Work when you want, where you want, for whom you want, and how you want: the description of a […]
Blogging For Beginners 2017
Who: Will Kostakis When: 2 x Saturday mornings: 29 April & 6 May 2017 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $220; Member: $155; Conc Member: $130 Level: Beginner to Intermediate **To complete this course, please check that you are confident and able to complete the following technical tasks. If you are unsure, contact the Centre on 9555 […]
Poetry Feedback Intensive – Online 2017 – SOLD OUT!
This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Martin Langford When: 26 February through 5 July 2017, online Cost: Full Price: $285; Member: $235; Conc Member: $225 Level: Emerging writers You’ve written some poems – maybe you’ve even got a stack […]
Short Story Feedback Intensive – Online 2017 – SOLD OUT!
This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Kerryn Goldsworthy When: 12 March through 17 July 2017, online Cost: Full Price: $285; Member: $235; Conc Member: $225 Level: Emerging writers You’ve written some short stories – maybe you’ve even got a […]
What Women Want: Writing Commercial Women’s Fiction 2017
Who: Dianne Blacklock, with guest speakers Anna Valdinger and Joel Naoum When: 6 x Tuesday evenings: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 May; 6 June 2017, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: Intermediate What is Women’s Fiction anyway? Is it fiction written solely by women, or fiction written solely for women? […]
Introduction to Digital Marketing Essentials for Authors 2017
Who: Patrick Lenton When: Thursday 4 May 2017, 6:30-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 Level: emerging and established writers who are new to digital marketing, with a particular focus on digital, self published and genre authors In the current publishing climate, knowledge of how to market and grow an online author […]