Who: Nick Bleszynski When: Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 November 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $320; Member: $225; Conc Member: $190 Level: All What makes a best-selling non-fiction book? What are publishers looking for?  How do you present and structure your non-fiction book and make the most out of your story? In this two-day […]

Who: Linda Funnell, Anna Maguire, Joel Naoum, PM Newton and guests When: Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 November 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $320; Member: $225; Conc Member: $190 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 […]

SOLD OUT! Who: Kate Forsyth When: Sunday 2 December 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Discover the secret of writing stories that enchant and enthrall the reader, opening a magical gateway so that they can escape to other worlds and other times. Master the tools of the craft so […]

SOLD OUT Who: Pam Brown When: Sunday 2 December 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Level: Intermediate/Advanced This course is an opportunity to develop your poetry with award winning poet, editor (Jacket 2, Overland) and reviewer Pam Brown.  Over the day, Pam will closely consider free-form poems and make […]

SOLD OUT! Who: Anthony Macris When: Saturday 8 December 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Level: Intermediate / Advanced This one-day workshop, with one of Australia’s leading teachers of creative writing, Dr Anthony Macris, is designed for intermediate to advanced fiction writers who wish to develop their skills in […]

Who: Tristan Bancks When: Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 December 2012, 10am – 4pm Full price: $320; Member: $225; Conc Member: $190 This hands-on two-day intensive workshop on the creative and business aspects of writing for young people.  In this workshop, Tristan Bancks gives intimate insight into life as a children’s author as well as inspiration to […]

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 […]