Writers' events
Events
Welcome to the Good Reading Events Calendar for writers! Here you'll find writing-related events near you. From festivals, exhibitions, writing competitions to talks and interesting courses, there's always something happening in the writing world.
| What's the Story, Morning Glory? | QLD: Brisbane |
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7:30am - 8:30am, 01-Feb-2013
to 01-Nov-2013
The first Friday of the month finds QWC in The Library Café, just in time for an early morning writing session. We provide the prompts, the Café provides the ambience, and you provide the pen, the paper and whatever else you need to make your writing happen. Novice or master, memoirist, fantasy aficionado or literary fictionist, What’s the Story is open to all writers, regardless of experience, genre, or trade.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Whispers: a reading salon | QLD: Brisbane |
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3:00pm - 5:00pm, 09-Feb-2013
to 14-Dec-2013
Stories speak to us; they whisper, cajole, and, on occasion, shout out to be heard. Whispers is a monthly salon event celebrating the talented voices of new and emerging Queensland writers of fiction and creative non-fiction.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Year of the Edit | QLD: Brisbane |
10:00am - 4:30pm, 10-Feb-2013
to 13-Oct-2013
Any author will tell you the first draft is never the last. Novel writing is a long process, and revising and editing are often the biggest challenges writers face. Year of the Edit will help you understand how to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your manuscript, and face down the daunting prospect of killing your darlings. Develop the skills to hone and refine your work through structural and copy editing, and the crucial art of critique. These five intensive masterclasses will help you explore the possibilities in your completed draft, and learn the practical tools to revise and rewrite your work-in-progress in readiness for submission. Kári Gíslason’s biography, The Promise Of Iceland was released in 2011. Kari publishes scholarly articles and newspaper pieces, and currently lectures in Creative Writing and Literary Studies at Queensland University of Technology. Year of the Edit is not a beginner course. This course is for writers who are dedicated to polishing their long form work ready for publication. All students participate in group critique on the first 10 pages of their work-in-progress.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Year of the Novel | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:00am - 4:30pm, 17-Feb-2013
to 20-Oct-2013
Challenge yourself to the ultimate writing journey in Year of the Novel. Over five progressive masterclasses explore all aspects of novel writing, including characterization, narrative structure, and voice. Through it all, you’ll have the expertise of a professional author and teacher to guide you, and the support and encouragement of your peers. Each masterclass provides the opportunity to practice your craft and the skills to stay focused and motivated—make 2013 the year you complete that draft and feel the personal thrill of typing The End. Belinda Jeffrey’s young adult fiction is acclaimed for its arresting characters and vivid descriptions. Her debut novel Brown Skin Blue was shortlisted for the 2010 WA Premier’s Literary Awards. She has since release two well-received novels, Big River, Little Fish, and One Long Thread (UQP). Year of the Novel is not a beginner course. This course is for writers looking to challenge their craft through the development of a long form work. All students receive feedback from the tutor on the first 10 pages of their work-in-progress.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Backyard Book Club | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 7:30pm, 04-Mar-2013
to 04-Nov-2013
Come and turn the page with us in our new monthly book club! We’ll be exploring Australian writers, new and old alike, diving into our country’s canon and talking about what makes our books good, bad or ugly. Check out the QWC website each month to find out what we’ll be reading for the next discussion.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Short Story Clinic | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 21-Mar-2013
to 22-Aug-2013
Are you serious about writing and submitting short fiction? Then let internationally acclaimed award-winning short story author Trent Jamieson provide you with the tools and knowledge to understand what makes a compelling short story, and how to fix a broken one. Over the course of six months you will learn the crucial art of critique, reading your fellow participants’ work and receiving feedback on your own work. You’ll also explore the essential craft techniques, finishing with stories ready to submit to publication markets.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Year of the Author Plaform | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:00am - 4:30pm, 23-Mar-2013
to 23-Nov-2013
The truth of the digital revolution is that it has never been easier for authors to reach and cultivate their audience. Discover the vast online opportunities available to establish your author platform, and develop the digital strategies to effectively access readers, build an engaged online community, promote your work, and explore ways to leverage your blog to generate income. Find your tribe with Year of the Author Platform. Peter M. Ball’s SF and fantasy short fiction has been widely published and in 2009, he won the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story. His faerie-noir novella, Horn, was published in 2009 by Twelfth Planet Press, and was followed by Bleed in 2010. Year of the Author Platform is not a beginner course. This course is for writers who are interested in developing a sophisticated online presence through multiple forms of digital publishing. All students will come away from the course with a year of online content and a plan for the next year of posting. All students are expected to be familiar with their chosen web platform (i.e. Blogger, WordPress, etc.) and other social media (i,e, Facebook, Twitter).
