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 […]

SOLD OUT Supported by the Copyright Agency Saturday 21 September 2013, 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 […]

Who:  Van Badham When: Sunday 13 May 2012, 10am-4pm Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney This writing course will develop your ability to craft effective dialogue, a key skill publishers or producers are looking for when they are assessing your work. In a world where professional opportunities […]

Who:  Dianne Blacklock When: Saturday 10 March 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12BLAC3 Dianne Blacklock is the author of eight 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 […]

Who: Melissa Bruce When: 6 x Wednesday evenings; 14,21 & 28 March; 4, 11 & 18 April 2012, 6:30-9:30pm Cost: Full Price $540; Member $380; Conc Member $325 Code: 12BRUC6 Having problems kickstarting ideas? Have trouble sticking with a creative problem? Then struggle with finishing a project? “Navigating Through a Writing Project” looks to give […]

Who:  Felicity Castagna When: Saturday 2 June 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12CAST6 Annie Proulx once said that Brokeback Mountain isn’t about two gay cowboys; it’s about the West and its sense of place. The expression “a sense of place” is a critical catchphase that often defies clear […]

Who:  Laurine Croasdale When: Saturday 5 May 2012 10am-4pm Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney This writing course is a practical look at plotting with lots of writing exercises, group work, discussion and constructive critiques. Plotting is the backbone of your story – no matter what your […]

Who: Timothy Daly Timothy Daly is one of Australia’s most internationally successful playwrights, with a string of national and international awards and productions. In 2012, Timothy returns with his highly successful, intensive course that will take you from the start to the finish of writing your play. Open to both beginning writers for theatre as […]

Who:  Anna Maria Dell’Oso 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 guide to the Extension 2 Major Work.  Over three phases […]

Who: Barry Divola When: 29 April 2012, 10am – 4pm Cost: Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12DIV04 Ah, the life of a freelancer writer. Up at the crack of noon, pants optional and working only when you damn well feel like it. Sounds too good to be true? That could be […]

Who:  Brook Emery When: 6 x Wednesday evenings; 7, 14, 21 & 28 March; 4 & 11 April 2012, 6.30pm-9.30pm Cost: Full price $540; Member $380; Conc Member $325 Code: 12EMER3 This six-week course is designed to help beginning and intermediate poets get a grasp on what really makes poetry different from prose and what […]

Who:  Tim Ferguson When: Saturday 9 June 2012, 10am-4pm Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney This writing course will offer the processes and insights necessary for writers to expand their skills base into writing comedy. All great writers have a working knowledge of the principles of comedy. […]

Who:  Libby Gleeson When: Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 April 2012- 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price $290; Member $205; Conc Member $175 Code:  12GLEE4 Picture books are a unique literary form combining written and visual text. In this workshop students will work through the process of developing a picture book text: ideas generation, character and plot […]

Who: Jane Gleeson-White When: Saturday 10 March 2012-10am-4pm Cost: Full price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12GLEJ3 ‘The ideal short story is like a knife – strongly made, well balanced, and with an absolute minimum of moving parts.’ Michael Swanwick In a world of electronic media and short attention spans, the short story […]

Who:  Robert Gray When: Sunday 29 January 2012, 10am-4pm. Cost: Full price: $150; Member: $105; Conc Member: $90 Code: 12GRAY1 Join waiting list. Robert Gray is offering a course which looks at the history of poetry in English and at the techniques which make the best of this work so effective. He offers new ways to use these […]