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COMP CLOSED: ‘Up on Horseshoe Hill’ by Penelope Janu
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Furious Fiction April 2020 winner and shortlist
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Q&A: Yogurt or yoghurt? Hummus or houmous?
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AWC’s favourite TV shows
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Allen and Unwin announce winner of ‘The Australian’/Vogel’s Literary Award 2020
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Why fiction is needed more than ever right now
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Watch Tara Moss and Valerie Khoo in ‘Creative Conversations’
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Writing Podcast Episode 327 Meet literary agent and author Danielle Binks, author of ‘The Year the Maps Changed’.
In Episode 327 of So You Want To Be A Writer: Meet literary agent and author Danielle Binks, author of The Year the Maps Changed.
Why writing fiction and journalling can be helpful
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COMP CLOSED ‘The Cobra Queen’ by Tara Moss
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Check out Creative Conversations with bestselling crime author Candice Fox
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Andrew Daddo on writing funny books for kids
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New $30,000 Australasian literary prize celebrating historical fiction
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19-word creative challenge
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Q&A: Why “curry favour”?
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Writing through homeschooling
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Writing Podcast Episode 326 Meet Victoria Mackinlay, author of ‘Ribbit Rabbit Robot’.
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Win TWO new books by Sue Whiting
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Q&A with Sue Whiting
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Creative Conversations Live with Candice Fox and Tara Moss
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Write here, write now – YOUR writing spaces
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Writing Podcast Episode 328 Meet BG Hilton, author of ‘Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys’.
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COMP CLOSED: ‘Up on Horseshoe Hill’ by Penelope Janu
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Vale author Julian Leatherdale
We were sad to hear about the passing (on 22 April 2020) of author Julian Leatherdale, a true gentleman. It was only a few weeks ago that we spoke to Julian about his latest book Death in the Ladies’ Goddess Club, set in 1930s Kings Cross in episode 321 of So
Furious Fiction April 2020 winner and shortlist
My my… it seems the combination of people being stuck at home and perhaps starved for creativity has led to this month’s Furious Fiction competition smashing previous records as 1700 entries came flooding in! These were the criteria: Each story had to begin on the side of a road. Each
Q&A: Yogurt or yoghurt? Hummus or houmous?
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, we’re double dipping… Q: Hi
AWC’s favourite TV shows
We’ve taken to having Friday afternoon trivia quizzes here at AWC HQ, through the amazing power of Zoom and Google Docs – and of course a virtual cheers or two. One of last week’s topics was ‘television’ and it’s amazing how diverse our range of knowledge is (Nat = 3/10,
Allen and Unwin announce winner of ‘The Australian’/Vogel’s Literary Award 2020
Are you searching for something to focus on? Tasmanian author Kate Kruimink explained that was what she was doing when she decided to write and enter her manuscript into The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award 2020. A great creative focus indeed, as Allen and Unwin have announced Kate’s A Treacherous Country the
Why fiction is needed more than ever right now
This is a guest post by Leah Swann You open a novel, you open a door. I learned this from my first chapter book – Blyton’s The Naughtiest Girl in the School. Although shocked by the ‘spoiled’ Elizabeth Allen, deliberately behaving badly enough to be expelled from the school she’s
Why fiction is needed more than ever right now
This is a guest post by Leah Swann You open a novel, you open a door. I learned this from my first chapter book – Enid Blyton’s The Naughtiest Girl in the School. Although shocked by the ‘spoiled’ Elizabeth Allen, deliberately behaving badly enough to be expelled from the school
Watch Tara Moss and Valerie Khoo in ‘Creative Conversations’
Tara Moss – author, journalist, documentary-maker and human rights activist – joined Australian Writers’ Centre CEO, Valerie Khoo, in the ‘Creative Conversations’ Facebook Live event. Tara explains her latest paranormal fiction novel The Cobra Queen, the fourth book in the Pandora English series following The Skeleton Key. Amidst paranormal fiction,
Writing Podcast Episode 327 Meet literary agent and author Danielle Binks, author of ‘The Year the Maps Changed’.
In Episode 327 of So You Want To Be A Writer: Meet literary agent and author Danielle Binks, author of The Year the Maps Changed. Discover what you need to know about writing a series and tips from the AWC team for working from home. We also have 3 copies
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COMP CLOSED ‘The Cobra Queen’ by Tara Moss
“You don’t know the New York fashion world until you know its haunts.” This week we’re excited to be offering up three copies of the newly published The Cobra Queen by Tara Moss – the bestselling author of The Blood Countess, The Spider Goddess and The Skeleton Key. We’ll be
Check out Creative Conversations with bestselling crime author Candice Fox
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Andrew Daddo on writing funny books for kids
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New $30,000 Australasian literary prize celebrating historical fiction
There’s a major new literary prize set to award $30,000 to an outstanding historical novelist. The ARA Group is partnering with The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) to bring you the ARA Historical Novel Prize. According to the media release: “The new ARA Historical Novel Prize gives Australian and New
19-word creative challenge
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Q&A: Why “curry favour”?
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, we’re getting curried away… Q:
Writing through homeschooling
This is a guest post by Cassie Hamer Until two weeks ago, I’d never ever contemplated the idea of homeschooling my three daughters. Not once. Not ever. Never ever ever. Can I make that any clearer? Never. As an author and mum of three, school has been a life-saver. For
Writing Podcast Episode 326 Meet Victoria Mackinlay, author of ‘Ribbit Rabbit Robot’.
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Win TWO new books by Sue Whiting
This week, we’re offering three x 2-book packs containing AWC presenter Sue Whiting’s latest books for younger readers – middle grade story, The Book of Chance, and picture book, Good Question. The Book of Chance: Chance is in Year 7 and thinks she has it all – a loving mother, dog
Q&A with Sue Whiting
Sue Whiting is one of the most prolific and best-loved Australian writers for children and young adults. She’s also one of our popular presenters at the Australian Writers’ Centre. Sue’s 2018 novel for kids, Missing, was a smash hit and she has followed it up with her latest novel, The
Creative Conversations Live with Candice Fox and Tara Moss
We’ve been providing amazing online resources and courses for writers on our website for many years now. Each week, we produce our popular podcast So you want to be a writer, our weekly newsletter is packed full of inspiration and information, our grammar Q&As answer all your niggly questions, and
AWC team share their useful tips for working from home
The team at the Australian Writers’ Centre are old hands at from working home. As we offer courses across Australia, we have staff all over the country. There are a lot of articles out there about how you can stay productive, organised and distraction-free – all while doing your job
Write here, write now – YOUR writing spaces
With so much of the world being forced to work from home, Valerie recently reminded us that as writers, we’re already lucky to be able to do this from anywhere. And to illustrate this point, she asked for you to share pictures of YOUR writing set ups at home. Thanks
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