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Write On! | QLD: Brisbane |
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4:30pm - 5:30pm, 16-Apr-2013
to 18-Jun-2013
Keen to write? Want to meet passionate writers and readers your age? Learn how to boil up tension between great heroes and devious villains, and navigate the worlds they live in. Explore story structure, narrative, and themes in this 10-week workshop series for writers between the ages of 12 and 17. Aimée Lindorff will guide you through the core ingredients of good storytelling, from getting started to dialogue, characters, and settings. Explore novels, comics, transmedia and more! Aimée Lindorff is a creative industries professional and writer of speculative fiction based in Brisbane. She is the Program Manager at Queensland Writers Centre, and tutors in Writing, Editing and Publishing at The University of Queensland. Aimee sporadically reviews the arts at www.insomniacscafe.blogspot.com and is working on her first novel.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Toolkit for Writers (Day Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 12:30pm, 08-May-2013
to 29-May-2013
Learn the narrative tools of the trade in this four week course for writers looking to further establish their practice. Enhance your technique by exploring how key elements such as plot, characterisation, dialogue, and setting work to produce compelling narrative. This series will help you lay the foundation to produce more effective work. Simon Groth is the Manager of if:book Australia, exploring book futures. His first two novels were shortlisted in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and in 2012 he co-edited Off The Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press (UQP).
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Toolkit for Writers (Evening Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 08-May-2013
to 29-May-2013
Learn the narrative tools of the trade in this four week course for writers looking to further establish their practice. Enhance your technique by exploring how key elements such as plot, characterisation, dialogue, and setting work to produce compelling narrative. This series will help you lay the foundation to produce more effective work. Sharon Phillips is a speculative fiction writer, with a passion for character-driven stories, theatre and art. She has been a teacher, and has recently completed a three-part fantasy series. Find her online at www.sharonmariephillips.com
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Toolkit for Writers (Day Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 12:30pm, 08-May-2013
to 29-May-2013
Learn the narrative tools of the trade in this four week course for writers looking to further establish their practice. Enhance your technique by exploring how key elements such as plot, characterisation, dialogue, and setting work to produce compelling narrative. This series will help you lay the foundation to produce more effective work. Simon Groth is the Manager of if:book Australia, exploring book futures. His first two novels were shortlisted in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and in 2012 he co-edited Off The Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press (UQP).
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Toolkit for Writers (Evening Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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6 - 8pm, 08-May-2013
to 29-May-2013
Learn the narrative tools of the trade in this four week course for writers looking to further establish their practice. Enhance your technique by exploring how key elements such as plot, characterisation, dialogue, and setting work to produce compelling narrative. This series will help you lay the foundation to produce more effective work. Sharon Phillips is a speculative fiction writer, with a passion for character-driven stories, theatre and art. She has been a teacher, and has recently completed a three-part fantasy series. Find her online at www.sharonmariephillips.com
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Silver Screens: Screenwriting | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 25-May-2013
How do you tell a character’s thoughts, transcribe traits and defects, without the benefit of a written narration? Writing for television and film relies on your ability to exploit visual and auditory cues, and use images, props, and dialogue to build a story, express themes, and flesh out a cast of characters. Learn the difference between big text and little, writing delicious dialogue, creating compelling characters, and the best tools for formatting in this one day workshop with feature film producer, Cathy Overett.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Voices on the Coast Youth Literature Festival | QLD: Sunshine Coast |
8:30am, 03-Jun-2013
to 05-Jun-2013
Immanuel Lutheran College, Buderim, and the University of the Sunshine Coast present the award winning youth literature festival Voices on the Coast for South-East Queensland students at the University of the Sunshine Coast each autumn/early winter.
