Month: November 2014

Fiction writing
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Nick Earls’ pearls of wisdom

Nick Earls is author of 13 novels, across the past two decades – known primarily for their quirky humour. In a recent episode of our top-rating podcast, So you want to be a writer, Allison Tait had a long chat with Nick about his writing process and his views on

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers' Centre Team

"I got published!": Sally Peterson

We spotted Sally in SMH/The Age recently! Congratulations Sally! 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.

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: “Bodies corporate” and other post-positive adjectives

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, something common in other languages, but a little rarer in English…   Q:

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Fiction writing
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Joanna Penn’s pearls of wisdom

Recently we spoke with Joanna Penn – author, speaker and entrepreneur. She writes thrillers under the name JF Penn and uses her actual name for her non-fiction blog books on writing and entrepreneurship. She’s also runs the super popular Creative Penn website and is in high demand around the globe

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers' Centre Team

"I got published!": Megan Blandford

We spotted Megan in The Sydney Morning Herald recently! Congratulations Megan! 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.

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Uncategorized
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Job Vacancy: Program Manager, Melbourne Writers Festival

JOB ADVERTISEMENT Melbourne Writers Festival is an internationally acclaimed festival that celebrates literature and the work of writers. This is a rare opportunity for a knowledgeable and innovative literary programmer to join MWF’s management team as the Festival enters its 30th year. For more information, visit the Melbourne Writers Festival website.

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Grammar and Punctuation
Dean Koorey

Q&A: The Parenthesis Trap

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, parentheses and brackets…   Q: Hi Australian Writers’ Centre, I have a quick

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Podcast: So You Want to be a Writer
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Ep 39 Meet Charlotte Wood, author of ‘Animal People’

In Episode 39 of So you want to be a writer, the best Australian books you’ve never heard of, a transformative library, is ‘finding your voice’ laughable? Life advice from sponsored posts, an author reveals how she failed, the book Hades by Candice Fox, Writer in Residence Charlotte Wood, how to

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers' Centre Team

"I got published!": Emily Morgan

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. Emily says: I had a

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Fiction writing
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Allison Tait navigates questions about The Mapmaker Chronicles

Allison Tait is a writer of fiction, non-fiction, magazine features, blog posts and is also a co-host on our top-rating podcast, So you want to be a writer. Usually she’s the one asking the questions, but today – following last month’s launch of the first book in her new series,

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Freelance and copywriting
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Lunch with… Mark Dapin

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,

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers' Centre Team

"I got published!": Kym Campradt

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

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Practice or practise? Licence or license?

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

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Interviews with writers
Australian Writers' Centre Team

How Air Force Commodore John Oddie’s book took flight

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

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Podcast: So You Want to be a Writer
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Ep 38 Meet Toby Jenkins, author of ‘Web Marketing That Works’

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

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers' Centre Team

"I got published!": Donna Webeck

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

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