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 […]

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  […]

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 […]

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 […]

Who: Jacqueline Harvey When: 5 x Tuesday evenings: 8, 15, 22, 29 November; 6 December 2016, 6:30-9:30 pm Cost: Full Price: $500; Member: $350; Conc Member: $300 Level: All Writing for children is big business. Despite the oft forecast demise of reading, demand for quality children’s books is strong and there has been significant growth […]

Who: Sulari Gentill When: Sunday, 23 October, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member:$110 Level: All Writing fiction often begins with a single shining idea. Historical fiction is about setting that idea in a time and place that has existed and been recorded. The historical novelist’s art is that of weaving a new […]

Who: Eleanor Limprecht When: Tuesday 25 October 2016, 6:30-9:30pm Cost: Full price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 Level: Beginning/Intermediate How do you use the tools of journalism and investigation to research the stories you want to write and add detail to your fiction or non-fiction? This seminar will provide you with practical information about […]

With Felicity Castagna NSW Writers’ Centre: Sunday 30 October, 2016, 10am-4pm – bookings closed Casula Powerhouse: Sunday 6 November, 2016, 10am-4pm Cost: $55* * The course at Casula is available for a subsidised price to students from eligible Western Sydney schools. For details, please call (02) 9555 9757. This one-day course will take students far […]

Who: Miles Merrill When: Saturday 5 November, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Writers don’t always think ahead to potentially performing their work when they’re going through the difficult writing process. But knowing how to perform and speak your words is essential, both in terms of marketing and professional […]

With: Jaki Arthur When: 1611ARTH Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Experienced book publicist Jaki Arthur presents a motivating and inspiring workshop all about book publicity – how it works, why it works, what it can do for you and how to do it! You will discuss today’s media landscape and where […]

With: Jaki Arthur When: Saturday 5 November, 2016, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Experienced book publicist Jaki Arthur presents a motivating and inspiring workshop all about book publicity – how it works, why it works, what it can do for you and how to do it! You will […]

With: Davina Bell           When: Saturday 22 October, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate What makes a great children’s book? How do I turn my idea into a story? How do I submit my work – and where should I send it? Should I get an agent? Should I give […]

With: Karen Andrews           When: Saturday 19 November 2016, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate Do you want to take your blog to a new level? This course will help you learn the key elements of content planning and creation, the basics of content marketing, and pick up a raft […]

Who: Rebecca Harkins-Cross When: Saturday, 19 November 2016, 10am–4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate ‘The feature writer’s aim is the dramatist’s aim: make ‘em laugh; make em weep.’ — Mary J.J. Wrinn, 1929 Journalism and the world it documents may have changed a lot since 1929, but this definition […]

Who: Inga Simpson When: Saturday 26 November 2016, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All           This workshop is ideal for fiction and non-fiction writers at all levels with a passion for the natural world. You’ll focus on techniques for bringing landscapes, flora and fauna to life for your audience, […]

Who: Candice Fox When: Saturday 26 November 2016, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate Writing crime fiction isn’t for the faint of heart. You’ve got to understand how to write compellingly as the hunter and the hunted – and having a strong stomach goes a long way too. A […]

This course is now sold out. Please email us your name and phone number and we will add you to the waiting list. Who: Anthony Macris When: Saturday 3 December 2016, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Emerging writers Every writer knows that effective characters are perhaps the single most […]

Who: Ron Pretty When: Saturday 3 December 2016, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Emerging/established In this workshop for experienced writers, award-winning poet Ron Pretty explores the question of dealing with political, social and religious issues in poetry. Should poetry tackle such issues? If it is to be done, can […]

Connect with a community, gain industry insight and share your work at the 2016 Kids and YA Festival. With panels, workshops and a chance to pitch your unpublished manuscript, this year’s program offers the tools to take the next step in your writing career – whatever that might be. Directed by children’s author Aleesah Darlison, […]

One place left – please call the office on (02) 9555 9757 to sign up   Networking seminar for authors and illustrators as part of the 2016 Kids & YA Festival. With Sandy Fussell and Susan Whelan. 1-1.45pm, $10 additional fee with proceeds going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Henry Lawson Room.   Available to […]