Writing Podcast Episode 511: Meet Julie Fison, author of the compelling novel ‘One Punch'
Meet Julie Fison, author of the compelling novel One Punch. What is the origin of the phrase “steal your thunder”? Plus win your very own copy of the latest Phyrne Fisher adventure, Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood. You can listen to the episode below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or add the podcast RSS feed manually […]
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How Australian Writers' Centre graduate Louise Bassett found success writing murder and mayhem
Australian Writers' Centre graduate Louise Bassett has released her debut young adult novel, The Hidden Girl, published by Walker Books. The novel is a gripping page-turner, set in Melbourne and Indonesia, in which teenage Melati races against the clock to save a girl she’s never met.
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Writing Podcast Episode 505: Reece Carter on how his debut novel ‘A Girl Called Corpse' started an international bidding war
Reece Carter on how his debut novel A Girl Called Corpse started an international bidding war. The essential element of a good opening to a story. And what are ‘ghost words'? And win A Kind of Magic, a memoir from Anna Spargo-Ryan. You can listen to the episode below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or […]
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My Big Break: Author Carla Fitzgerald on how she got her book deals
Carla Fitzgerald is author of the picture book Keeping Up with the Dachshunds and the middle grade novel How to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five. Carla has done many courses at the Australian Writers' Centre and, in this video, she talks about how she got her big break.
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Writing Podcast Episode 496: Veronica Lando, author of ‘The Whispering', winner of the Banjo Prize.
Meet Veronica Lando, author of The Whispering, winner of the Banjo Prize. We bring you an actual peek into Kate Forsyth's journals. We have some fun with anagrams – and much more. You can listen to the episode below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or add the podcast RSS feed manually to your favourite podcast app. […]
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Congratulations to Australian Writers' Centre graduates in the Queensland Literary Awards
Congratulations to Al Campbell and Sandhya Parappukkaran, both Australian Writers' Centre graduates, who are finalists in the Queensland Literary Awards 2022! Al Campbell is author of the incredible novel The Keepers. As a graduate of several Australian Writers' Centre courses, including the Write Your Novel program, Al’s wonderful story has touched so many readers and […]
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Australian Writers' Centre alumna Naomi Hart publishes her memoir
Naomi Hart had spent several years preparing her debut memoir and was thrilled when it was picked up for publication. While going through the publication process, she decided she would take the opportunity to add to her writing skillset, so she enrolled into Freelance Writing Stage 1.
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2022 Furphy Literary Award winners and shortlist announced
The winners and shortlist of the 2022 Furphy Literary Award have been announced. Acclaimed writer and poet Cate Kennedy won the Award for her story ‘Art and Life’, with second prize awarded to Lisa Moule for ‘The Game'. And Natalie Vella has been awarded third place for her story ‘Winter is for Regret’. We’re also […]
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How Miranda Luby achieved her dreams of becoming a YA fiction author
Miranda Luby was a confident copywriter in her professional career – but her dream of writing a novel remained elusive until she plunged into our writing courses. We were thrilled to hear that Miranda’s debut novel Sadie Starr's Guide to Starting Over has now been published by Text Publishing, so we chatted with the newly minted author of this wonderful young adult book to get all the juicy details about her writing life and success.
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HarperCollins acquires two new novels by Australian Writers' Centre alumna Veronica Lando
Congratulations to Australian Writers' Centre alumna Veronica Lando who has signed a two-book publishing deal with HarperCollins Australia. Veronica has completed a range of courses with the Australian Writers' Centre, which she says have helped shape her writing. These include our core fiction courses Creative Writing Stage 1 and Novel Writing Essentials, as well […]
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