With the news this week of Tamsin Janu’s first book Figgy and the World winning the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards’ 2015 Patricia Wrightson Prize for
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We love hearing from our students no matter what they have to say, but when we hear of a student being published, we just want
To celebrate her recent book launch, author and Australian Writers’ Centre presenter Patti Miller will be in Melbourne for a Q&A and more. From the
One of the wonderful things about the Australian Writers’ Centre (just one of them) is the flexibility with which you can do your learning. We
Each week, we chat about the quirks & anomalies of the English language. This week, we explore want to know which words have a capital
In Episode 62 of So you want to be a writer: Sydney Writers’ Festival wrap up, the most borrowed books from Australian libraries, how much (or
This week, we have 10 double passes to give away to the new French film, Gemma Bovery, based on the book of the same name
Writers usually need a little organisation to balance their days. And the one place they spend the most amount of time is their keyboards. So
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Last night in Sydney, the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) announced their winning selections for 2015 – an annual literary showcase which fittingly takes place
Lex Marinos is an actor and Australian icon, appearing through the decades on the iconic Kingswood Country, Embassy, and more recently The Slap. He has
Each week, we chat about the quirks & anomalies of the English language. & this week, we explore why we should have used “and’” twice
Attention writers based in Victoria: The City of Melbourne this month launched its fourth biennial Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards. (In the alternate years, it’s
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This week’s AWC competition is guilt-free – i.e. you can score yourself a copy of new book Guilt, for free! The book’s author, Matt Nable,
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With the news this week of Tamsin Janu’s first book Figgy and the World winning the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards’ 2015 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature we wanted to revisit our fab interview with her last year. What an amazing result – congratulations Tamsin! Australian Writers’ Centre graduate Tamsin
O’ Caption! My Caption! It’s competition time again, and this week we’ll be asking for your best captioning efforts. But first, a little about the prize that’s on offer. There are in fact FOUR copies of Lindsey Kelk’s latest novel Always the Bridesmaid to be won. Lindsey grew up in
We love hearing from our students no matter what they have to say, but when we hear of a student being published, we just want to shout it from the rooftops! We’re a little scared of heights, so we’ll go with a blog post instead. Vivienne says: I finished Magazine
To celebrate her recent book launch, author and Australian Writers’ Centre presenter Patti Miller will be in Melbourne for a Q&A and more. From the Alliance Française website: Book presentation, Q&A and book signing with the author: Patti Miller Wednesday 24th June 2015, 6.30pm Alliance Française, 51 Grey Street, ST
One of the wonderful things about the Australian Writers’ Centre (just one of them) is the flexibility with which you can do your learning. We run classroom courses in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, as well as a range of tutored online courses for anyone with an internet connection. And new
Each week, we chat about the quirks & anomalies of the English language. This week, we explore want to know which words have a capital letter and which do not… Q: Hi AWC, I just got back from Australia’s capital. A: The letter A? Q: Haha, no, Canberra. And when
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This week, we have 10 double passes to give away to the new French film, Gemma Bovery, based on the book of the same name by Posy Simmonds. Directed by Anne Fontaine and starring Gemma Arterton and Fabrice Luchini, it tells the story of a Martin, who has escaped the
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Last night in Sydney, the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) announced their winning selections for 2015 – an annual literary showcase which fittingly takes place during the Sydney Writers’ Festival. And it’s big congratulations to Australian Writers’ Centre presenter Judith Rossell – she ended up ’top of the pile’ for
Lex Marinos is an actor and Australian icon, appearing through the decades on the iconic Kingswood Country, Embassy, and more recently The Slap. He has also directed shows, written episodes for TV (notably the Bodyline mini-series), and last year penned a memoir entitled Blood and Circuses: An Irresponsible Memoir. During
Each week, we chat about the quirks & anomalies of the English language. & this week, we explore why we should have used “and’” twice already in this intro… Q: Hi AWC. I have a question about this Q&A. A: That’s very “meta” of you. What would you like to
Attention writers based in Victoria: The City of Melbourne this month launched its fourth biennial Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards. (In the alternate years, it’s a photography competition.) According to Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, the awards celebrate Melbourne’s status as a UNESCO City of Literature (you just learnt something new)
Calling all fiction and non-fiction writers! The 2015 Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature is now open. From the Waverley Council website: This Award is organised by Waverley Council, with generous support from the Friends of Waverley Library, and other community partners including Gertrude & Alice Bookshop/Cafe, Wentworth Courier, Eastside
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This week’s AWC competition is guilt-free – i.e. you can score yourself a copy of new book Guilt, for free! The book’s author, Matt Nable, has an impressive story of his own – playing national rugby league in the 1990s, before moving to screenwriting, book writing and acting; the latter
JOB ADVERTISEMENT All details from the Emerging Writers’ Festival website Emerging Writers Festival Festival Director The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) invites applications for the exciting position of Festival Director. The Festival Director will lead the artistic direction of EWF and deliver high quality, diverse and dynamic programs in support of the emerging writers
We love hearing from our students no matter what they have to say, but when we hear of a student being published, we just want to shout it from the rooftops! We’re a little scared of heights, so we’ll go with a blog post instead. Carole says: Many moons ago
Each week, we chat about the quirks and anomalies of the English language. This week, in celebration of Mother’s Day, we wanted to know why mum’s not the word everywhere… Q: Hey there AWC. Did you know that it was Mother’s Day on Sunday? A: We did. Q: And do
We love hearing from our students no matter what they have to say, but when we hear of a student being published, we just want to shout it from the rooftops! We’re a little scared of heights, so we’ll go with a blog post instead. Tania says: I originally sent
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Each week, we chat about the quirks and anomalies of the English language. This week we talk about what happens when we confuse and mix idioms. Q: Hi AWC, I hear people say ‘first point of call’ a lot these days and it bugs me. Is that actually correct usage?
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