Who: Alice Grundy When: Tuesday 21 October 2014, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member: $35 Are you eager for writing projects that can be finished in a sitting, that your friends and family will actually read and that will develop your craft and deal with writers’ block? Whether you want to experiment […]

Who: Danielle Wood When: Saturday 25 October 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 The short story has been variously described as a photograph (where the novel is a film), as an affair (where the novel is a marriage) and as a wayward younger brother (where the novel is, presumably, much […]

Who: Judith Beveridge When: 6 x Tuesday evenings: 28 October; 4, 11, 18, 25 November; 2 December 2014, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 In her long poetry career Judith Beveridge has been awarded the NSW, Victorian and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and published four books of poetry. She is also […]

Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: Saturday 25 October 2014, 10am – 4pm Cost: $55 It can be daunting to organise and produce a major original literary work in your HSC year while faced with demands from other subjects. Whether you’re working on long or short fiction or drama-based scripts, students cannot afford to miss this […]

Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: 2 x Sundays: 22 February & 1 March 2015, 10am – 4pm Cost: $165 This workshop is about the universal next draft problem: ‘My concept is clear in my head but how do I get it to work on the page?  Over two days, students will learn practical techniques to […]

COURSE CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENTS. Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: Sunday 17 May 2015, 10am – 4pm Cost: $110 Whether you are still in a bit of a Concept Crisis or boldly refining the penultimate draft of your finished Work, this one-day workshop is about last-draft writing and getting a strong well-edited manuscript ready […]

Who: Katherine Howell When: Saturday 1 November 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Ideal for writers who are working on or planning a crime novel, this one day workshop teaches the key elements of crime fiction—character, setting, plot, and suspense—and how to employ them in ways that keep the reader […]

Who: Noeline Kyle When: Saturday 1 November 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110            The seductive task of collecting more dates, names, obituaries and other data associated with our family histories – the piling up of the hundreds of documents until they spill willy-nilly from our homes/offices/computers – is the collect […]

Who: Timothy Daly When: 4 x Saturday afternoons: 15, 22, 29 November; 6 December 2014, 1pm-4pm Cost: Full price: $440; Member: $310; Conc Member: $265 Open to both beginning writers for radio as well as those with some experience, this four-part course is one of the most detailed, practical and ‘hands-on’ available. Each week, you […]

Who: Pat Grant When: Saturday 22 November 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Sometimes it feels like the ability to sling a decent sentence isn’t quite enough for a writer in the modern world. The literary landscape is now littered with screens, windows and graphic interfaces, and there is more […]

Who: Deborah Abela When: Saturday 22 November 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it. Roald Dahl Writing for children can […]

Who: Roz Hopkins and guests: Kate O’Donnell, Anna Maguire, Linda Nix, Bronwyn Mehan, Sarah Allen, Elisabeth Storrs and Dionne Lister When: Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November 2014, 10am – 4pm Cost: Full price: $350; Member: $250; Conc Member: $210 Want to take control of your publishing? Interested in ebooks? Unsure about Print-on-demand? This two-day […]

Who: Anne Manne When: Saturday 29 November 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 In this workshop writer and essayist Anne Manne will discuss that most beguiling and versatile of art forms, the essay. She will also assist students in crafting their own and discuss approaches to getting published. What EXACTLY […]

Who: Lisa Shanahan When: Saturday 6 December 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 A picture book is a unique meeting place. It’s the place where a text meets with the illustrations and the illustrations with a text. It’s a place where an adult meets with a child and a child […]

Who: Walter Mason When: Saturday 6 December 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Time to dust off the writing shoes and show the world just how wonderful you are! In this one-day workshop come on a creative journey with Walter Mason as you explore your options, get daring and spend […]

When: Saturday 6 September 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $90; Member: $65; Conc Member: $55 A one day symposium focusing on how writers promote themselves and their work in the constantly changing world of publishing. For writers and publishers, the challenge is always how to get a book into the hands of readers. Whether you […]

By Euan Mitchell Do you want to write and publish your first book but don’t know where to start? Or are you an experienced writer who wants to know how to take advantage of the revolutionary new developments in making and marketing ebooks and print books? Your Book Publishing Options is Australia’s guide for new and experienced […]

Who: Connor Tomas O’Brien Date: Monday 10 November 2014, 6.30pm – 9.30pm Cost: Full Price: $55; Member/Conc Member: $35 Venue:  NSW Writers’ Centre Connor Tomas O’Brien, director of the Digital Writers’ Festival, leads an engaging and thought-provoking seminar on writing digital literature. Imagine you were living in the future, with access to any form of […]

BOOKED OUT Who: Jaki Arthur When: Friday 14 November, 9.30am-4.30pm Cost: Free to successful applicants Are you a published writer who wants to do more to build an audience for your work? Applications are now open for this free workshop funded by the Australia Council. Part of a national program being delivered in each state, […]

Who: Diane Armstrong When: Saturday 1 February 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Whether you are thinking about writing a historical novel, or have made a start, stalled, and need help to get going, this workshop is for you. A historical novel is the passport to a bygone world, but […]