Who: Dianne Blacklock When: Saturday 14 November, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Dianne Blacklock is the author of nine novels of contemporary women’s fiction. Her books encompass a broad range of life experiences – marriage, divorce, family, work and…love. But what self-respecting novel doesn’t have a love story embedded somewhere […]

Who: Miles Merrill When: Saturday 14 November, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 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 development, but […]

Who: Benjamin Law* When: Saturday 5 December, 10am–4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Navigating the ocean between facts and feeling, feature stories combine journalism’s passion for truth and analysis with creative writing’s appreciation of people and place. The goal? To reel your audience in, and keep them reading until the end. […]

Who: Caleb Lewis When: Saturday 21 November, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Great stories help us to know ourselves better by offering insights into the minds of others. In books we read what characters think; cinema observes how they behave; while at the theatre we listen to what they say. […]

Who: Candice Fox When: Saturday 28 November, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 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 sound knowledge of […]

Who: Anthony Macris When: Saturday 5 December 2015, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180, Member: $125, Conc Member: $110 This one-day workshop, with one of Australia’s leading teachers of creative writing, Dr Anthony Macris, is designed for intermediate to advanced fiction writers who wish to develop their skills in how to structure either a short story […]

Who: Dr Emily Booth When: Saturday 5 September, 10am – 4pm Cost: Full price: $245, ASA & NSWWC member: $160 (Price includes lunch and refreshments.) This course is presented by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA).  As a result of a partnership between the ASA and NSW Writers’ Centre, NSWWC members are eligible for the […]

Speculative fiction is the literature of unbound imagination, an umbrella term broadly encompassing stories that feature fantastical, supernatural, or futuristic elements. Tales set in, at or on the fringe, teasing the peripheries of WHAT IF? Join us on Saturday July 18th to explore a literary field that seeks to go beyond the farthest reaches of […]

New places now available! Who: Emily Maguire When: Phase three. 8 x Wednesday evenings: 30 September; 7, 14, 21, 28 October; 4, 11, 18 November, 6:30pm-9:30pm Full Price: $880, Member: $615; Conc Member: $530 Make 2015 the year you finally write that book. Over three phases of eight weeks each, acclaimed author Emily Maguire will […]

Saturday 7 November 2015 The NSW Writers’ Centre is proud to announce its second Creative Non-Fiction Festival, curated by journalist, TV screenwriter, author and Good Weekend columnist Benjamin Law. Our 2016 festival is for aspiring and practising writers, looking to hone their non-fiction skills in memoir and essay, criticism, profile and biography, science and medicine, […]

SOLD OUT – Please email us to add your name to the waiting list. A seminar with Rochelle Manners. What are the best ways to approach a publisher? Are the rules different? What is always the same? What are the advantages of pitches, networking, and competitions? This seminar will be held during the lunch hour […]

Who: Karen Andrews           When: Saturday 5 July 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Do you want to take your blog to a new level? This course will help you plan your content, make the most of social media, and understand the importance of networking and building community. Learn the key […]

Who: Peter Skrzynecki When: Saturday 12 July 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Every civilisation has its literature in which Nature figures – myths, legends, folklore, memoirs, fiction, poetry. Nature inspires us, provides solace and gives sanctuary, touches us like nothing or no one else. It can be the five […]

Who: Jaclyn Moriarty (please note tutor change from printed program) When: Saturday 12 July 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Living, breathing characters are the key to successful fiction. The best plots emerge from characters’ actions and decisions, and without compelling, believable characters it can be hard to make readers […]

Who: David Henley, Jaki Arthur, Sophie Hamley and guests When: Saturday 19 July 2014, 10am-5pm (Please note end time of 5pm – appears incorrectly in the printed program as 4pm) Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 It seems like every day there is a new aspect to being a writer apart from […]

Who: George Merryman When: 6 x Tuesday evenings: 22, 29 July; 5, 12, 19, 26 August 2014, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 This six-week course will guide participants through the process of writing for film and television, from initial concept to final draft. With an emphasis on character, story and […]

Limited Places Remaining, contact (02 9555 9757) to book. Who: Greg Bastian When: Saturday 26 July 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Hit a brick wall with your novel or short story? Are your characters adrift, your plot rudderless, your dialogue unconvincing? Chances are the story wasn’t planned sufficiently well […]

Who: Debbie McInnes When: Tuesday 29 July 2014, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 In today’s world of instant communication, it is important for authors to understand the changes in the media landscape and how to navigate them. The way to publicise a book has changed dramatically over the past five […]

Who: Krissy Kneen When: Saturday 2 August 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Erotica has risen in popularity in recent times and yet even the best-selling erotic novels are criticised for their clunky prose and unsexy sex scenes. Join critically acclaimed writer of genuinely erotic literary sex, Krissy Kneen as […]

Who: Emily Craven When: Saturday 2 August 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Trying to get a handle on the E-Book Revolution? This workshop is for writers who wish to understand how changes in the publishing can benefit them. It covers opportunities for authors who would like to leverage technology to […]