Day: April 23, 2025

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Dean Koorey

Q&A: Origins of the words ‘army’ and ‘navy’

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, armed sources… Q: Hi AWC,

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Furious Fiction
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Furious Fiction: April 2025 Story Showcase

Welcome to the April creative showcase – the monthly featherbed of fiction where we wake up and smell the sweet aroma of freshly brewed stories. So, are you ready to put this month’s challenge to bed? Here were the prompts: Each story’s setting had to be a BED.  Each story’s

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