Month: May 2019

Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Final vs finale

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 final say on

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED ‘The Library Book’ by Susan Orlean

Shhh… We have three copies of The Library Book up for grabs this week, from the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean. After moving to Los Angeles, Orlean became fascinated by a mysterious local crime that has gone unsolved since it was carried out on the morning of

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: OK, O.K. or OKAY?

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, when is it OK and when is it not OK? Q: Hi AWC,

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Furious Fiction May 2019 winner and shortlist

“Mayhem” was one of the words we required of storytellers in May, and combined with the mix of other criteria it was probably an appropriate description for our list of must-haves this month! That said, we had our second biggest ever response as nearly 1000 stories vied to be mayor

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: ‘Getting There’ by Instagram star – Mari Andrew

This week’s giveaway is perfect for creatives who love combining words and illustrations – a chance to win one of three copies of Getting There: A Workbook for Growing Up by the widely popular Instagram star Mari Andrew (@mariandrew). From the bestselling author of Am I There Yet, and filled

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Stepmother, stepfather, stepchild… Why ‘step’?

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 taking things step by

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: ‘The Beekeeper of Aleppo’ by Christy Lefteri

This week, we have three copies of powerful new novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri to give away. Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Why is it a ‘ballpark figure’?

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 in the ballpark… Q:

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: ‘A Woman of No Importance’ by Sonia Purnell

This week we have THREE copies A Woman of No Importance by acclaimed biographer Sonia Purnell. It tells the incredible untold story of Virginia Hall, an American woman with a wooden leg who infiltrated Occupied France for the SOE and became the Gestapo’s most wanted Allied spy. In 1942, the Gestapo

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Couch vs sofa vs lounge

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 are just lounging around…

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