Year: 2016

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Dean Koorey

Q&A: Jail or Gaol – which is it?

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 sentencing you to one

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

Ep 104 Meet Pamela Hart, author of ‘The War Bride’

In Episode 104 of So you want to be a writer: An author discovers her novels were plagiarised by a stranger, common online copywriting errors, apps for writers, and $10,000 up for grabs in the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. Plus: the meaning of “foment” and getting back into blogging after a

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win The Road to Ruin by Niki Savva

Things have become political this week, with our giveaway book perfect for those with a taste for intrigue and behind-the-scenes insights. In The Road to Ruin, prominent political commentator and The Australian columnist Niki Savva reveals the ruinous behaviour of former prime minister Tony Abbott and his chief of staff

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Bear vs Bare

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, it’s the bare facts as

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

Ep 103 Meet Meg McKinlay, author of ‘A Single Stone’

In Episode 103 of So you want to be a writer: The “internet” is now officially lowercase. Beware this children’s writing competition scam and find out what disgraced journalist Stephen Glass is up to now. Our Writer in Residence is children’s author Meg McKinlay. Also: an app that blocks distracting websites, tips

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win Olive of Groves by Katrina Nannestad!

This week we have a signed copy of this children’s fiction book to give away. In Olive of Groves we follow the title character Olive as she attends Mrs Groves’ Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers! As author Nannestad herself says, “This, dear reader, is a

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Fiction writing
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Katrina Nannestad talks “Olive of Groves”

Katrina Nannestad is the author of children’s fiction book Olive of Groves – shortlisted for the 2016 Indie Awards. We contacted her to find out more, and Katrina was only too happy to answer a few questions. So, Katrina, for those who haven’t read Olive of Groves yet, can you

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win Jack the Ripper true crime!

This week’s giveaway takes us to the ‘True Crime’ corner of our prize cupboard (it’s true – we really do sort it into corners) and Bruce Robinson’s rather chunky investigation of one of history’s most notorious killers. In They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper, Bruce brings together 15 years

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Sure vs Surely

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, it’s all about the Irish…

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Imminent vs Eminent

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 charged up as we

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

Ep 101 Meet Andrew Faulkner, author of ‘Stone Cold’

In Episode 101 of So you want to be a writer: Women in their 20s and 30s driving sales in “grip lit”, perfect bedrooms for bookworms, tips on how to pitch in a digital age, and up-level your word-geekiness with synecdoche. Meet Andrew Faulkner, author of “Stone Cold” the story of Australia’s

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Invent a new word and WIN one of THREE Macquarie book packs!

This week’s giveaway is an Easter special, brought to you by the generous people at Macquarie Dictionary. Three winners will receive a book pack containing a Macquarie dictionary, Macquarie thesaurus AND three Pan Macmillan novels (featuring Di Morrissey, Tony Park and Liz Byrski). It’s the ultimate Easter treat! HOW TO ENTER You may

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: I better vs I’d better – which is correct?

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, what’s Bruce Springsteen got to

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Happy St Patrick's Day!
Word lovers
Australian Writers' Centre Team

33 of the best Irish jokes

In celebration of St Patrick’s Day this week, we’ve searched the interwebs high and low (okay, maybe not too low) for “turty-tree” of the best Irish jokes around. Luckily for us, Irish folk are more than happy to have a chuckle at themselves – so feel free to enjoy in

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

Ep 100 Meet Graeme Simsion, author of ‘The Rosie Project’

In Episode 100 of So you want to be a writer: To plot or not to plot, self-publishing and the difference between mentors and coaches. Advice for blogging authors including how to blog about your book without giving too much away and why blogging is important. Plus, the book Between You &

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win Hester & Harriet by Hilary Spiers!

This week’s giveaway is the book Hester & Harriet – the story of two widowed sisters who move into a cottage together in a pretty (but boring) English village. Yet one Christmas, all that appears to change – and a chance encounter turns their lives upside down. As the book’s

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Show me the money! Or monies? Or moneys?

Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC), 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, it’s all about the

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Want a chance to win $50,000? Enter the 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award

With generous prize money up for grabs, the Barbara Jefferis Award is offered for the best novel that positively depicts females. If you are an Australian author with a novel that fits the brief, now is your chance to enter! From the press release: Coinciding with International Women’s Day, the

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