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We’re sure you don’t need an excuse to support your local bookshop, but we have a great excuse anyway. Saturday 8th of August is National Bookshop Day! Hundreds of bookshops will be holding events and having activities, and more. From the press release: On Saturday, August 8th, bookshops throughout Australia will

You’ve often heard us bang on about how social media can help your build your author platform and help you connect with other people in the industry. Well, if you’re an emerging or established writer, who should connect with? Apart from your friends, family and fans, here are 88 Australian

Mums need medals, right? We certainly think so, and that’s without contemplating another job (on top of the full-time one at home) or a creative pursuit. Our ‘Writer in Residence’ interview in episode 57 of our So you want to be a writer podcast saw writer/mum Allison Tait chat with

We love Pamela Hart’s book trailer for her new book The Soldier’s Wife. Pamela (who also writes under Pamela Freeman) is our wonderful Director of the Creative Writing faculty here at the Australian Writers’ Centre. Check out the trailer here: You can buy The Soldier’s Wife here. Pamela also teaches

A big congratulations to Sofie Laguna for taking out the Miles Franklin Award for 2015. Sofie won with her novel, The Eye of the Sheep. From the media release: Perpetual, as Trustee of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, today announced Sofie Laguna as the winner of the 2015 award for

Relax: there are no spoilers here. Need a lift and something to read? This landed in our inbox this morning… Game of Thrones offered in UBER stunt Think you know Game of Thrones? There’s more to the story! On Tuesday June 16th, passengers booking an UBER service in Melbourne and Adelaide

You’ve probably heard about ‘Writing in Prison’ programs, where prison inmates are assisted with their writing. However, if you’re in Victoria, you too can write in prison – without the hassle of having to commit a crime first! The National Trust ‘Cells for Writers’ project has been designed to assist

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

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

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

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 it was only a matter of time before someone combined the two. There is nothing remotely complex about this gift idea from Poketo. It’s effectively

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

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 get it. You should be writing. But you’re here online instead. You’re not sure exactly when it started — perhaps about an hour ago when you caught yourself alphabetising your bookcase, refolding your towels and cleaning out the cutlery drawer. But it’s now official: you have entered The Procrastizone.

As a writer, some days you may not feel like you have a “real job”. This is both amazing and terrifying at once — but what does it really mean? Vivid Sydney are exploring the topic this year with their panel presented by Junkee: How to survive without a real job.

Monday 8 June 2015 Time: 6.30–8.30pm Although the official time is from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, you are welcome to stay as long as you like – and we imagine many of you will! Who: Georgia Richter is the Fiction, Creative Non-fiction and Poetry Publisher at Fremantle Press. She holds an

The famous saying suggests that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But that’s ridiculous. For starters, a book’s cover has its title on it, and the author who wrote it. Of course we’re going to judge it. Okay, yes, we are taking that rather literally. But it’s only

Last night, the 2015 Stella Prize was announced. The winner is Emily Bitto for her debut novel The Strays. Here’s more information from The Stella Prize website. We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2015 Stella Prize is Emily Bitto for The Strays. This is the first

The Children’s Book Council of Australia today announced its picks for Short List and Notables 2015  – and we’re pleased to say that some familiar names popped out. Congratulations to two Australian Writers’ Centre presenters who have made the list – with our Writing Picture Books presenter Judith Rossell one of

It’s shortlist season out there in book land, and this week the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) announced their picks. Among the deserving candidates are five authors who were interviewed as the Writers in Residence over the past year on the Australian Writers’ Centre podcast, So you want to be