Tel: 07 5477 3437 |
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| Going It Alone: Independent publishing | QLD: Brisbane |
6:00pm - 8:00pm, 13-Jun-2013
With the advance of new technologies and the evolution of the publishing industry, there have never been more opportunities for writers to get their work in front of readers. Join these three successful self-published authors and learn about the steps and processes of independent publishing – from finding a suitable editor, ISBN number and copyright information, cover design and e-pub development platforms through to dealing with a printer and distributor, and the all-important marketing and promotion of your book.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Narrative Nuance: Show, Don't Tell | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 15-Jun-2013
It’s the mantra of compelling narrative, but what does it mean and how do you best apply it to your work? Back by popular demand, this masterclass will illustrate the use of exposition and descriptive writing, and how to reveal character, plot, and theme to create an enduring and dynamic narrative. Master storyteller Venero Armanno will guide you through practical exercises and class discussion to provide a more sophisticated understanding of this infamous tenet and how to best apply it, as well as provide critical feedback on a sample of your work.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Keep It Rolling: Narrative momentum | QLD: Gold Coast |
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9:30am - 3:30pm, 15-Jun-2013
Explore what engages readers and how to deliver that narrative pull to keep your manuscript on the move from page one. Let editor Laurel Cohn guide you as you examine the importance of story essence, the perspective of the reader, and specific tools and strategies to tighten and trim the text. With a focus on drawing characters, scene setting, establishing the hook, and avoiding dead end, learn to differentiate between what your story needs, and what it doesn’t, to keep the reader interested the whole way through. Laurel Cohn has been working with writers for over twenty years, including five years with one of Australia's top literary agents and four years as Consultant Editor to the NSW Writers' Centre. She is experienced in editing fiction, children's books, narrative non-fiction, and illustrated non-fiction.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Comic Creation Series | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 20-Jun-2013
to 11-Jul-2013
Create your own superhero, make monsters come alive, and solve impossible murder mysteries! Join Ashcan Comics for this series providing you with the techniques to write and draw your own graphic stories. Explore character development, story structures, script development, panel sequencing, spatial timing, fonts and various software programs. Throughout the series you will be working on your own project, with the chance to submit your work into Ashcan at the end. If you are looking for a career in comics or graphic novels, this series is the best place to start.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Short Story Writing | QLD: Rockhampton |
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9:30am - 3:30pm, 22-Jun-2013
Short fiction has its own tropes and tricks, and this exciting course offers budding short story writers, and those looking to brush up on a few basic skills, the chance to explore and develop short fiction. This engaging workshop features writing and ideas development exercises examining beginnings, place and setting, character development, dialogue, and the all too important ending. Explore the short form in an encouraging setting and walk away ready to keep on writing! Peter M. Ball’s SF and fantasy short fiction has been widely published and in 2009, he won the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story. His faerie-noir novella, Horn, was published in 2009 by Twelfth Planet Press, and was followed by Bleed in 2010.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| The Voice: Uncovering Your Writer's Voice | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 23-Jun-2013
Developing your own authentic voice as a writer is one of the most important aspects of the craft. Join Tristan Bancks as he shares techniques for tapping into your unique writer voice, writing from the gut to access the powerful buried ideas within. Explore free writing, play, image-gathering and memory to dive down deep into your storytelling. This is an active workshop filled with tools for finding your flow, firing your imagination, and increasing your creative productivity. Tristan Bancks tells stories for the page and screen. His books include Galactic Adventures: First Kids in Space (UQP), My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up (Random House), the Mac Slater Coolhunter books and the Nit Boy series. www.tristanbancks.com
