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Writing True Stories: Crafting Memoir and Narrative Non-Fiction
w/ Patti Miller and guestsThis intensive course is for writers, or intending writers, who wish to concentrate on crafting memoir or narrative non-fiction.
A practical craft-based course, featuring readings, discussion and exercises, ‘Writing True Stories’ offers the opportunity to develop several chapters, while working towards a full manuscript, under expert guidance. This course will help develop skills and explore the richness of the genre along with the joys, challenges and possibilities for the writer of ‘true stories’.
— June 4, 2021
Writing for Children: Creating Captivating Picture Books and Middle-grade Fiction
w/ Martine Murray and guest Sally RippinThe perfect three-month course for people who wish to write for children.
Children are discerning readers, and the children’s publishing industry is highly competitive. To write a children’s book that will stand out on a publisher’s desk, and then on bookstore shelves, you need to be aware of what is already out there, while creating something that reflects your personality.
— June 2, 2021
The Publisher Package 2021
w/ Annette BarlowNavigating the literary marketplace can be daunting for new and emerging writers. This unique package will give you an experience of the industry that is normally reserved for writers represented by an agent or already signed by a publisher. This is the ideal professional development program for aspiring writers.
— February 27, 2021
Writing a Novel Stage 1
w/ Kristina Olsson + confirmed guests authors, Trent Dalton and Melissa Lucashenko, and publisher Aviva Tuffield.Write your novel, and write it well…
For aspiring novelists ready to leap in, this course will guide you through the process of planning and beginning your novel, developing skills in writing from scratch and establishing a writing practice. Using a combination of targeted writing exercises, group discussion and carefully selected examples, the focus of this course will be on your own writing, with the aim of ending the course with a substantial body of new writing, heading towards a first draft of your novel.
— May 18, 2021
Writing a Novel Stage 1
w/ Kathryn Heyman, Margo Lanagan and guestsWrite your novel, and write it well…
For aspiring novelists ready to leap in, this course will guide you through the process of planning and beginning your novel, developing skills in writing from scratch and establishing a writing practice. Using a combination of targeted writing exercises, group discussion and carefully selected examples, the focus of this course will be on your own writing, with the aim of ending the course with a substantial body of new writing, heading towards a first draft of your novel.
— May 18, 2021
Writing a Novel Stage 1 – Online
w/ Carrie Tiffany and guestsWrite your novel, and write it well...
For aspiring novelists ready to leap in, this course will guide you through the process of planning and beginning your novel, developing skills in writing from scratch and establishing a writing practice. Using a combination of targeted writing exercises, group discussion and carefully selected examples, the focus of this course will be on your own writing, with the aim of ending the course with a substantial body of new writing, heading towards a first draft of your novel.
— May 18, 2021
Writing Creative Nonfiction: Stage 1
w/For aspiring literary nonfiction writers ready to leap in and get serious, this course will guide you through the process of planning and beginning your manuscript. You will develop key skills in collecting information, storytelling, reviewing material, and establishing a dedicated writing practice. Whether you are planning to write first-person memoir or deeply-researched reportage, this course will help you find the best way to present your facts.
— May 18, 2021
Writing a Novel Stage 1
w/ Sophie Cunningham, Emily Bitto and guestsWrite your novel, and write it well…
For aspiring novelists ready to leap in, this course will guide you through the process of planning and beginning your novel, developing skills in writing from scratch and establishing a writing practice. Using a combination of targeted writing exercises, group discussion and carefully selected examples, the focus of this course will be on your own writing, with the aim of ending the course with a substantial body of new writing, heading towards a first draft of your novel.
— May 20, 2021
Start to Write: Beginners’ Fiction
w/ Peggy FrewYou’ve got a great idea for a story. What do you do next?
Start to Write: Beginners’ Fiction is the writing series at the Faber Writing Academy designed to kick-start your writing life.
— March 25, 2021
The Crime Fiction Lab
w/ R.W.R. McDonald, Katherine Kovacic and guestsCrime Fiction, not only spans genres and age groups, its protagonists can range from hardboiled to cosy, professional to amateur, and from the innocent to the guilty. Since the Golden Age of crime writing, the genre has remained hugely popular, featuring in bestseller lists and often making the leap to movie and television screens.
— May 19, 2021
Writing Young Adult Fiction
w/ Simmone Howell with guests Bec Kavanagh and Penni RussonYoung adult literature is a wide-ranging category, a bustling literary marketplace, and a fast-growing field of academic study. YA incorporates all genres, often mixing them up in innovative ways. Because it is primarily for and about young people, it can identify and auger cultural change and, as young people are more than ever writing the world (through fan-fic, through Tik-Tok), young adult fiction will, with time, comprise a social history, perhaps even explain life as we know/knew it.
— June 17, 2021
Writing a Novel – Stage 2
w/ Kristina Olsson + guests, including leading industry agents/publishersWrite your novel, and write it well…
comprehensive three month course builds on the work started in Writing a Novel: Stage 1 and is suitable for writers who have completed that course, or who have a substantially completed rough or first draft of a novel-in-progress. This course will develop craft and technical skills required to turn a rough draft into a work of art. Using exercises focused on your own work, you’ll finish the course with a deep understanding of the novelists’ craft and how it applies to your own novel.
— September 14, 2021
Writing a Novel Stage 2 – Online
w/ Carrie Tiffany + guests, including leading industry agents/publishersWrite your novel, and write it well…
This three-month course builds on the work started in Writing a Novel: Stage 1 and is suitable for writers who have completed that course, or who have a substantially completed rough or first draft of a novel-in-progress. This course will develop craft and technical skills required to turn a rough draft into a work of art. Using exercises focused on your own work, you’ll finish the course with a deep understanding of the novelists’ craft and how it applies to your own novel.
— September 14, 2021
Writing a Novel Stage 2
w/ Kathryn Heyman, Margo Lanagan and guestsWrite your novel, and write it well…
A comprehensive three month course builds on the work started in Writing a Novel: Stage 1 and is suitable for writers who have completed that course, or who have a substantially completed rough or first draft of a novel-in-progress. This course will develop craft and technical skills required to turn a rough draft into a work of art. Using exercises focused on your own work, you’ll finish the course with a deep understanding of the novelists’ craft and how it applies to your own novel.
— September 14, 2021
Writing a Novel – Stage 2
w/ Sophie Cunningham and Emily Bitto + guests, including leading industry agents/publishersWrite your novel, and write it well…
This three-month course builds on the work started in Writing a Novel: Stage 1 and is suitable for writers who have completed that course, or who have a substantially completed rough or first draft of a novel-in-progress. This course will develop craft and technical skills required to turn a rough draft into a work of art. Using exercises focused on your own work, you’ll finish the course with a deep understanding of the novelists’ craft and how it applies to your own novel.
— September 16, 2021
Author to Author: Project plan your manuscript with one-on-one consultations with a leading writer
w/ Mireille Juchau, Rebecca Giggs, Kristina Olsson, or Peggy FrewProject plan your manuscript with one-on-one consultations with a leading writer.
You will be paired with a leading author for a series of fortnightly one-on-one consultation sessions to discuss your work, and help you negotiate the roadblocks and challenges you might be facing.