Words by Bec Fleming About ten years ago I helped an older relative set up a DVD player in his house. He knew about the technology, he had seen it used, he had just never had one in his house before. So we set it up, and I put on a John Wayne classic. As … Continue reading
David Stavanger is running a workshop Page + Stage Saturday 18 April 10am–2pm at the ACT Writers Centre, where participants will be introduced to the key elements of writing poetry for both the page and spoken word for the stage, without being constrained by the limits of form or competition. 1. Tell us a little bit yourself and your creative endeavours. I am … Continue reading
Words by Bec Fleming, ACTWC Blogger in Residence It is a kind of meditative state, spending time in a gallery with a notebook. I spent last Saturday afternoon with the Pulse exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery in a workshop led by the delightful Sarah St Vincent Welch. I say with quite purposefully. When … Continue reading
Words by Bec Fleming, ACTWC Blogger in Residence The workshop begins with a simple question, Benjamin Law asks us to name three publications we regularly read. It sounds easy, but I panic, like I’m on some kind of quiz show and about to be declared the weakest link. I don’t read anything my brain convinces … Continue reading
The thought of writing a fight scene is enough to make many writers close down their computers and find something else to do for the day. We spoke with Alan Baxter, author of MageSign and RealmShift about the challenges for writers in finding their fighting words. – by Elizabeth Abbott Fight writing can run counter-intuitive … Continue reading
Forget enveloping your books in discreet covers. Tracey O’Hara explains a genre shrouded in dirty stigma and taboo, and asks us to approach erotic fiction as a fact of life, a form of enjoyment, and a literary skill. Erotic fiction isn’t a new phenomenon with the introduction of the internet and ereaders. It’s been around … Continue reading
A few times a week, the Writers Centre receives a call or a welcome visitor, asking a question about publishing. Sometimes, that question is about e-publishing, sometimes it might be about finding a book designer, and sometimes it’s that question we all live to solve: How do I get published? by ACTWrite Editor, Rosie Stevens … Continue reading
As poets and poetry educators my partner Nicola Bowery and I have a passion for bringing people to poetry. We’ve been running our PoetryAlive weekends here in Braidwood (with occasional forays into Berry and Sydney) for almost ten years now and so it seemed to like a good time to take stock of what we’ve … Continue reading
Bob Phillips attended the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild-hosted annual CONFLUX: an event for writers of Science Fiction and beyond. This year, it was held in collaboration with the similarly-genred NATCON. Here are his thoughts on the convention that was. Speculative fiction [spec fic] is a broad church: it covers science fiction, fantasy, horror, artwork, games, … Continue reading
The term ‘creative nonfiction’ is an often contested one. Before you discern what creative nonfiction isn’t, Kim Mahood gives us some straight talking: detailing what creative nonfiction is, what it has been, and where its parameters lie. Kim’s creative nonfiction Masterclass is running this July. Places are still available, but bookings are essential. THE TERM … Continue reading
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