Hi Jan, I wanted to write and thank you again for a fantastic workshop. I’ve been on a few of these courses now, not heaps, but enough to know, and yours was the most inspiring that…

Celebrate your writing!
Celebrate your writing achievements no matter how small or large on the 12th of Dec at our annual Draft Swap Meet. Bring a draft if you have one to swap or just bring an excerpt of…
Help send direct aid to Merapi Villagers
As you may know I have worked often in Indonesia and have strong links artists there particularly in Java.We were involved with helping out after the huge earthquake in May 2006 and our help is needed…
Margo Lanagan wins again!
Margo Lanagan won her fourth World Fantasy Award for her novella Sea Hearts published in the X6 anthology by Australian small publisher Coeur de Lion. The winners were announced last night at the World Fantasy Convention…
Bust Your Draft This Weekend!
Join us this Sunday in Petersham, Sydney for a one day draft busting marathon. Read your work, receive constructive feedback, moan and groan about the writing process, eat a delicious lunch with fellow writers and go…
Writing tutor gives impetus to ex MP
Mary Delahunty’s memoir is launched on 28 Aug at the Melbourne Writers Festival. Good Weekend tells us “the impetus for Private Life, Public Grief, came from an enthusiastic tutor on a writer’s hike in Tasmania” (guess…