For emerging novelists ready to dive in and make the commitment to complete a full manuscript, this rigorous program will guide you through the process of executing your novel, developing essential skills in writing and composition, as well as establishing a dedicated writing practice.

For emerging novelists ready to dive in and make the commitment to complete a full manuscript, this rigorous course will guide you through the process of executing your novel, developing essential skills in writing and composition, as well as establishing a dedicated writing practice.

For emerging novelists ready to dive in and make the commitment to complete a full manuscript, this rigorous course will guide you through the process of executing your novel, developing essential skills in writing and composition, as well as establishing a dedicated writing practice.

YA fiction is amongst the bestselling genres in Australia, read avidly by teenagers and adults alike—but how do you start writing for this highly engaged community of readers? In this special course, you will carefully study YA’s complex set of rules and conventions, while working towards completing a full first draft of your manuscript.

This intimate, in-person 8-week course will set you on the journey of writing memoir. In a creative and supportive environment, Writing Memoir will offer you methods of accessing memories and recognising their inherent shape, finding your writing voice, bringing the details to life, creating the lived reality of your experience on the page and finding its structure.

This 8-week, in-person course will set you on the journey of writing memoir. In a creative and supportive environment, Writing Memoir will offer you methods of accessing memories and recognising their inherent shape, finding your writing voice, bringing the details to life, creating the lived reality of your experience on the page and finding its structure.

This 8-week, in-person course will set you on the journey of writing memoir. In a creative and supportive environment, Writing Memoir will offer you methods of accessing memories and recognising their inherent shape, finding your writing voice, bringing the details to life, creating the lived reality of your experience on the page and finding its structure.

After reading your full manuscript and providing you with a reader’s report, author and former agent Nell Pierce will lead you through the process of re-drafting your novel, by focusing on key ideas and strategies from plotting to characterisation and style. Over six monthly sessions, you’ll workshop your re-drafts and stress-test the decisions you’ve made, exploring what works and what could be made stronger in your novel.

Crime fiction can be as much a mystery to writers as it is to readers. While the reader tries to figure out ‘Whodunnit?’, the aspiring writer might ask ‘Howdunnit?’ In this 8-week, online program, crime author Ashley Kalagian Blunt will reveal exactly how she does it in her popular novels. This course will take you through the fundamentals of crime fiction, while affording you space to develop your own craft.

Project 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.