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Writing a Novel Information Session with Emily Bitto and Miles Allinson

w/ Emily Bitto and Miles Allinson

In this special free interactive information session, join our Melbourne Writing a Novel tutors – Miles Allinson and Emily Bitto – as they discuss what to expect from the course in 2023.  

Thursday 19 January 2023, 6.30pm – 7.30pm

FREE


This is a past course.

For one night only, Miles and Emily will talk about the types of topics covered in our Writing A Novel course, exploring the guest speakers you might encounter, how the Faber Writing Anthology leads students to success, and how they will help you get as close as possible to finishing a draft of your manuscript across the year.  

They will also talk you through putting together a compelling application for the course – how to grab their attention and make your project sing. What should you focus on in telling us why this is a story only you can tell? Emily and Miles will talk about how much time you might need to put aside to write outside of class and the bonds that develop between students, often leading to the formation of lifelong writing groups. 

This is an extremely rare opportunity to spend an hour with two of Australia’s most exciting novelists and brilliant teachers. Come prepared with questions you’ve long wanted to ask about studying writing! Places are free.


Writers you'll be working with:

Emily Bitto

Emily Bitto is an award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her debut novel, The Strays, was the winner of the Stella Prize in 2015. Her second novel, Wild Abandon, was published by Allen & Unwin in 2021. She has a Masters in Literary Studies and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne and has…

Miles Allinson

Miles Allinson is a writer from Melbourne. His first novel, Fever of Animals won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript in 2014 among other prizes. His second novel In Moonland was published in 2021 and won the Age Book of the Year Prize for Fiction in 2022. He has a Bachelor of Creative Arts and a Post…

Course outline

One hour information session to be hosted on ZOOM, including time for Q&A.

How to Book

This is a past course.