Who: Lisa Jacobson When: Saturday 12 April 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 “I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.” Robert Frost Creating a memorable poem is like making a fine piece of furniture. It requires the right tools, imagination and […]

Who: Peter Stanley When: Sunday 13 April 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 It’s never been easier to research and write history. The internet, responsive archives and libraries and the laptop computer make it possible to research and write more easily than ever before. But it is arguably harder to […]

Who: Pamela Hewitt When: 6 x Thursday evenings: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 May; 5 June 2014, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 This course assume a basic knowledge of word processing and a high level of literacy. This series of six workshops presents the essentials of professional editing. Using practical […]

Who: Bruce Elder When: Saturday 3 May 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Many people return from a holiday or a journey overseas believing that what they have experienced is worth writing about. They may have written a diary or a blog which they have shared with friends and family. […]

Who: Barry Divola When: Saturday 3 May 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 There are many, many different types of writer’s block and Barry Divola is an authority on the subject because he has had most of them. Can’t get started? Can’t get finished? Stuck in the middle? Inner critic […]

Who: Anne Gracie When: Sunday 4 May 2014, 10am-4pm PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE (as original date was scheduled for Mother’s Day). Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Writing romance is not a matter of simply following some formula; like all popular fiction, it must delight and surprise readers. It’s much more varied […]

Who: L.A. Larkin When: Sunday 11 May 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 The top ten living crime fiction authors have sold 450 million books and the figure just keeps rising. Even J.K. Rowling is now writing crime fiction. Do you love gritty detectives, troubled PIs and cool FBI agents, […]

Who: Jan Cornall When: 4 x Sunday mornings: 1, 15, 22, 29 June 2014, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $440; Member: $310; Conc Member: $265 Do you have a lifetime of stories to tell, but don’t know where to start? Learn how to turn memories into memoir by accessing your authentic writer’s voice and bringing to […]

Who: Steven Amsterdam When: Saturday 14 June 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Forget the twee meaning of the word. Go back to the dictionary: Charm – to delight, to control. This is the writer’s job, the only job. Too often we get sidetracked. When we let inspiration lead us […]

SOLD OUT – please email us to go on a wait list. Who: Mark Tredinnick When: Saturday 14 June 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Everyone who wants to write will need to get comfortable with the inner life of sentences. If you’re going to write, you’re going to need […]

Who: Linda Nix When: 6 x Saturday afternoons: 14, 21 June; 5, 12, 19, 26 July 2014, 1pm-4pm Cost: Full Price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Is your manuscript ready for publication? How do you know if it’s good enough to publish? How do you find the right publisher – or should you self-publish? […]

SOLD OUT! to be placed on the waitlist email us. Who: George Merryman When: Saturday 21 June 2014, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Dialogue should be the easiest part of writing, shouldn’t it? We all talk. Every day. All the time. We’re experts in talking, experts in dialogue. And yet […]

Who: Sarah Allen When: Tuesday 24 June 2014, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full price: $55; Member: $40; Conc Member:$35 In this session with publicist 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 to talk about in digital channels, […]

SOLD OUT! Please email us to go on the waitlist. When: Saturday 15 November 2014, 2pm – 3:30pm Cost: NSWWC & ASA Members: $30 You will have a roomful of publishers and agents and three minutes to pitch your work, ask a question or exchange contact details. A listing of publishers and agents, and the […]

Who: Claire Craig When: Saturday 14 June, 10am – 4pm Where: ASA office, C1.05 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo NSW 2007 Cost: Full price $230; ASA & NSW Writers’ Centre members $155 For bookings contact the Australian Society of Authors on (02) 9211 1004 or click here. Authors today need to be able to write, edit […]

SOLD OUT – Please call our office on 9555 9757 to go on our waitlist. When: Saturday 28 June, 10am – 6pm Full Price $90; Member Price $60; Concession Member Price $50 The Kids & YA literature festival is back at the NSW Writers’ Centre, showcasing some of Australia’s best-known and beloved authors, illustrators and publishers. The […]

Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: Sunday 19 May 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: $100 This Masterclass is now full. Please email us to join a waitlist. If we receive enough interest for another class we will program one. Whether you are still in a bit of a concept crisis or boldly refining the penultimate draft of your […]

Phase one of this course is now full. There are still places left in phases two and three. Who: Emily Maguire Complete Course – Three Phases Full Price: $2375; Member: $1660; Conc Member: $1430 (additional 10% discount) Make 2013 the year you finally write that novel. Over three phases of eight weeks each, acclaimed author […]

This phase has now sold out. There are still places available in phases two and three, but to join a waitlist for phase one please email us. Writing the Bones Who: Emily Maguire When: 8 x Wed evenings: 20, 27 Feb; 6, 13, 20, 27 March; 3, 10 April 2013, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $880; […]

This phase is now full. To express interest in a future Year of the Novel course please email us. Muscles, Guts, Flesh and Blood Who: Emily Maguire When: 8 x Wednesday evenings: 5, 12, 19, 26 June; 10, 17, 24, ,31 July 2013, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $880; Member: $615; Conc Member: $530 Phase two […]