It is an honour to introduce the two recipients of the 2023 Faber Writing Academy Scholarships for Nonfiction Writers. We are delighted to offer places to two outstanding writers: one in, Writing The Narrative Nonfiction Book – Completing Your Manuscript with Deborah Robertson (Melbourne), and, one in Writing Creative Nonfiction with Rebecca Giggs (Online). We received a record number of scholarship responses this year and we thank everyone who took time to craft an application.
I wish to thank our brilliant tutors Deborah and Rebecca who read a record number of applications, and assisted us throughout this process.
We look forward to welcoming Laura and Neha into the Academy next year and introducing them to their tutors and fellow students.
Sam Twyford-Moore
Manager, Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin
Writing the Narrative Nonfiction Book – Completing Your Manuscript (Melbourne)
Laura Flynn is a writer living and working in Melbourne. In 2020, her project ‘Dust’ was shortlisted for Hardie Grant’s Spark Prize. Soon after, she graduated from RMIT with an Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing. You’ll find her words in Acclaim Magazine, Telstra Smarter Business, Flybuys and ING.
Writing Creative Nonfiction (Online)
Neha Kale is a widely-published writer of essays, criticism, journalism and other nonfiction. Her work has appeared nationally and internationally in places like ArtReview, The Saturday Paper, The Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, SBS, Art Guide, The Guardian, Running Dog, Kill Your Darlings and many more. She is the former editor of VAULT magazine.
Course details and applications:
Writing the Narrative Nonfiction Book – Completing Your Manuscript
with Deborah Robertson (Melbourne)
Writing Creative Nonfiction with Rebecca Giggs (Online)