Day: April 25, 2022

Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘Seeking Wisdom’ by Julia Cameron

This week’s giveaway is “a deeply personal guide to creative recovery”, from the internationally bestselling ‘queen of change’ Julia Cameron – author of The Artist’s Way. Her new book is called Seeking Wisdom – a deeply personal account of pain, healing and growth – and we have three copies to

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Fiction writing
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

5 surprising writing tips from top Aussie authors

We know what you’re thinking. Ask a writer for writing tips and chances are they’ll say “read more” and “write more”. There’s a good reason for that. Reading widely and getting the words written are two cornerstones of every successful author’s career. But every week on the So You Want To

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