Who: Tony Spencer-Smith and Linda Vergnani When: Saturday 16 September 2017, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Stories have a unique power to engage and convince. Facts and figures alone aren’t enough to motivate people. When you write striking stories, people are far more likely to remember and be […]

Who: Patti Miller When: 6 x Thursday mornings: 14, 21, 28 January; 4, 11, 18 February, 10am-1pm Cost: Full price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: Beginner/Intermediate level Sold out! Please call the office to add your name to the waiting list 9555 9757. This six-week course will set you on the journey of […]

Who: Emily Maguire When: Phase One: 8 x Wednesday evenings: 18, 25 February; 4, 11, 18, 25 March; 1, 8 April 2015, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Phase Two: 8 x Wednesday evenings: 27 May; 3, 10, 17, 24 June; 1, 8, 15 July 2015, 6:30pm-9:30pm Phase Three: 8 x Wednesday evenings: 30 September; 7, 14, 21, 28 October; […]

Email us to go on the waiting list Who: Sue Woolfe When: Saturday 6 February, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Many people think they’re not born creative, despite the intimations that whisper otherwise. However, new research shows that everyone was creative when they were young and we’ve just […]

Email us to go on the waiting list Who: Mark Dapin When: Saturday 13 February, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All It takes more than just Google! Mark Dapin interviewed 160 people and spent two-and-a-half years reading press clippings and searching government archives to produce his prize-winning history of […]

Email us to go on the waitlist Who: Felicity Castagna When: 6 x Thursday evenings: 18, 25 February; 3, 10, 17, 24 March, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: Intermediate. This intensive six-week course enables students to thoroughly get their heads around creating memorable, contemporary short stories. The course will […]

Email us to go on the waitlist Who: Toni Jordan When: Saturday 20 February, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: This workshop will involve practical exercises based on the characters in a work in progress. You’ll benefit more from the workshop if you know your characters well and/or have written […]

Who: Timothy Daly         When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 27 February; 5, 12 March; 2, 9, 16, 30 April; 7 May, 1:00pm-4:00pm Cost: Full price: $880; Member: $615; Conc Member: $530 Level: All The emphasis in this comprehensive course is on learning the techniques of contemporary theatre writing by seeing the results of your work acted […]

This course is now sold out. Please email us to go on the wait list. Who: Linda Nix When: 6 x Tuesday evenings: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March; 5 April, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: All Is your manuscript ready for publication? How do you know if it’s […]

Who: Emma Noble When: Thursday 3 March, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $55; Member: $40, Conc Member: $35 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 book […]

Who: Frances Watts When: Saturday 28 March 2015, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All As any children’s author knows, the limited word count does not mean that writing picture books is easy. In the words of Mem Fox: ‘Writing a picture book is like writing War and Peace in […]

Title: Creative Groove Who: Walter Mason When: 6 x Sunday mornings: 13, 20 March; 3, 10, 17 April; 1 May, 10am—1pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 A course in re-igniting your creative spark and learning to share your gifts with the world. The time has come for you to start making […]

Who: Dianne Blacklock with guest speakers Ber Carrol and Anna Valdinger When: 6 x Wednesday evenings: 30 March; 6, 13, 20, 27 April; 4 May, 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? […]

Who: Emmett Stinson with Kate Mayes of HarperCollins, literary agent Jo Butler, book publicist Brendan Fredericks, publisher David Henley, publisher David Musgrave, book designer Nada Backovic, authors Dianne Blacklock and Bruce McCabe, and more When: Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 April, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $350; Member: $250; Conc Member: $210 Level: All What do […]

Who: John Pickrell When: Saturday 9 April, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginners John Pickrell is an author, award-winning science writer and the Editor of Australian Geographic magazine. In this one-day workshop he will talk about the craft of science journalism, guide you through approaches to researching and reporting […]

Who: Sophie Masson When: Saturday 9 April, 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 workshop, […]

Who: Anna Maguire and Charlotte Harper When: 4 x Tuesday evenings: 26 April; 3, 10, 17 May, 6pm-9pm Cost: Full Price: $440; Member: $310; Conc Member: $265 Note: ASA members can book for the NSW Writers’ Centre member price. Simply quote your ASA membership number on the payment page. Level: This course is for beginners, […]

Who: Marianne de Pierres When: Saturday 23 July, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All This course has one space left. Please call us on 95559757 to book. Award-winning science fiction author, Marianne de Pierres, will conduct a comprehensive workshop on writing speculative fiction. Participants will learn how to amass the […]

Who: Mark O’Flynn*         When: Saturday 30 April, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: This workshop is aimed at advanced level poets looking for tools and techniques to refine their verse. With the guidance of gently paced, carefully structured exercises, discover the possibilities of action in poetry. Action can be […]

Who: Katherine Howell When: Sunday 1 May, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Limited places left: call to book 9555 9757 Ideal for writers who are working on or planning a crime novel, this one day workshop teaches the key elements of crime fiction—character, setting, plot, and suspense—and how to […]