Writing and Publishing
National Library of Australia
Book launch: Paddle Steamer Pearl
Celebrate the launch of one of NLA Publishing’s newest children’s books Paddle Steamer Pearl, with a morning of stories, craft…
2026 NT Book Awards shortlist celebrates the breadth of Top End talent
This year's shortlist for the NT Book Awards ranges from poetry and family history to Indigenous-language picture books and even…
Liane Moriarty returns to Big Little Lies: ‘Nobody can change my book’
More than a decade after Big Little Lies took the world by storm, the maestro of mystery Liane Moriarty returns…
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
This week, the Sydney Writers' Festival appoints its new Artistic Director.
After the Siren: Australian queer AFL romance novel has been optioned for the screen
Darcy Green's After the Siren is a sports romance novel about players from a fictional Brunswick AFL team.
Arborescence to Blue Poles: all the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards finalists
The finalists for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards have now been announced.
Netflix partners with screen agencies to discover 'the next great Australian woman or non-binary scriptwriter'
Netflix's The Next Brilliant Career invites emerging Australian writers who identify as women or non-binary to submit scripted concepts for…
Writers Victoria
The Mind at Work: Writing the Literary Essay
This hands-on workshop invites participants to explore the contemporary essay and its boundless possibilities.
Writers Victoria
Writing Place and Belonging
In this three-hour workshop, participants learn selected craft techniques with a focus on the importance of writing place to ground,…
Writers Victoria
Tools and Tricks of Commercial Fiction
No matter what chosen style or genre, there is so much to learn from commercial fiction.