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Story Safari | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 24-Jun-2013
Sink your teeth into storytelling in this outdoor writing adventure! Explore South Bank’s parks, museums, galleries, and people like true documentarians, and discover all the perks of transforming stories found in the real world onto the page with Tristan Bancks. Learn how to use your own lives and the world around you for inspiration and to generate ideas. A keen imagination and adventurous streak is a must. Khaki is optional. Tristan Bancks tells stories for the page and screen. His books include Galactic Adventures: First Kids in Space (UQP), My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up (Random House), the Mac Slater Coolhunter books and the Nit Boy series. www.tristanbancks.com
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Writing 101 (Day Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 12:30pm, 10-Jul-2013
to 31-Jul-2013
Interested in writing but aren’t sure where to start? Then join us for this four week introductory course and get writing. Explore your unique writing voice, establish your writing routine, and learn the building blocks to get your story going. Arm yourself with tools and prompts to never face a blank page again! Meg Vann is the CEO of Queensland Writers Centre. Meg has worked as the Manager of The Australian Writer’s Marketplace, convenes Sisters in Crime (Brisbane), and is a tutor and guest lecturer in Writing, Editing and Publishing at The University of Queensland. She is also an emerging crime writer.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Writing 101 (Evening Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 10-Jul-2013
to 31-Jul-2013
Interested in writing but aren’t sure where to start? Then join us for this four week introductory course and get writing. Explore your unique writing voice, establish your writing routine, and learn the building blocks to get your story going. Arm yourself with tools and prompts to never face a blank page again! Aimée Lindorff is a creative industries professional and writer of speculative fiction based in Brisbane. She is the Program Coordinator at Queensland Writers Centre, and tutors in Writing, Editing and Publishing at The University of Queensland. Aimee sporadically reviews the arts at www.insomniacscafe.blogspot.com and is working on her first novel.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Digital Narratives | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:30pm, 10-Jul-2013
The advance of new technologies continues to open doors, windows, and portals for the power of storytelling. Whether it is through an amplified e-book, a networked novel, a multi-platform non-linear novel, or some as-yet uninvented format, digital pathways offer new and exciting possibilities for how we can construct and understand narrative. Join award-winning author and digital innovator Kate Pullinger as she shares her knowledge on using digital platforms to enhance storytelling, and encourages you to explore your own digital projects. Kate Pullinger writes for both print and digital platforms. In 2009, her novel The Mistress of Nothing won the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction (Canada) and her prize-winning digital fiction projects Inanimate Alice and Flight Paths: a networked novel have reached audiences around the world.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Pleased to Meet You: Creating Compelling Character | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 14-Jul-2013
Characters are the reader’s gateway to your story and what drives your narrative. Author Peter M. Ball will elucidate the fundamentals of creating compelling characters. Learn how to build effective internal conflict and illustrate character growth to retain narrative interest and momentum, and get to know your characters from the inside out.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Write Me Charming: Translating life stories | QLD: Townsville |
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9:30 - 3:30pm, 20-Jul-2013
How do you paint authentic life portraits of real people and still create compelling literature? If you’ve ever considered writing your life, but weren’t sure where, or how, to start, then join Benjamin Law for an in-depth exploration of creative non-fiction and autobiographical narrative. Learn key techniques for writing people, places and experiences in a way that remains true to memory and excites readers. Get tips on what to include and what to edit, and gain a refined understanding of how to put your life on the page. Benjamin Law is a frequent contributor to frankie, Good Weekend, The Monthly and QWeekend, and has been published in over 50 Australian and international magazines. He is the author of The Family Law (2010) and Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012).
