SOLD OUT Who: Fran Molloy When: Saturday 7 September 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110            How can I get my favourite magazine to publish an article I write – and pay me for it? Should I write the story first, and post it – or email it? How much can […]

Who: Rebecca Giggs When:  Sunday 15 September 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110            “If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays,” wrote Michel de Montaigne in 1585, “I would make decisions”. This workshop focuses on experimentation in the personal essay; its central concern is how […]

Who: P. M. Newton When: Sunday 22 September 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110           When Raymond Chandler wrote The Simple of Art of Murder it was a rallying call for crime writers to write tough, realist fiction about the kind of people who commit murder for a reason, not just […]

Who: Pat Grant When: Sunday 27 October 2013, 10am-4pm (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE FROM SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER) 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, […]

Who: Felicity Castagna When: 6 x Tuesday evenings: 15, 22, 29 October; 5, 12, 19 November 2013, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 This six-week, intensive course enables students to thoroughly get their heads around creating memorable, contemporary short stories. The course will cover the basics as well as challenging students […]

Who: Deborah Abela When: Saturday 19 October 2013, 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: Tony Spencer-Smith When: Saturday 19 October 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Words are powerful tools to persuade, explain, motivate and inspire. This course is for people who already write well but want to increase the impact and intensity of their words. Whether you are a business writer trying […]

Who: Elizabeth Cowell When: 4 x Tuesday evenings: 22 & 29 October; 5 & 12 November 2013, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $440; Member: $310; Conc Member: $265           Grammar, spelling and punctuation are important when you’re writing for publication, but a professional edit involves much more than correcting typos and putting all the apostrophes in […]

Who: With Judith Beveridge When: 6 x Thursday evenings: 24, 31 October; 7, 14, 21, 28 November 2013, 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: Walter Mason When: Saturday 26 October 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110            As more and more of us travel, many are becoming increasingly interested in recording their journeys. In this course Walter will take you through the ways you can capture the essence of place as well as your […]

Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: Saturday 26 October 2013, 10am – 4pm Cost: $55 This one-day seminar takes a practical look at creativity: how do writers generate their ideas? It is designed to assist students to find, explore, clarify and commit to the concepts that will drive their Major Work.  The ‘germinal idea’ is the […]

Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: 2 x Sundays: 23 February & 2 March 2014, 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 […]

Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: Sunday 18 May 2014, 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 for submission. Limited to twelve students, […]

Who: Matt Finch When: Saturday 9 November 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 There is no-one in the library when the children arrive. Blood is pooled on the front step.  Within, bookshelves have been knocked to the ground, their contents spilled across the carpet. The children suspect a prank. “Is this […]

SOLD OUT – to join the waiting list or be notified about similar courses please email us. Who: Melaina Faranda When: Sunday 10 November 2013, 10am-4pm Full price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Are you an expert procrastinator? Does writing ever feel like a painful, plodding process? Do you easily slide into critical paralysis, […]

Who: Linda Funnell, Anna Maguire, David Henley and Guests When: Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 November 2013, 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 seminar covers the nuts and bolts of doing your own digital […]

Who: Terry Dowling When: Saturday 16 November 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 Want to write out of this world? Do you dream of the impossible? Then get ready to immerse your imagination in the genres of science fiction and fantasy with one of Australia’s most awarded and internationally acclaimed […]

SOLD OUT – to go on the waiting list please email. Who: Anthony Macris When: Saturday 30 November 2013, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price: $180; Member: $125; Conc Member: $110 E.M. Forster divided them into flat and round. Aristotle said they were less important than action. Everyone might have a different idea about them, but we […]

By James Roy Town is a collection of thirteen linked short stories for young adults. Set in a small unnamed Australian town over the course of a year, there is one story for each month, plus an overarching story to close, and each is told from the point of view of a different young person. […]

By Sophie Masson The publishing industry is experiencing rapid and turbulent transformation. While the digital age has delivered new and exciting opportunities for authors, it has also created new challenges. Contradictory images of the modern industry abound: from the proliferation of many new small presses, to the phenomenon of giant hi-tech corporations muscling in on the […]