Who:  Tony Spencer-Smith When: 4x Thursday evenings; 19 & 26 April, 3 & 10 May 2012 -6:30-9:30PM Cost: Full price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12SPEN4 Editing and proofreading are a vital part of the writing journey. A first draft is only the start of a process that turns raw copy into polished […]

Who: Bem Le Hunte Dates: 10 x Tuesday evenings: 7,14,21 & 28 February; 6 & 27 March; 3,10,17 & 24 April 2012, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $900; Member: $640; Conc Member: $545 Code: 12LEHU2 Click here to Join the Wait-list Make this the year you write that novel or novella you’ve yet to start or […]

Who: Bem Le Hunte When: 10 x Tuesday evenings: 5,12,19 & 26 June; 2,9,16,23 & 30 October; 6 & 13 November 2012, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $900; Member: $640; Conc Member: $545 Code: 12LEHU6 Act Two is where our action happens. Where we make form out substance, drawing together the ideas, possibilities and words we’ve […]

Who: Bem Le Hunte Dates: 10 x Tuesday evenings: 11, 18 & 25 September; 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 October; 6 & 13 November 2012, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $900; Member: $640; Conc Member: $545 Code: 12LEHU2 This phase of the course is all about getting ready for publication-a time for troubleshooting and improving-for […]

Please note change of dates Who: Timothy Daly When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 10, 17, 24 & 31 March; 21 & 28 April; 5 & 12May 2012, 1pm-4pm Cost: Full price: $720; Member: $510; Conc Member: $435 Code: 12DALY3 Timothy Daly is one of Australia’s most internationally successful playwrights, with a string of national and […]

Who: Timothy Daly When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 30 June; 7, 14, 21 July; 4, 11, 18 & 25 August 2012, 1pm-4pm Full price: $720; Member: $510; Conc Member: $435 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney Open to both beginning writers for theatre as well as those with some experience, this writing course is one […]

CANCELLED Who: Timothy Daly When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 8, 15, 22 & 29 September; 6, 13, 20 & 27 October 2012; 1pm-4pm Cost: Full price: $720; Member: $510; Conc Member: $435 Code: 12DALY9 Timothy Daly is one of Australia’s most internationally successful playwrights, with a string of national and international awards and productions. Open […]

Who: James Roy When: 4 x Sunday mornings: 11, 18 & 25 March & 1 April 2012, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12ROY3 Writing for young adults – it’s a skill that is often undervalued. After all, teenagers are only interested in vampires, technology and loud music, aren’t they? […]

Who: James Roy When: 4 x Sunday mornings: 10, 17, 24 June & 1 July 2012, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12ROY6 Writing for young adults – it’s a skill that is often undervalued. After all, teenagers are only interested in vampires, technology and loud music, aren’t they? Besides, […]

Who: James Roy and special guest speaker Jody Lee When: 4 x Sunday mornings: 9, 16, 23 & 30 September 2012, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12ROY9 Writing for young adults – it’s a skill that is often undervalued. After all, teenagers are only interested in vampires, technology and […]

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 […]