Only two spots remaining – call the Centre on (02) 9555 9757 to enrol. Who: Jesse Blackadder When: Sunday 26 June, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: General level Spanning the dawn of human history to recent memory, historical fiction is a rich and popular genre, encompassing human experience across […]

The NSW Writers’ Centre is proud to unveil the third incarnation of its Playwriting Festival, curated by writer for stage, page, screen and sound Hilary Bell (Wolf Lullaby, The Splinter). The 2016 festival is for playwrights looking to broaden their horizons, whether through skilling-up, diversifying their craft, or networking. The program draws together practitioners from […]

Friday 20 May, 10am – 4.30pm Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library of NSW Forest for the Trees is a one-day seminar looking at the current state of publishing for Australian writers.  It brings together writers, publishers, and industry representatives to discuss what is happening in 2016. Spoken word poet and author Maxine Beneba Clarke (Foreign Soil) […]

Who: Felicity Castagna When: 17 July through 30 November, 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 stack of drafts sitting in a drawer. You know they could be better, but you’re not quite sure how. Sound like you? […]

Who: Sue Woolfe When: Saturday 23 July, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginners and intermediate writers This course is now sold out. Please email us to put your name on the waiting list. We are all wired for creativity, but too often as adults we let our creativity fade.  […]

This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Lee Powell When: Tuesday 26 July, 6:30-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 Level: Scrivener beginners Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on […]

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 Holden When: Saturday 30 July, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All In a big life, where is the story? Everyone has not just one story, but […]

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 Dapin When: 6 x Wednesday evenings: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 August; 7 September, 6:30-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: All Learn how to write journalism, memoir and […]

Who: Nicola O’Shea When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 13, 27 August; 10, 24 September; 8, 22 October; 5, 19 November, 1pm-4pm Cost: Full price: $960; Member: $670; Conc Member: $580 Level: Beginner/Intermediate This course is now sold out. Please email us to put your name on the waiting list. Take your fiction-writing and evaluation skills […]

Who: Roz Hopkins and guests speakers including guest speakers including Abigail Nathan, Anna Maguire, Bronwyn Mehan, Joel Naoum, Emma Noble, Adina West, Patrick Lenton and Pat Naoum When: Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 August, 10am-4pm Full price: $350; Member: $250; Conc Member: $210 Level: Intermediate Want to take control of your publishing? Interested in ebooks? […]

This course is now sold out. Please email us to put your name on the waiting list. Who: Walter Mason When: 4 x Tuesday evenings: 16, 23, 30 August; 6 September, 6:30-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $440; Member: $310; Conc Member: $265 Level: All Join Walter Mason as he combines the insights of meditation and mindfulness with the […]

Who: Steven Amsterdam When: Saturday 20 August, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: This class is designed for writers who have published short fiction in online or print journals. Please be prepared to bring an excerpt of a work-in progress (500-1000 words). Once you have a working draft, you get […]

Who: Sophie Cunningham When: Sunday 21 August, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Ideal for emerging writers, open to all One of the most commonly asked questions published writers get asked is ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ and certainly one of the purposes of the day will be […]

Who: Timothy Daly When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 27 August; 3, 10, 17, 24 September; 8, 15, 22 October, 1:30-4:30pm Cost: Full price: $880; Member: $615; Conc Member: $530 Level: All These eight intensive sessions are designed to teach you the techniques for writing full-length plays and selling them to the national and international theatre […]

Who: Roseanna Donovan When: Saturday 27 August, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Multi-award winning creative director, copywriter and author, Roseanna Donovan, introduces would-be advertising copywriters to a world where art meets commerce, sometimes head-on. The commercial imperatives of advertising require a different psychological and intellectual mind set to […]

Who: Vanessa Berry When: Saturday 3 September, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Places are full of stories, and every story has its place. Whether place is setting or subject, the skilful writing of place enriches your stories and connection with your readers. Landscape or cityscape, familiar or faraway, […]

Who: Pamela Woods When: Saturday 3 September, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Emerging writers/established writers who have commenced or plan to write a screenplay You are comfortable writing short stories and have even tackled a novel. But how about a film script? Maybe you have been asked to translate […]

Who: Tony Spencer-Smith When: Saturday 10 September, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate Editing and proofreading are a vital part of the writing journey. A first draft is only the start of a process that turns raw copy into polished gems ready for the reader. This course, for people […]

Who: David Henley with Benython Oldfield, Monica Davidson, Debbie McInnes and David Hunt When: Saturday 10 September, 10am-5pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Should I self-publish? Should I pitch my work to publishers? How do I deal with the money side of things? If these are the questions you’re […]

Who: Jesse Cox When: Saturday 17 September, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All This workshop will zoom out to look at the national and international podcasting landscape, then hone in to focus on the steps required to create a successful new podcast. You will learn how to identify audio-friendly […]