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 […]

Who:  Selena Hanet-Hutchins When: Saturday 21 April 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code:  12HANE4 ‘Join waiting list’ Ever hovered over a hyphen, or a “which” or “that”? Have valuable workshop minutes been lost in debate about apostrophes, or “and” or “but” at the start of a sentence? Uncertain of […]

Who:  Robert Hood When: Sunday 4 March 2012-10am-4pm Cost: Full price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12HOOD3 Whether dealing with angels or demons, past or future, aliens, post-humans or artificial intelligences, stories of alternate realities, imagined futures and fantastical impossibilities have been a never-ending source of fascination for writers and readers for as […]

Who:  Jacqueline Kent When: 6x Saturday afternoons; 21 & 28 April; 5, 19 & 26 May, 2nd June 2012, 1pm – 4pm. NOTE: 19 May (Only)- Time Change- 1:30pm-4:30pm Cost: Full Price $540; Member $380; Conc Member $325 Code: 12KENT4  Whether you are setting down your experiences for your children or grandchildren, explaining your part in larger events, or […]

Who: Joyce Kornblatt When: Sunday 22 April 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12KORN4  If we let go of our beliefs about how to write, what to write and whether or not we’re any good at writing, what might we discover about our creativity? In this experiential course, we’ll explore writing from what […]

Who:  Benjamin Law When: Sunday 10 June 2012, 10am-4pm Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney This workshop is suitable for fiction writers wanting to apply their writing skills to a new field, or journalists looking for a new way to present a good story. It will lead you through every […]

Who:  Bem Le Hunte Cost: Complete Course – Three Acts (additional 10% discount) Full Price: $2430, Member: $1730, Conc Member: $1470 Code: 12LEHU2 Make this the year that you write that novel or novella you’ve yet to start or complete. This course gives you the inspiration, the camaraderie, the structure, skills and motivation to write […]

Who:  Maggie MacKellar When: Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 June 2012 10am-4pm. Full price $290; Member $205; Conc Member $175 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney Whether your form is fiction, memoir or a blog, this course will challenge and stimulate the way you think about writing emotion. This writing course is for anyone who is trying to […]

Who:  Emily Maguire When: Sunday 13 May 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full Price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12MAGU5 In this one-day intensive, Emily will provide an introduction to the elements of fiction including character, point of view, voice, setting and plot. She will discuss each element using examples from contemporary and classic works of fiction, which will […]

Who: Jane Meredith When: Saturday 4 February 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $150; Member: $105; Conc Member: $90 Code: 12MERE2 Perhaps you are a fiction writer, wanting to show your characters’ spiritual, as well as their emotional and practical lives? Or perhaps a poet, seeking to infuse your language with the numinous lifeforce? Or a playwright, […]