Faber Writing Academy News

The latest from Faber Writing Academy tutors and students.

Aileen Westbrook’s extraordinary and enriching experience

Welcome to Ellen O’Brien, newly appointed Editor-in-Residence.

Tutor Lee Kofman’s guide to kickstarting your memoir

Tutor Pip Smith on kickstarting ‘Writing a Novel’

Writing Historical Fiction, an interview with Lauren Chater

Reporting news from our fabulous tutors – prizes and publications

How things are travelling at the halfway mark for Writing a Novel in 2022

Richard Cooke tells us about his new course ‘The Book Proposal’

Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo confirmed as guest speaker

Coming in May – Pitching for Publication with Oscar Schwartz

Writing the Narrative Nonfiction Book with Deborah Robertson

Meet the 2022 Faber Scholarship Winner for Writing Creative Nonfiction

Meet the 2022 Faber Scholarship Winners for Writing a Novel

Louis Decrevel on Writing for Children and opening the floodgates

Brooke Scobie winner of the 2021 First Nations Scholarship

Jane O’Sullivan, 2021 Scholarship winner, on a bag full of writing tools

Magdalena McGuire, a 2021 Faber Writing Scholarship winner, reflects

James Bradley on writing about the biggest issue facing our society

Jack Colwell tricks himself into reading and discovers a new morning ritual

Special supported places for writers affected by lockdowns