Glasses are a necessity for some, a curiosity for others, and even a status symbol in other contexts. So when Sydney-based academic Adam Geczy was tasked with writing about this ubiquitous item for the Object Lessons book series, how did he go about it (without making a spectacle of himself)?
This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Garden of Lost Girls by A. L. Tait. Thirty years after eighteen-year-old Jessica vanished on the opening night of her own play, her nephew Sam and his cousins are cast in the anniversary production meant to jog memories and solve the
Some authors dream of writing when they’re young but leave it behind to focus on another career. But not Bridie Blake, who instead quit university and made her work fit around her publishing aspirations. After pivoting from YA to romance, she published her debut rom-com novel, The Boyfriend Clause, and
Former paramedic Kylie Edwards had never written before she enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Personal Storytelling for Veterans and First Responders course. By the end of it, she believed she could write a memoir. “This has changed my life and given me back my voice!” she says. “The course
This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Lady with the Dog by Carrie Tiffany. An elderly woman brings home a new dog from the pound, but as her memory falters, the boundaries between past and present – and even the dog’s own identity – begin to dissolve. Illustrated
Are you a woman who loves to write short stories, or do you already have a compelling short story that is waiting to be shared? The Kind Press invites women writers from around the world to submit their short stories for the 2027 Literary Women’s Writing Prize for Short Story.
Julie Modra’s middle-grade novella Oscar Was Here has been published by Rhiza Press, and the foreign rights have already been acquired by a publisher in Slovenia. Julie is a graduate of our Novel Writing Essentials and Write Your Novel courses, and she credits them with turning a former English teacher’s
Looking for a chance to see your romance writing in print? Diversions 2027, presented by Romance Writers of Australia, invites writers to submit an original romantic short story for the opportunity to have their work selected for publication in the annual Diversions Anthology. With a focus on diverse lead characters
Imagine being married to one of literature’s most famous wordsmiths and having him describe your life as “a blank”. This is the reputation that Charles Dickens’ wife Kate of 22 years – with whom he had 10 children – has endured for 150 years. But in author Emily Howes’ new
This week, we’re giving away three copies of The German Ward by Pip Williams. An English nurse and a German POW doctor fall into a forbidden, visceral love affair in WWI France – one preserved only through intimate drawings discovered a century later. A modern woman becomes captivated by the
Kirstie Bedford has signed a two-book deal with Bloodhound Books. Her debut psychological suspense novel, White Lies, will be published in June 2027, followed later that year by her second crime novel, Murder She Heard. Kirstie is a graduate of our Creative Writing Stage 1 and Write Your Novel courses,
Bestselling author Tania Blanchard enjoyed writing ever since she was a child, but it had become more the product of daydreams in adulthood while working as a physio. So she decided to pick it up again when she had her children – writing stories for them at first, before developing
Scottish-Australian author and AWC grad Judith Katherine went from being crippled by fear about sharing her writing to publishing her debut novel, Simply Beside Herself. In this episode, Judith shares the lockdown routine that unlocked her new writing path, the courses that changed the game and some of the valuable
This week, we’re giving away three copies of Secrets of the New Online Entrepreneurs by Bernadette Schwerdt. Featuring candid stories from over 30 of Australia’s leading online founders, this is the definitive guide to building and scaling an online business, packed with proven tactics on niches, audience growth and what
If you love a gripping mystery, a clever twist or a story that keeps readers guessing until the very last moment, the 2026 SD Harvey Short Crime Story Award is an opportunity to put your crime-writing skills to the test. The award celebrates short crime fiction and invites Australian residents
Have you got a romantic short story that could make readers smile, swoon or fall in love? Presented by Romance Writers of Australia, the Sweet Treats Anthology 2026 gives romance writers the opportunity to submit their short fiction for the chance to be among the top 15 stories published in
They say that when one door closes, another door opens (or something like that), and this month, we were doing precisely that in our Furious Fiction challenge! Here were this month’s prompts: Your story must begin with a door/doors opening. Your story must include a character who looks the other
Whitney Fitzsimmons’ thriller The Rising has been published by Ventura Press. Whitney is a graduate of our Crime and Thriller Writing course, which she credits with giving her the structure she’d been missing every time she’d tried to finish a novel before. “The course gave me a solid foundation in
UK-based queer author Curtis Garner burst onto the scene a few years ago with his debut novel, Isaac. Now he’s back with Orange – a coming of age novel that explores two characters as they grapple with a sense of identity and place across a five-year span. In this episode,
This week, we’re giving away three copies of Last Night I Dreamt by Paul de Zulueta. Written by her grandson from private family archives, this intimate biography reveals how Daphne du Maurier’s turbulent life and remarkable ancestors shaped the stories that made her a literary icon. Here’s the blurb: An
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