Event:

Year of the Novel Celebration 2024

Tuesday 12 November 2024, from 6:30 pm

Do you want to write a novel in 2025? Are you keen to enrol in our popular Year of the Novel course, and want to hear from current participants about the experience?

Join us for our Year of the Novel celebration on Tuesday 12 November from 6.30pm at Writing NSW! You’ll hear readings from our 2024 participants and toast to their writing accomplishments along with current tutor Emily Maguire.

This event is free and open to all, but RSVPs are essential. We will email you with more information prior to the event.

Our 2025 Year of the Novel course will run in-person at Writing NSW, on Wednesday evenings starting in February with tutor Ashley Kalagian Blunt. Year of the Novel 2024 is not open for enrolments yet, so add your name to the waitlist here to be contacted as soon as it opens and to find out information about the course dates. To find out more about Year of the Novel, you can read about the 2024 course here. If you have any questions, please contact us.

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Speakers

Emily Maguire

Emily Maguire is the author of six novels and three non-fiction books, and an experienced teacher and mentor of emerging writers. Her novels have been translated into 12 languages and her articles, essays and reviews have been published widely. Emily was the 2018/2019 Writer-in-Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney and the 2023 […]

Location

Writing NSW

Writing NSW
Callan Park, Balmain Rd
Lilyfield

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