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 With panels, workshops and a chance to pitch your unpublished manuscript, this year’s program offers the tools to take the next step in your writing career – whatever that might be.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 […]

From the intricacies of DNA to alien planetary systems, science offers writers unparalleled scope to explore the universe and what it is to be human. The NSW Writers’ Centre’s inaugural Quantum Words Festival, on 12 November 2016, will discuss the secrets and challenges of writing about science across any genre – be that journalism, children’s […]

Presented by the Australian Society of Authors Where: Barneys Church, 57-61 Mountain St, Ultimo When: Friday 11 November, 2pm-4pm Cost: ASA and/or NSWWC Members: $35 A roomful of publishers and agents and three minutes to pitch your work, ask a question or exchange email addresses. Bring your solid story idea, business cards and pitching skills.  […]

SOLD OUT – EMAIL WORKSHOPS@NSWWC.ORG.AU TO GO ON WAITLIST Who: Patti Miller When: 4 x Thursday mornings: 29 January; 5, 12, 19 February 2015, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $440; Member: $310; Concession Member: $265 Level: Advanced This is an advanced memoir course for those who want to write more than a record or a history, […]

Who: Pamela Cook When: Saturday 31 January 2015, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Want to write but don’t know where to start? Through a series of writing exercises you will discover new ways to tap into your creativity and unleash your writing potential. Drawing on the philosophies of Julia Cameron, […]

Who: Anita Heiss When: Saturday 31 January 2015, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 So, you want to write a chick lit novel? First, throw out any preconceived notions of chick lit you may already have.  Then, join Anita Heiss, creator of the genre of ‘choc lit’ and author of bestselling […]

Sold Out – email workshops@nswwc.org.au to go on our waitlist. Who: Benjamin Law When: Saturday 7 February 2015, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: All Writing features for magazines doesn’t simply involve cobbling together a decent story. It also requires nailing a perfect pitch, doing robust research, arranging hard-to-get interviews, […]

Who: Sarah Allen When: Thursday 12 February, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 In this session with the author’s secret weapon in book marketing, Sarah Allen, you’ll learn the absolute fundamentals for any author wanting to understand WHY you benefit from dedicating time to a social strategy, WHAT you might like […]

Who: David Henley When: 4 x Tuesday evenings: 17, 24 February; 3, 10 March 2015, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $440; Member: $310; Conc Member: $265 They said it would be easy. They said all you had to do was write the book. They never told you about the thousand and one things that need to […]

SOLD OUT (email to go on our waitlist) Who: Toni Jordan When: Saturday 21 February 2015, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110            Level: Intermediate The imaginative and intuitive first draft is finished, or almost finished, and the end of the manuscript is in sight. It’s time to see if the […]

Who: Timothy Daly   When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 21, 28 February; 7, 21, 28 March; 11, 18 April; 2 May 2015, 1pm-4pm 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 […]

Who: Laurel Cohn When: Thursday 26 February 2015, 6:30pm–9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 Writers often moan and groan about synopses, but there’s no escape – if you want a literary agent to represent you or a commercial publisher to consider your manuscript, you can’t avoid it. Even self-publishers need to […]

Who: Melaina Faranda When: Saturday 28 February 2015, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Level: Beginner/Intermediate Want to write for teenagers? It didn’t take Twilight, The Hunger Games, or John Green to tell us that Young Adult fiction is in its ascendancy and now is a better time than ever! A […]

Who: Kate Holden When: Saturday 7 March 2015, 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 thousands. Somewhere in your many years, encounters, lessons and relationships is the tale you need to tell. It may be […]

Who: Martin Langford When: 6 x Tuesday evenings: 17, 24, 31 March; 14, 21, 28 April 2015, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360           Level: All Explore and refine your work in a challenging and supportive environment. Martin Langford has published six books of poetry, has directed Australian Poetry Festivals, and is […]