Past Courses
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2016 Extending Your Creativity – sold out!
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. […]
2016 Seminar: Scrivener 101 – 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: 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 […]
2016 Breathing on the Mirror: Writing Memoir – 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: 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 […]
2016 Writing the Real: Creative Non-Fiction – 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: 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 […]
2016 Fiction Feedback: A Critique Group – sold out!
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 […]
2016 Seminar: DIY Publishing
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? […]
2016 The Mindful Writer – SOLD OUT!
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 […]
2016 The Joys of Revision: Short Stories
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 […]
2016 Generating Ideas
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 […]
2016 Dramatic Studio: Advanced Playwriting Techniques
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 […]
2016 Introduction to Copywriting – Cancelled
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 […]
2016 Writing Place in Fiction and Non-fiction
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, […]
2016 Write a Short Film Like a Film Maker
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 […]
2016 The Essentials of Editing
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 […]
2016 The Business of Being a Writer
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 […]
2016 Podcasting: Creating and Adapting Ideas for Audio
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 […]
Year of the Novel 2016 – Phase Three – 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: Emily Maguire When: 8 x Wednesday evenings: 21, 28, September; 5, 12, 19, 26 October; 2, 9 November, 2016, 6:30pm-9:30pm Full Price:$880; Member: $615; Conc Member: $530 Level:Participants should have a first draft […]
The Story Doctor – 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: Kate Forsyth When: 2 x Sundays: 23, 30 October, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $350; Member: $250; Conc Member: $210 Level: Emerging/advanced: Only writers with completed manuscripts of 50,000 words or more may enrol […]
2016 Writing Memories – 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: Beth Yahp When: 6 x Saturday mornings: 15, 22, 29 October; 5, 12, 19 November, 10am- 1pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Level: All This interactive workshop focusses on […]
2016 Make It Funny: Writing Humour
Who: Bernard Cohen When: Saturday 15 October, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Writing humour is one of the most effective ways to engage your audience and make your writing memorable – and despite rumours to the contrary, anyone can learn the not-so-secret techniques for raising the comedic bar […]