Biography

Writing NSW
Seminar: Setting Up for Success: Build your Community and Brand with Claudine Tinellis
Join industry professional Claudine Tinellis to discover some easy strategies you can use to help build your own community and…

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Travel Writing: Turning Wanderlust into Wordcraft with Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan
Learn from Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan about how to take a dusty observation or a half-decent holiday mishap and spin it into…

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Writing Setting and Landscape with James McKenzie Watson
James McKenzie Watson will explore the role setting plays in character development and practice crafting landscapes that speak to your…

Writing NSW
True Crime and Crime Fiction: Researching and Writing in the State Library Archives with Dr Rachel Franks
Join Dr Rachel Franks as she unpacks the challenges of crafting crime stories based on real-life events and offers practical…

Writing NSW
Online Feedback: Non-Fiction with Tricia Dearborn
Tricia Dearborn will provide feedback on your essays and creative non-fiction work, enabling you to hone your skills over three…

Writing NSW
Reading to Write with Emily Maguire
The number one thing you can do to become a better writer, is to become a better reader.

Live & Local returns in Sydney Writers' Festival 2025
Highlights of the 28th edition of the Live & Local program.

Book review: Outrageous Fortunes, Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex
An unearthing of the life and times of Mary Fortune, who wrote the first book of detective stories published in…

Book review: Sonny Boy, Al Pacino
The Oscar-winning actor looks back on his life and career to reveal how he left the Bronx to hit the…

Book review: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M., Peter Ames Carlin
'Follow me, don’t follow me': the contradictions guiding “The Most Improbably Successful Group In The World” in this biography of…