Creative writing

Author Belinda Murrell provides feedback on writing for children, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Zoya Patel will provide feedback on your essays and creative non-fiction, enabling you to hone your skills

Poet Ivy Ireland will provide feedback on your poetry, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

This interactive public speaking course will help you be more confident and charismatic at work and in social settings

Do you have a draft manuscript of adult fiction or memoir? Are you looking for feedback and tips to improve your work?

Author Eugen Bacon will provide feedback on your short fiction, enabling you to hone your skills over three months.

Experience the excitement of accessing your authentic voice on the page. Stakes are risen with the live circle.

What you'll learn Improve your work skills by learning how to craft and deliver your story in Sydney.

Monthly poetry night with featured poets and an open mic!

A workshop on what we can learn from reading stories closely, with an eye and ear for craft.

Explore the role setting plays in character development and practice crafting landscapes that speak to your narratives.

Somewhere in your many years, encounters, lessons and relationships is the tale you need to tell.

Learn the principles of character creation and the many dialogue techniques and tips that make dialogue memorable.

Explore ways of tapping into and strengthening your authentic voice in poetry.

The much-loved author of the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls, comes to Sydney.

Whether it is fiction, non-fiction or memoir, the details we choose to put in are important.

Join novelist and short story writer Dr Gretchen Shirm for a workshop that provides guidance on the short story form.

Multi award-winning playwright Hilary Bell will take you through the fundamentals of playwriting.

Helen Garner talks grace, grit and the power of AFL

This workshop examines the importance of the opening sentence, opening paragraphs and opening chapters.

If you’re building a career as a freelance writer or journalist, learn the essential skills and valuable techniques.

This online course will empower you to elevate your sentences from ordinary to sublime.