SOLD OUT Who: William Kostakis When: 2 x Saturday mornings: 6 October & 13 October 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 it is to set up and maintain a blog. But […]

Who: William Kostakis When: 2 x Saturday mornings: 6 October & 13 October 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 it is to set up and maintain a blog. But it isn’t […]

Who: Steven Carroll When: Sunday 21 October 2012 10am – 4pm Cost: Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Join Miles Franklin award-winning author Steven Carroll (Spirit of Progress) for this advanced workshop on writing fiction.  This one day intensive workshop will provide participants with an in depth and practical insight into fiction writing. […]

This event is now at capacity. Please email if you are interested in attending and we will try to accommodate you. Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso When: Saturday 27 October 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: $50 This one-day seminar takes a practical look at creativity: how do writers generate their ideas? It is designed to assist students to […]

Who: Alan Mills Do you have ambitions to write a novel? Have you ever dreamed of seeing your name on the cover of a book? Make 2011 the year you finally make it happen. Internationally published author and teacher Alan Mills condenses his decades of writing experience into a three-phase course designed to teach you […]

Who: Alan Mills Do you have ambitions to write a novel? Have you ever dreamed of seeing your name on the cover of a book? Make 2011 the year you finally make it happen. Internationally published author and teacher Alan Mills condenses his decades of writing experience into a three-phase course designed to teach you […]

By Rhonda Whitton and Sheila Hollingworth How to sell your book to an Australia publisher or literary agent. You’ve finished drafting and polishing your manuscript. So what happens next? Based on an industry-wide survey and using writers’ successful proposals as examples, A Decent Proposal introduces the techniques required to develop a convincing Book Proposal that […]

by Margaret Hamilton A dazzling presentation of 22 evocative artworks from some of Australia’s best-known picture book illustrators – from Wayne Harris and Julie Vivas to Leigh Hobbs and Kim Gamble. Australian children’s illustrators took the world by storm in the 1970s. They pushed the boundaries of subject matter and design to produce fresh matter […]

The book that Thomas Keneally calls his “contractual bible”. This is an essential reference book for every serious professional writer in Australia. Book Contents: Print Contracts Digital Contracts Special Considerations Negotiating with your publisher Getting Help Lending Rights and Collecting Societies Published by the Keesing Press and the Australian Society of Authors.

By the Writers’ Dozen An anthology from an exciting and eclectic group of 13 Sydney-based writers who meet regularly at the NSW Writers’ Centre. Their published work includes novels, short stories and poems. Better than Chocolate is a delicious assortment of deftly crafted tales that mirror the facts and fantasies of the circle of life. […]

by Tony Spencer-Smith The Essentials of Great Writing covers the full range of skills required to write well and will be useful to anyone who writes. Whether you want to produce sophisticated corporate copy such as case studies, reports and media releases; have ambitions to become a novelist; or want to write your memoirs or […]

A Manual for Teachers and Students by Timothy Daly This book is a very detailed step-by-step guide for both teacher and student, showing how to write effective plays for HSC 4 Unit Extension 2. Also includes a chapter on story structure, sample plays and advice on the page layout of your play. Each section is […]

A Manual for Teachers and Students by Timothy Daly This book provides practical examples and helpful writing tips for HSC Extension 2 film script writing, TV writing, radio plays and speech writing, along with numerous sample scripts and helpful hints on page layout and story structure. Each section is self-contained, but whatever form (radio, film […]

A Manual for Teachers and Students by Timothy Daly This book is the most comprehensive book available on the specialised techniques of radio play writing. Also includes a chapter on story structure, stylistic & formal options, full script examples and advice on the page layout of the radio script. This kit has been designed, after […]

Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers by Brigid Lowry Brigid Lowry knows the highs and lows of being a writer, but she still thinks it’s a joy. In this book she takes you on a journey to discover yourself and what you really want to say, AND how to make it juicy and original. So, […]

by Mark Tredinnick ‘The Little Red Writing book is a welcome companion for all of us who work with the English language. The author tells us what we need to know as writers and shows us how it’s done with grace and care. He offers fresh and memorable examples of good writing with a music-maker’s […]

by Mark Tredinnick What really goes on inside a sentence? What is your subject, and where is your verb, and what is its tense, and where is your modifier, and why does it matter? Were do you need a comma and where do you not? Why are cashes and semicolons so misunderstood? When is it […]

by Mark Tredinnick The Little Black Book of Business Writing is a trim book of style for everyone who writes at work and wants to do it better. It’s also a lyrical rant against corporate cant and a cry for bureaucratic and scholarly grace. Challenging, practical and a joy to read, The Little Black Book […]

By Kate Grenville and Sue Woolfe How Ten Australian novels were written. Helen Garner, Peter Carey, Kate Grenville, David Ireland, Elizabeth Jolley, Sue Woolfe, Finola Moorhead, Patrick White, Thomas Keneally, Jessica Anderson. Good writers make writing look easy – but is it? Anyone learning to write will be encouraged by Making Stories – its shows […]

by Patti Miller A clear, engaging and practical ‘how-to’ guide to writing a memoir, by Australia’s foremost teacher and practitioner of memoir and life writing, Patti Miller. We all have a story to tell – whether it is a story of a migrant childhood, a difficult past, adopting a child, riding a bike across India, […]