Month: February 2017

Word lovers
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Word of the week: Verisimilitude

Verisimilitude (noun) [ver-uh-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood] This suggestion for Word of the Week comes from Brooke. According to the Macquarie Dictionary, it means: “something having merely the appearance of truth.” So you might say …”Although the musical The Book of Mormon does have some verisimilitude, it does not accurately portray what really

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

Ep 153 Do you need an agent?

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: Should I get an agent if I can negotiate myself? How do I respond to friends who don’t think I’m a real writer when I write children’s books? Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

The State Library of Victoria Fellowships 2017-18 are open

The State Library of Victoria has just opened up its fellowship applications for 2017-18! And we’re seriously excited for the opportunities for writers of all genres – fiction and non-fiction. Like previous years, there’s a whole bunch of fellowships, some specifically for writers, some are open to all creatives, so

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Is “sponsee” a word?

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 seeking a sponsee… Q: Hi

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win a 3-month Bookabuy subscription!

We’re giving away something different this week – thanks to our buddies at bookabuy.com.au. So, what is Bookabuy? It’s like a mystery book club – where you tell them your genre preferences and each month you’ll receive a new, handpicked, messaged and gift-wrapped book delivered to your door! According to

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win tickets to see “Jasper Jones”!

Barely eight years young and already an Aussie classic, the book Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey has won a slew of awards since its release back in 2009. And NOW it’s been adapted into a film – starring Hugo Weaving and Toni Collette and rising stars Levi Miller and Angourie

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Word lovers
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Word of the week: Meretricious

Meretricious (adjective) [meruh’trishuhs] “I know this sounds like it has something to do with merit. But it doesn’t. Meretricious actually means ‘showy or flashy, but cheap underneath it all’. So you might refer to ‘meretricious clothing’. Or even a ‘meretricious argument’ if you want to describe one that’s possible but

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

Ep 151 When you can call yourself a writer?

In this minisode of So you want to be a writer: Debbi wants to know when she can call herself a writer, and Holly queries whether she should pitch her stand alone novel as part of a potential series. Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast [at] writerscentre

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Fowl, foul or fell swoop?

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 tackling a grammar gripe

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Road is good for Bridget’s memoir

Success: Road No Good – Finch Publishing, January 2017 (Runner up, Finch Memoir prize 2016) AWC courses taken: Start Your Novel: Introduction to Novel Writing Advanced Fiction Writing Techniques Background After living for two years in remote Vanuatu where she had helped develop the preschools in an isolated town called

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Word lovers
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Word of the week: Petrichor

Petrichor (noun) [PET-ri-kuhr] Thanks for @splitinwriter for this suggestion (and good timing this week!). According to the Macquarie Dictionary: “The term petrichor was coined in Australia in 1964 by two CSIRO scientists to describe the smell that occurs when it rains or is just about to rain. It was discovered

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