Authors

Are you looking for feedback to improve your work? Join this course to give and receive feedback on your writing.

In this online writing course, author Simmone Howell will provide feedback on your writing for young adults.

Develop and enrich your research for writing skills.

Nick Earls will focus on key aspects of short-fiction, and how to make choices that deliver compelling short stories.

Strikes! Riots! High school rebellions! Aboriginal resistance! Join us for a celebration of Sydney's radical history.

This workshop introduces strategies to help you understand the bigger picture of your works-in-progress

Explore methods of building tension, and ways of approaching scenes that fit your style.

Come along and join this reading group twice a month

Mawunyo Gbogbo, Max Easton, Liam Keenan, and Katharine Pollock will chat about music as a soundtrack to our lives.

Access your authentic voice in words, make great connections

Come hear historical true crime and dark tales of this famous street

From Egypt to South Australia, this captivating novel is about one soldier's courageous journey 'home'.

A monthly series with authors about their latest work, their body of work, writing process and ideas that inspire them.

Exclusive Seniors Event: Free captivating author talk with Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy!

If you love books, this is a great opportunity to connect with other readers online and find literary inspiration

Join author Maggie Hamilton to deep dive into the mind, body, spirit genre.

Learn ways to inspire curiosity, introspection and awe in readers to incite connection and change

This workshop is designed for intermediate to advanced fiction writers.

Join us for the second instalment of our series where artists, poets, and writers share their stories in conversation

Set between Spain and Australia, this work explores themes of identity and self-awareness.

A creative workshop where children become authors and illustrators, making their own books!

In this one-day workshop, author, Dr Rosie Dub will take you on a journey into the psychology of character.

A special book reading with bestselling author and illustrator, Sami Bayly.

If you love books, this is a great opportunity to connect with other readers online and find literary inspiration.

In this 6-week course with author Amy Lovat, you’ll explore the fundamentals of dialogue and character.

This seminar will give you the tools to navigate the publishing waters with confidence and a sense of direction.

Louise Park provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to write for the education market.

In this course with Melina Marchetta, writers will explore the fundamentals of writing fiction.

Dr Sian Prior will introduce you to some of the essential skills required to write creative non-fiction.

Reigniting life’s spark with love, family and Irish small-town politics

Melanie Saward, we will discuss the rules of writing romance: the structure, tropes, and different subgenres.

On the International Space Station, a team of astronauts watch our big blue planet as it silently turns beneath them. 

Festival favourite State of the Nation returns bigger and better than ever for an Australian post-election wrap-up. 

This course with Eleanor Limprecht looks at writing scene and summary in your narrative.

Join Pamela Cook to learn critical skills involved in the entire novel writing process.

Join Lisa Shanahan learn the art of writing for children, from picture books to junior novels to middle-grade fiction.

Learn from Susan McKerihan how a knowledge of grammar can improve your writing.

A monthly series with authors about their latest work, their body of work, writing process and ideas that inspire them.

Join Michelle Law to learn how to develop your own unique voice as a playwright.

Join Amy Hutton to learn how to be your own publicist, marketer and social media manager as an author.

Zoya Patel will provide feedback on your creative non-fiction work, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Fiona Wright will provide feedback on your poetry, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

James Jiang will help participants refine their pitches to literary journals.

Join JS Breukelaar to develop the skills and confidence you need to make your speculative fiction stand out.

Petronella McGovern will teach you how to link your characters and plot, and keep your story moving.