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Book Launch: Last Bridge Before Home by Lily Malone
19 December @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EventsCome celebrate the release of the final book in local author Lily Malone’s bestselling Chalk Hill series.
View eventThe Data Driven Writer: Express Intro Course including 2020 Writing Planner
4 January 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am WorkshopsDo you want to write a novel in 2020? join Eryn Leonard for an express session of The Data Driven Writer where you’ll learn how to make yourself accountable, remove barriers and build habits and goals around your writing that will set you up for a successful year of adding to that word count.
View eventDrawing Workshop with Gabriel Evans
8 January 2020 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Workshops, Young WritersJoin author and illustrator, Gabriel Evans in a hands-on creative drawing session as he shares ways to create great characters, perfect for your stories and picture books.
View eventWedges, Wine & Writing
8 January 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmOne event on 4 December 2019 at 6:00 pm
One event on 8 January 2020 at 6:00 pm
Connect in a super creative space and smash out that writing project you have been procrastinating about.
View eventSpecial Story Ride with Gabriel Evans
9 January 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Events, Young WritersFor the first time you can join the author and illustrator Gabriel Evans for a Story Ride book in Albany this summer.
View eventSo You Want to Write … Memoir
12 January 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm WorkshopsIn this workshop, you will learn some of the basics of this popular writing genre.
View eventWriting Picture Books and Novels for Children
13 January 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pmAn event every day that begins at 9:30 am, repeating until 17 January 2020
This fun and practical course with author Dianne Wolfer will help writers of all levels develop ideas into fiction for young readers.
View eventWriting Picture Books and Novels for Children
14 January 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pmAn event every day that begins at 9:30 am, repeating until 17 January 2020
This fun and practical course with author Dianne Wolfer will help writers of all levels develop ideas into fiction for young readers.
View eventCambridge Couch Conversations: Lee Kofman
14 January 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am EventsLee Kofman will be in conversation with Emily Paull as part of the Cambridge Couch Conversations series presented by the Town of Cambridge Library.
View eventWriting Picture Books and Novels for Children
15 January 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pmAn event every day that begins at 9:30 am, repeating until 17 January 2020
This fun and practical course with author Dianne Wolfer will help writers of all levels develop ideas into fiction for young readers.
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Writing NSW Kids & YA Festival 2020: Call for Submissions
OpportunitiesWriting NSW is delighted to announce that its Kids & YA Festival to be held at the Writing NSW site in Callan Park, Lilyfieldon on Saturday 27 June 2020, will …
Read moreWestern Australian Premier’s Book Awards Open For Entries
Competitions, News, OpportunitiesCulture and the Arts Minister David Templeman today announced the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards is open for entries. The Awards aim to support, develop and recognise excellence in writing. Nominations …
Read moreUTS 2020 New Writer’s $40k Fellowship
OpportunitiesAustralian writers are now invited to apply for the 2020 UTS New Writer-in-Residence Fellowship. It is well known that for emerging writers, completing that second or third book is extremely …
Read more2020 Microflix Writing Awards
Competitions, Performance WritersMicroflix invites authors to submit microlit texts on the theme of IMAGE for adaptation by filmmakers. They are looking for short prose writing of any genre which reflects on the …
Read moreReceipt Poetry
Competitions, Opportunities, Poet's HubYarra Libraries and Digital Writers’ Festival invite you to add a shot of poetry to receipts, turning Yarra Library borrowing kiosks into a unique publishing platform. Submit a short poem for the chance …
Read moreBlue Mountain Arts Poetry Card Contest
Competitions, Poet's HubBlue Mountain Arts has announces its thirty-fifth biannual Poetry Card Contest. Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming. The organisers suggest you write about real emotions and feelings and that you …
Read moreASA Writer and Illustrator Mentorship Program 2020
Competitions, OpportunitiesThanks to a grant from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is able to offer a mentorship program for writers and illustrators, to help develop …
Read moreVoiceworks 118: As If!
Opportunities, Young WritersSubmit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics and visual art to Voiceworks 118: As If! Writers and artists must be under the age of 25 (that is, 24 and under) at the …
Read moreAdaptable: Turning the Page into Screen
Opportunities, Performance WritersThe 2019 Adaptable Program seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers Australia wide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction, published or unpublished. As part of …
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