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Mark Dapin has worn many hats – as a features writer (i.e. the “Lunch with…” series in The Sydney Morning Herald), a magazine editor, a
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Mark Dapin has worn many hats – as a features writer (i.e. the “Lunch with…” series in The Sydney Morning Herald), a magazine editor, a
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
Each week, we take a look at a common confusions and ambiguities in the English language (that gives us about a century’s worth of material!)
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
In Episode 38 of So you want to be a writer, Tom Hanks’ book release, should you work from a co-working space?, Twitter etiquette, whether to
You could say it was a painter who kick-started Air Commodore John Oddie’s journey to writing Flight Command: From the farm to the frontline. Specifically,
Andrew McMillen is a freelance journalist based in Brisbane, Australia. His first book, Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs is a pretty frank look at the
James Phelps, you should be locked up. You’re a sports journalist and you’ve written a non-fiction book, Australia’s Hardest Prison: Inside Long Bay. Tell us
We spotted Libby in Sunday Life recently! Congratulations Libby! If you have a success story to share with us, you can do so right here. We’ll share
The Barbara Jefferis Award is offered biennially for the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way
Judith Rossell is an uber-talented writer and illustrator of children’s books, as well as being a presenter for our Writing Picture Books course in Melbourne.
Each week, we take a look at a common confusions and ambiguities in the English language (that gives us about a century’s worth of material!)
Robyn Windshuttle is first-time author and graduate of our Life Writing course. She had quite the tale to tell when it came to writing her
Bambi Smyth is the author of Men on the Menu – 75 delicious affairs around the world. That title gives you plenty of clues –
When our students study Magazine and Newspaper Writing or Travel Writing, they learn that you can often turn one idea or destination into many stories.
In Episode 37 of So you want to be a writer, the ‘Middle Fiction’ kids reading guide, blogging Betties, Michel Faber plans to stop writing novels,
What’s black and white and read all over? Our newsletter of course! With hilarious Q&As, writing inspiration, amazing competitions and, let’s face it, a small dose
Right now, it seems everyone is raising money for something. Maybe you’ve already received a few emails this week from friends and family members asking
“It all started with a slippery satin ribbon at the local races. A kindly gentleman offered to re-tie my offending ribbon (on the back of
Steve Sammartino is now relieved that he can call himself “an author”. Because it’s just a lot easier to explain than his actual life as
This week, we sit down to a lesson in ligatures with our friendly Q & A participants… Q: Hello, do you think I have the
We’d all love a million dollar book deal, but getting your work in front of a publisher is hard enough as it is! Well, Momentum
You know that feeling you get when you see an email telling you that you’ve won three million euros? That little moment between reading the subject
In Episode 36 of So you want to be a writer, what publishers really want, swimmers vs togs, why authors should care about Google+, what to
Karen M Davis is an ex-cop who took on writing and smashed it with her first novel, Sinister Intent – released in 2013. Now her
Mark Dapin has worn many hats – as a features writer (i.e. the “Lunch with…” series in The Sydney Morning Herald), a magazine editor, a non-fiction writer, and writer of novels. He also just wears a hat a lot of the time. Earlier in the year on our top-rating podcast,
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. Kym says: I have been
Each week, we take a look at a common confusions and ambiguities in the English language (that gives us about a century’s worth of material!) – making things easier through the power of friendly conversation. This week, does “practise” or “practice” make perfect? Q: Hi there Australian Writers’ Centre, I have
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. Donna says: I recently wrote
In Episode 38 of So you want to be a writer, Tom Hanks’ book release, should you work from a co-working space?, Twitter etiquette, whether to double or single space after a full stop, DIY publicity, AWC graduate Lisa Chaplin scores a book deal, Writer in Residence Toby Jenkins, free Microsoft
You could say it was a painter who kick-started Air Commodore John Oddie’s journey to writing Flight Command: From the farm to the frontline. Specifically, Archibald Prize-winning portrait artist Ben Quilty, sent in 2011 as ‘official war artist’ (a legit profession since World War I) to paint the men and
Andrew McMillen is a freelance journalist based in Brisbane, Australia. His first book, Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs is a pretty frank look at the plentiful world of drugs within the music industry. We caught up with him recently to talk about the book and his approach to writing. But