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Business Writing | QLD: Brisbane |
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11:00am - 1:00pm, 20-Jul-2013
Interested in making a living from your writing? Want to learn about the many different avenues through which you can utilise and market your writing skills? Business Writing will give you knowledge and tips on entering the non-fiction market as a writing professional. Our expert panellists will take you through freelance writing for organisations in the public and private sectors, business and corporate writing markets, media writing, copy writing, and educational and academic writing. Robert Hoge is an author. He has worked as a journalist, a speechwriter, a science communicator and a political advisor. He has had numerous short stories, articles, interviews and other works published in Australia and overseas.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Stranger in a Strange Land: Travel Writing | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 20-Jul-2013
The market for travel writing is as diverse as the planet it explores – from guides like The Lonely Planet to travel memoirs Eat Pray Love or Green Hills of Africa. Novelist and travel writer Patrick Holland will take you through the processes of writing absorbing travel narratives, capturing the essence of the places you’ve explored and incorporating them into a story that evokes a lasting sense of place and compels readers to take the journey time and time again.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Reality Bites Literary Festival | QLD: Sunshine Coast |
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8:30am, 25-Jul-2013
to 28-Jul-2013
Discover your reality in the words of Australia's sharpest minds and gifted storytellers. Experience the diversity of issues and ideas currently shaping our world. Enjoy a feast of food for thought during a full weekend of literary events - panel discussions, conversations, and workshops presented by a diverse range of non-fiction writers.
Tel: 07 5447 7063 |
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| Short Story Workout | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 28-Jul-2013
From Roald Dahl to Margo Lanagan, Paul Jennings to Neil Gaiman, lots of famous writers had their starts, middles, and ends writing short stories. Learn how to compress that novel in your head, or stretch out that story idea in this one-day workshop with Kathleen Noud. Perfect for young writers looking at submitting to the State Library’s Young Writer Award. Kathleen Noud told stories as an actor and drama teacher before she started writing for young adults. Her short stories have been recognised in national competitions and published in anthologies, Award Winning Australian Writing 2010 and One Book Many Brisbanes 6.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Whole Bag Of Tricks: Writing for different markets | QLD: Gladstone |
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9:30am - 3:30pm, 10-Aug-2013
Join writer, editor, and publishing consultant Robyn Sheahan-Bright to explore the contemporary publishing market. This workshop will detail the various options available to authors looking to challenge their own writing form and style in order to access diverse opportunities and crossover markets. Using ‘real-world’ examples, this workshop will include practical writing tasks exploring how one idea can be developed in multiple ways. Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright has operated text writing and publishing consultancy services since 1997. She was the inaugural Executive Director of the Queensland Writers Centre (1991-7) and has co-edited various collections, including Paper Empires: A History of the Book in Australia (2006). She has lectured in writing for children and young adults at Griffith University.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Love and Landscapes: Writing Rural Romance | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 11-Aug-2013
Escape to the country with rural romance author Fleur McDonald in this one day exploration of ‘red dust drama’. Identifiable by their strong heroines who tackle the domestic and social difficulties of life on the land, rural romance is proving a burgeoning market – throughout Australia and internationally. Learn how to harness the vibrancy of the rural lifestyle through research, create believable romance characters, and evoke the grandeur of the outback.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| How to Wow! Them With Your Pitch | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 1:30pm, 17-Aug-2013
You're at a writer's conference. You step into the elevator and there stands the publisher/agent/editor of your dreams. You have one minute to deliver a pitch that will leave them wanting more. What do you say? Aimed at writers who want to secure a publisher or agent, this practical hands-on session will focus on both the ‘elevator pitch’ and the longer pitch, providing the knowledge and tools to present a pitch that is pithy, effective, and winning!
