
Holly Brunnbauer took the ideal pathway to publishing success
When Holly Brunnbauer decided to write a book, she turned to the Australian Writers’ Centre. And the result is her debut novel, ‘What Did I Miss?’


When Holly Brunnbauer decided to write a book, she turned to the Australian Writers’ Centre. And the result is her debut novel, ‘What Did I Miss?’

This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs. In this wickedly clever debut, four longtime friends, fed up with their failing marriages and bleak retirements, hatch a deadly plan to cash in on their husbands’ life insurance policies. But the husbands have their own

Australian Writers’ Centre graduate Jess Horn turned her love of wordplay and imagination into two published picture books. Discover how our Writing Picture Books course gave her the skills and confidence to bring Train of Thought to life.
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