Emerging writers, it’s that time of year again… the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards! Follow in the footsteps of literary giants (AKA past winners) Jane Harper, Graeme Simsion and Maxine Beneba Clarke, and submit your fiction manuscript to the Award for …
Whether you need to flesh out a character, develop a synopsis or write a novel, our online courses, mentorships and assessments have your back. Writing Sparks draws on my own author and teaching experience, and centres on creating a vibrant …
Submissions are now open for Hardie Grant’s inaugural Spark Prize! Entry dates: Thursday, September 17, 2020 (All day) to Friday, October 16, 2020 (All day) The Spark Prize is an exciting new opportunity for writers of narrative non-fiction. According to Hardie …
I wrote this post for the wonderful Margaret River Press during Melbourne’s first lockdown in March this year. At the time I could hardly have imagined we’d still be here, or rather further down the line in stage four lockdown. …
Well, I finally got around to writing about two great joys in my life – writing and cycling; and how they work together to spark my creative process. Thanks Margaret River Press for publishing this piece. See extract below or …
Thanks Margaret River Press for the opportunity to blog with you this month! Reading other writers’ posts from Melbourne has been such a welcome escape from stage 4 lockdown. To read my September blogs or the wonderful insights of other …
Tomorrow afternoon I’m participating in a Q&A session as part of Loreto Mandeville Hall’s innovative Loreto Academy. I’m so looking forward to chatting books and writing with the school’s aspiring young authors!
A HUGE welcome to the thirty wonderful beta users who have come on board to test-drive my new online writing courses platform, Writing Sparks! These good folk are taking the course, Novel: Planning; the first in a four part novel …
Stage 4 lockdown in Melbourne has given me the shove I needed to finally combine my two passions, writing and teaching. The result is WRITING SPARKS – an online, four course series created to take emerging writers from inspiration to …
Recently I attended the online launch of, Sunflower, a beautiful, thought-provoking middle grade novel written by my good friend and fellow author, Ingrid Laguna, as a follow-up to her 2019 novel, Songbird. It was fabulous celebration of Ingrid and her …
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