Angela Savage is an award-winning writer of crime fiction and the new director of Writers Victoria. We caught up with Angela ahead of her Canberra later this month… Why do you think crime fiction resonates with so many people? What draws you to the genre? Earlier this year I wrote an article on the appeal … Continue reading
Matthew C Lamb interviews author of The Rook and Stiletto, Daniel O’Malley, for his penultimate post as Blogger as Residence. [Image by: fireflyracer] I went to the same primary school as Daniel O’Malley; he was two years ahead of me. When I read in The Canberra Times in 2012 that a genre novel he had written … Continue reading
Evana Ho spoke to book publicist and author Emma Noble earlier this year about self-publishing. This article first appeared in the ACT Writers Centre’s member magazine, ACTWrite in April 2015. Rightly or wrongly, marketing has long been viewed as a dark art. Its practitioners: spinsters, greasy salespeople; and in a post-Mad Men age, advertisers are probably … Continue reading
Sarah St Vincent Welch is running a workshop Writing on the Body Saturday 15 November, 12–5pm at CMAG. Bookings essential through ACTWC on 6262 9191 or online here. 1. Tell us a little bit about your writing background and interests. I have written seriously for a long time now. But before that I also … Continue reading
Benjamin Law is holding two masterclasses at the ACT Writers Centre—The Story of My Life on Saturday 1 November, and Feature Writing and the Business of Freelancing on Sunday 2 November. Bookings by phone on 6262 9191 or online here. 1. What is it about writing that you love? Mostly I write non-fiction, which gives … Continue reading
Reading out any piece of work is nerve wrecking; being so open and vulnerable in public. It’s a piece of yourself that you are sharing to others. – Laura Bartlett writes In my adventures to discover performance poetry, I spoke to well-practiced slammers: National Champion Chris Huet (CJ Bowerbird) and Josh Inman. Chris has been … Continue reading
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