Day: June 26, 2024

Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: What does “apropos of nothing” mean?

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, apropos now… Q: Hi AWC,

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Furious Fiction
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Furious Fiction: June 2024 Story Showcase

Welcome to June’s Furious Fiction story showcase – where we celebrate flash fiction creativity and the power of storytelling. The creative prompts for this month were: Each story had to strongly feature a relationship between TWO characters.  Each story had to include someone whispering. Each story had to include the

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