Who: Bruce Elder When: Sunday 6 May 2012, 10am-4pm Full price: $150; Member: $105; Conc Member: $90 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney This course for prospective travel writers is designed to explore how those memories and jottings can be turned into articles worthy of publication and even books about the rich and unique experience […]

SOLD OUT! When: Saturday 3 November 2012, 10am – 6pm Full Price $80; Member Price $55; Concession Member Price $45 The Emerging Writers’ Festival is back at the NSW Writers’ Centre, presenting the best of their annual ten-day festival in a special one-day event. The Emerging Writers’ Festival Roadshow program includes a series of panels and discussions […]

Who: Dominic Knight When: Saturday 7 July 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney In this course for writers, Dom Knight will share his experiences in diverse areas of comedy writing, like how to come up with ideas, how to tell whether something’s funny, […]

To join a waiting list for this popular course please email us. Who: William Kostakis When: 2 x Saturday mornings: 14 July & 21 July 2012, 10:30am-1:30pm Full price: $200; Member: $140; Conc Member: $120 This bloggers workshop will translate the jargon (‘Web 2.0’ anybody?) into English you can understand, and demonstrate just how easy […]

With Judith Ridge, Angelo Loukakis, James Roy and Steve Miller When: Saturday 21 July 2012, 10am – 5pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 This writer’s seminar will provide you with an introduction to the business side of being a writer: those legal and financial aspects you may not be familiar with or […]

Who: Gillian Polack When: Sunday 22 July 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 This writers’ workshop will show you how to use the building blocks of grammar and punctuation to create writing that says what you need it to say. Dr Polack will teach you how to polish your […]

Who: Jennifer Wilson When: Thursday 26 July 2012, 6:30 – 9:30pm Full price: $50; Member: $35; Conc Member: $30 As consumers move their attention to interactive screen devices from paper and fixed (tv, cinema) screens, this presents both challenges and opportunities for writers and story creators. The development of multiplatform and transmedia narratives offers new […]

Who: Eleanor Shakiba When: Saturday 28 July 2012, 9am – 4pm Full price: $185; Member: $130 Are you an expert in your writing craft who wants to learn how to make presentations to schools and other groups, to run courses, or simply to speak at functions? Have you learned how to present workshops through trial […]

Who: Pat Grant When: Sunday 2 & Sunday 9 September 2012, 10am – 4pm NEW DATES Full price: $320; Member: $225; Conc Member: $190 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 […]

Who: Les Wicks When: 2 x Sundays: 5 & 12 August 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $320; Member: $225; Conc Member: $190 If you write and are reaching the point where you would like your work to get out there into the wider world, then this course will help you to reach that new […]

Who: Patti Miller When: 4 x Thurday mornings: 2, 9, 16 & 23 August 2012, 10am-1pm Full price: $400; Member: $280; Conc Member: $240 This is an advanced memoir course for those who want to write more than a record or a history, for those who are ready for a creative journey.  This course will […]

Who: Cate Kennedy When: Saturday 4 August 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Cate Kennedy is one of Australia’s leading short story authors, critically praised, widely anthologised and published in The New Yorker and The Harvard Review. In 2012, Cate joins us from Melbourne for a one day workshop […]

Who: Melina Marchetta When: Sunday 5 August 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Are you into writing? Do you make up stories in your head or on the page? Want to take it further? Then join the internationally published, prize-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi and The Piper’s Son, […]

Who: Jacqueline Harvey When: Saturday 11 August 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Do you dream of writing bestselling books for children?  Do you love coming up with stories you believe that children would love to read? Do you want to understand the complexities of the market and how […]

Who: Catherine Hammond When: 6 x Saturday mornings: 18 & 25 August; 1,8,15 & 22 September 2012, 10am – 1pm Full price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 Now that you’ve finished your manuscript – or nearly! – you’re thinking about publishing, but you’re just not sure if it’s ready. You’re wondering: Is your story […]

On Saturday 30 June, the flagship festival of the NSW Writers’ Centre calendar returns with another day of discussion, panels, networking, industry insights from authors, playwrights, illustrators, publishers and editors. Curated by Susanne Gervay, this year’s Festival will showcase Australian and international writers, illustrators, publishers and agents including Sally Murphy, multi-award winning author of Pearl […]

SOLD OUT Who: Mandy Sayer When: 6 x Wednesday evenings: 22 & 29 Aug; 5,12,19 & 26 September 2012, 6:30pm-9:30pm Full price: $600; Member: $420; Conc Member: $360 In this six-week, intensive course we will be studying the art and craft of writing modern short stories.   Each class will be a mixture of writing exercises, […]

Who: Melaina Faranda When: Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 August 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $320; Member: $225; Conc Member: $190 Are you an expert procrastinator? Does writing ever feel like a painful, plodding process? Do you easily slide into critical paralysis, even to the extent of not letting yourself write? Do you ever […]

SOLD OUT Who: Lee Gutkind When: Tuesday 28  August 2012, 6:30pm – 9:30pm Full price: $100; Member: $70; Conc Member: $60 Recognised as ‘the Godfather’ of creative nonfiction, Lee Gutkind, will define and describe creative nonfiction, the fastest growing genre in the publishing industry, both from a literary and a practical perspective.   This comprehensive seminar […]

Limited Places Left Who: Phillipa (PD) Martin When: Sunday 4 November 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Ever considered writing a crime novel? In this one-day intensive course, internationally acclaimed crime novelist Phillipa (PD) Martin, will guide you through some of the major elements of writing a crime fiction […]