James Phelps, you should be locked up. You’re a sports journalist and you’ve written a non-fiction book, Australia’s Hardest Prison: Inside Long Bay. Tell us about it. Ever wondered what it would be like to go to prison? Not an American movie style prison, but the one you would really
We spotted Libby in Sunday Life recently! Congratulations Libby! If you have a success story to share with us, you can do so right here. We’ll share it with the world! For more success stories, be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
The Barbara Jefferis Award is offered biennially for the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society. Without further ado, here’s the press release in all it’s glory: It is with
Judith Rossell is an uber-talented writer and illustrator of children’s books, as well as being a presenter for our Writing Picture Books course in Melbourne. Her latest book, Withering-by-Sea, is launching this month so we asked her to paint us a picture of what it’s all about. Once she’d finished
Each week, we take a look at a common confusions and ambiguities in the English language (that gives us about a century’s worth of material!) – making things easier through the power of friendly conversation. This week, useless chatter about whether to use “less”… Q: Hi there. I was at the
Robyn Windshuttle is first-time author and graduate of our Life Writing course. She had quite the tale to tell when it came to writing her first book – all true and now all published! With the release of her book, Dancing with a Cocaine Cowboy, we threw some questions
Bambi Smyth is the author of Men on the Menu – 75 delicious affairs around the world. That title gives you plenty of clues – namely food and frolicking! But to add some filling to this dish, we went to directly to the source and asked Bambi a bunch of
When our students study Magazine and Newspaper Writing or Travel Writing, they learn that you can often turn one idea or destination into many stories. Someone who took this concept and ran with it was graduate Lilani Goonesena, turning a tour into no less than EIGHT stories. Lilani did our Food
In Episode 37 of So you want to be a writer, the ‘Middle Fiction’ kids reading guide, blogging Betties, Michel Faber plans to stop writing novels, is Amazon doing the world a favor by crushing book publishers? Perfectionism is slowing your progress, what your handwriting says about you, the Rescue My
What’s black and white and read all over? Our newsletter of course! With hilarious Q&As, writing inspiration, amazing competitions and, let’s face it, a small dose of self-promotion thrown in, your inbox will be much happier if it were to receive our newsletter every Thursday. And did I mention those competitions?
Right now, it seems everyone is raising money for something. Maybe you’ve already received a few emails this week from friends and family members asking for support. And maybe you’re fed up with very distant acquaintances asking you to give money to develop some technology you don’t understand, or create
“It all started with a slippery satin ribbon at the local races. A kindly gentleman offered to re-tie my offending ribbon (on the back of my dress), and as he tied he dropped his rather official looking clipboard. He was the race starter and from him I met all the
Steve Sammartino is now relieved that he can call himself “an author”. Because it’s just a lot easier to explain than his actual life as a “projecteer” – juggling many projects at once, from organic egg farms as a child to marketing roles, advertising agencies, countless successful start-ups, blogging to
This week, we sit down to a lesson in ligatures with our friendly Q & A participants… Q: Hello, do you think I have the Ebola virus? A: No. Q: Okay, great, just thought I should check. Now I also want to ask about something I struggle with. A: Your
We’d all love a million dollar book deal, but getting your work in front of a publisher is hard enough as it is! Well, Momentum (Pan Macmillan’s digital arm) and Tablo (a publishing startup we’ve discussed before) have joined forces to give hope to emerging writers around Australia. From the
You know that feeling you get when you see an email telling you that you’ve won three million euros? That little moment between reading the subject line and realising that you don’t actually have a prince for a nephew, but you think “oh my god I’ve won three million euros!”? We get
In Episode 36 of So you want to be a writer, what publishers really want, swimmers vs togs, why authors should care about Google+, what to do if you have multiple offers, how to tell if your story idea is mediocre, four things you should do to promote your book, the
Karen M Davis is an ex-cop who took on writing and smashed it with her first novel, Sinister Intent – released in 2013. Now her second book is out, and Karen recently spoke to us about Deadly Obsession and her approach to writing. Hi Karen, tell us about Deadly Obsession,
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