By Emma Gibson I’ve already shared some of my highlights from the recent Canberra Writers Festival. Over the course of that weekend I attended several young adult fiction events, which merited a post of its own. On the Sunday of the festival, I went to a session titled ‘The importance of Australian YA’. Immediately before … Continue reading
POETRY ON THE MOVE is a festival of poetry, taking place in Canberra from the 14th to 21st of September. We asked Paul Munden, Festival Director, about this year’s program. The theme for this year is ‘Border Crossings’. How has that manifested itself in the festival? The theme emerged naturally. ‘Borders’ of all sorts are very much … Continue reading
By Emma Gibson As Sue mentioned on her site Whispering Gums there were so many choices on offer at the Canberra Writers Festival, and I attended too many to list them all, so here are a few of my highlights… Book launch – Merlinda Bobis Often we go to book launches for writers with whom … Continue reading
After returning from his trip to China, Kabu Okai-Davies shares his thoughts from this year’s Bookworm International Literary Festival, held in Beijing. In March 2016, I participated in the tenth annual Bookworm Literary Festival in Beijing, my third visit to China. During my previous visits I travelled beyond Beijing, to places like Shanghai, Xinging and … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Matthew C Lamb, tried out Canberra’s most famous poetry slam, BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!. Read his witty, honest musings on his experience below. Photographs by Adam Thomas. Poetry is intimidating. For many (me included) it can come across as pretentious, or stuffy, or borderline incomprehensible. So if you add to that four exclamation marks and … Continue reading
Find out what the brains of this year’s Noted Festival had to say when they chatted to Blogger in Residence, Chris Kerr. Noted, Canberra’s independent writers’ festival, returns for its second year from 16 to 20 March. This year, Noted will put on a literary smorgasbord of events at venues ranging from galleries to pubs and everything … Continue reading
Join us on 4 December for a conversation with award-winning writer Sulari Gentill as she shares the 10 things every writer needs to know about the art of fiction and being published. Facilitated by the highly regarded Kaaron Warren. Continue reading
Join us at 6:30-8:30pm on Wednesday 25 November for a night of readings and discussion on the art of memoir writing at Main Hall, Gorman Arts Centre. Our speakers, Biff Ward, Rosanna Stevens, Sarah Mason and Lisa Fuller will discuss the merits of the genre, the challenges to writing effective memoir, the ethics and responsibilities around … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Shu-Ling Chua, recently attended the National Young Writers Festival in Newcastle. She shares her thoughts and experiences of this literary event below. “What happens at a writers’ festival?” my friend asked. “Won’t it be, um, very quiet?” The National Young Writers’ Festival (also known affectionately as NYWF) was anything but. Held annually … Continue reading
Friday 11 & Saturday 12 September, Luna Park Conference Centre, Sydney We’re excited to announce a discount price for ACTWC members to attend the wonderful ASA National Writers’ Congress in Sydney this September. The Congress will feature a keynote address from internationally best-selling author and former President of the US Authors Guild, Scott Turow. “Virtually every … Continue reading
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