Month: April 2017

Word lovers
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Word of the week: Gongoozler

Gongoozler (noun) [Gon-goo-z-lerr] This means someone who is an idle spectator. Specifically, it used to refer to someone who enjoyed watching the boats go by on canals but now has a more generic meaning. To hear Valerie and Allison chat more about this and more on the world of writing,

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Silence of the Bs

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 going to be very quiet…

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Little Bird Writing Contest for emerging short fiction writers

The Little Bird Writing Contest, a competition for emerging short fiction writers, is now open! First prize is $1,000 (Canadian dollars) and there are runner up prizes, a publication opportunity and more. Now in its seventh year, the Little Bird Writing Contest is hosted by The Story is a State

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

WIN A.L. Tait’s 4th Mapmaker Chronicles book!

Exciting news for our presenters lately, with book releases galore. And yet another that hit the shelves last week is book four in A.L. Tait’s popular middle-grade (ages 9-12) fantasy adventure and cartographer’s dream – The Mapmaker Chronicles: Beyond the Edge of the Map. A.L. Tait is of course none

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