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Curtain Up: Writing for the Stage | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 18-Aug-2013
Explore the play you’ve always wanted to write with playwright and director Elaine Acworth in this new QWC workshop. Discover what differentiates writing for stage from writing for page, choosing between action and dialogue, and the complexities of visual and textual story-telling. Learn how to format a script, how to depict action, and how to use stage directions to create a memorable performance.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Toolkit for Writers (Evening Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 04-Sep-2013
to 25-Sep-2013
Learn the narrative tools of the trade in this four week course for writers looking to further establish their practice. Enhance your technique by exploring how key elements such as plot, characterisation, dialogue, and setting work to produce compelling narrative. This series will help you lay the foundation to produce more effective work. Aimée Lindorff is a creative industries professional and writer of speculative fiction based in Brisbane. She is the Program Coordinator at Queensland Writers Centre, and tutors in Writing, Editing and Publishing at The University of Queensland. Aimee sporadically reviews the arts at www.insomniacscafe.blogspot.com and is working on her first novel.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Toolkit for Writers (Day Class) | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 12:30pm, 04-Sep-2013
to 25-Sep-2013
Learn the narrative tools of the trade in this four week course for writers looking to further establish their practice. Enhance your technique by exploring how key elements such as plot, characterisation, dialogue, and setting work to produce compelling narrative. This series will help you lay the foundation to produce more effective work. Meg Vann is the CEO of Queensland Writers Centre. Meg has worked as the Manager of The Australian Writer’s Marketplace, convenes Sisters in Crime (Brisbane), and is a tutor and guest lecturer in Writing, Editing and Publishing at The University of Queensland. She is also an emerging crime writer.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Hit Me With Your Best Short: Advanced Short Story | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 21-Sep-2013
Short fiction can be as gripping and enthralling as any novel. But how do you get the most out of this compelling narrative form with less? This one-day intensive is designed for writers looking to hone their short story writing skills, and learn the techniques to polish and refine their work ready for market. Identify the challenges and tropes of the short fiction form, discover the fine art of self-editing and critique, and receive critical feedback from award-winning short story writer Angela Slatter. Not for the faint of heart!
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Murder, You Wrote: Crime fiction | QLD: Rockhampton |
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9:30am - 3:30pm, 21-Sep-2013
Into murder-mysteries, ghost stories, and thrillers? Then join crime writer Katherine Howell for this engaging and informative workshop exploring crime fiction. Over the course of the day explore the four key elements of writing crime – character, setting, plot and suspense – and learn how to apply them to your own work. Come away with the tools and techniques to develop and improve your own work in ways that will keep your readers turning the page. Katherine Howell is the author of the Detective Ella Marconi crime series. Her work has won awards and is published in multiple countries and languages. She teaches workshops in creative writing subjects, including editing and suspense.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Publishers & Agents | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 26-Sep-2013
How do you find the right publisher for your book, and how do you get them interested in your manuscript? Do you need a literary agent to get published? How do contracts and author royalties actually work? And why does it take so long for them to respond to submission queries?! By learning the answers to these questions and the basics of the business, you’ll be in a much stronger position to choose your options and plan your approach to a publisher or agent when your manuscript is ready for that exciting next step. Sophie Hamley has been the literary agent at The Cameron Creswell Agency since 2006. She has worked in the print and online publishing industry for many years, as a bookseller, editor, writer and content producer. She is president of the Australian Literary Agent Association. Aviva Tuffield is Associate Publisher at Scribe Publications, where she is building an Australian fiction and non-fiction list. She has worked in publishing for more than 15 years, mainly as an editor, and she is also Chair of The Stella Prize.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Advanced Short Story Clinic | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 01-Oct-2013
to 03-Dec-2013
Advanced Short Story Clinic is an intensive weekly writing workshop for short fiction writers who have already completed a number of short stories. This course sets a cracking pace! Develop your short story writing technique through analysing the work of peers and receiving constructive critique on your work, expand your writing arsenal with a rigorous reading and homework schedule, learn the tricks and tropes of the form, and create a polished work of short fiction ready for publication. All participants must submit at least two stories for critique – no exceptions. Please note: admission to this course is by submission. The submission process is to ensure that all participants are at a similar stage of development; submission will be judged on potential, not current state of development. The Advanced Short Story Clinic is for committed short fiction writers with an established creative practice; this course is not suitable for beginners.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Thrill & Kill: Thriller Writing | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 13-Oct-2013
Get the chills with acclaimed thriller author LA Larkin at this engaging, fun, and informative workshop for crime and action writers. Through practical exercises and discussion, learn the key elements to creating realistic character response, generating suspense and creating taut action scenes, and how to bring it all to a satisfying and gripping climax.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| The Agile Writer: New tools, new markets | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:30pm, 17-Oct-2013
Interested in writing but not sure how to build a solid, ongoing research process for your work? Whether you’re writing true crime or historical fiction, or whether you’re looking for readers, publishers, markets, and networks, the more advanced your research the better your results will be. This session will teach you how to think strategically and use research to engage with your readers, develop rich and engaging content, and to effectively link into the peer and professional networks within your writing community.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| In Transit: Travel narrative | QLD: Townsville |
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9:30am - 3:30pm, 19-Oct-2013
The variety of travel writing that abounds is as diverse as the planet it explores – from guides like The Lonely Planet to travel memoirs Eat Pray Love or Green Hills of Africa. Join freelance writer Tiana Templeman as she takes you through the processes of writing absorbing travel narratives, capturing the essence of the places you’ve explored and incorporating them into a story that evokes a lasting sense of place and compels readers to take the journey time and time again. Tiana Templeman is a Brisbane-based author, freelance writer, and corporate trainer. She reviews for Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide and writes for such diverse markets as The Weekend Australian, South China Morning Post and Australian Traveller. www.tianatempleman.com.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Introduction to Contracts and Copyright | QLD: Brisbane |
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11:00am - 1:00pm, 19-Oct-2013
There is nothing quite like being offered your first publishing contract. Or getting ready to self-publish your first book. But before you sign anything, it is important to understand all of the legal terms and know what your rights are. This session will give you the information and understanding to be able to navigate a publishing contract or copyright laws, covering the common terms included in Australian contracts, how royalties work, the differences between print, re-print and digital rights, and questions of copyright. You’ll also learn what to avoid and what to watch out for!
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Bones of a Novel: Exploring Narrative Structure | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 20-Oct-2013
Building a novel is like building a house; it may be full of beautiful finishes, but if the foundations aren’t strong, chances are the rest of it will eventually fall down too. It’s about constructing the building blocks and the skeleton of the whole – the bones of the novel. Join John Birmingham as he explores a sophisticated understanding of the essential elements of any novel – structure, character, narrative – and fits it into the bigger picture. The perfect place to really hone your structural writing skills.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Write Me Charming: Translating Life Stories | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 27-Oct-2013
How do you paint authentic life portraits of real people and still create compelling literature? If you’ve ever considered writing your life, but weren’t sure where, or how, to start, then join Benjamin Law for an in-depth exploration of creative non-fiction and autobiographical narrative. Learn key techniques for writing people, places, and experiences in a way that remains true to memory and excites readers. Get tips on what to include and what to edit, and gain a refined understanding of how to put your life on the page.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Between the Sheets: Writing Erotica | QLD: Brisbane |
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10:30am - 4:30pm, 10-Nov-2013
Writing great sex is a practiced affair, one that relies on the tensions and relationships between characters, the rhythm of personality and of body, the subtext in tone and plot. Do you keep it all in the implications, or do you flesh it out? How much skin is too much? Get into bed with acclaimed erotic novelist, Krissy Kneen, and learn how to turn tricks, straddle taboos, and generally write great sex.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| The Rabbit Hole II | Australia Wide: Australia Wide |
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10:00am - 8:00pm, 22-Nov-2013
to 24-Nov-2013
Need to finish that novella or start that spec fic epic? The Rabbit Hole is a three-day, 30-hour writing frenzy where participants aim to write 30,000 words or the words ‘The End’ – whichever comes first! It’s not a marathon; it’s an all-out, limbs-flying mad sprint. There will be no editing, no pondering, no careful placing of the right word. In the Rabbit Hole, there is absolutely no good writing. There is only writing, and lots of it. Bookings:
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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| Feature Writing Clinic | QLD: Brisbane |
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6:00pm - 8:00pm, 13-Jun-2014
Non-fiction feature writing and long-form journalism is an increasingly in-demand, competitive, and exciting form. If you’re serious about starting or advancing your career in feature writing, this advanced clinic is a must. Join journalist and essay writer Benjamin Law as he provides you with the knowledge and tools to write compelling, well-researched, and relevant long-form non-fiction and journalistic pieces. Over the course of the six months you will be reading your fellow participants’ work and receiving considered feedback on your own. Along with the crucial art of critique, you’ll also explore essential craft techniques, finishing with pieces ready to submit to publication markets.
Tel: 07 3842 9922 |
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