By Hannah Egan Have you ever thought about writing games? Maurice Suckling has worked on over 40 published video games, and answered some questions about how to get started, the industry, and how games writing varies from other forms of writing. HANNAH: How did you first break into writing games? MAURICE: I was writing – … Continue reading
This week we ask workshop tutor, Dr Pippa Carron, five questions about writing and editing. Pippa is teaching two upcoming workshops at the Writers Centre: Grammar and Punctuation Primer for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers and Focus on Stylistics. Check our website for more information and to get involved. Can you briefly describe your writing and editing career? … Continue reading
We hit the fabulous Jenny Bond with five questions about her writing life, gaining inspiration and her upcoming workshop at the ACT Writers Centre. What has your writing career involved so far? I began my professional career as a high school teacher of English, History and Drama. In need of a change after ten years … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Chris Kerr, wants you to “forget whatever pale and anaemic associations the word ‘poetry’ brings to mind”, by enlightening you on the fascinating and lively poetry scene in Canberra. Canberra is blessed with a vibrant and diverse range of poetry scenes. This post is the first of a two-part look at what … Continue reading
HARDCOPY is a unique, national professional development program run by the ACT Writers Centre that helps build the capacities, aptitudes and resources committed Australian writers need in order to reach their potential. In 2014, the program debuted with 30 emerging fiction writers who were enthusiastic about their projects, and embraced the opportunities the program provided. … 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
HARDCOPY is a unique, national professional development program run by the ACT Writers Centre that helps build the capacities, aptitudes and resources committed Australian writers need in order to reach their potential. In 2014, the program debuted with 30 emerging fiction writers who were enthusiastic about their projects, and embraced the opportunities the program provided. … Continue reading
Read the latest Q&A by Blogger in Residence, Shu-Ling Chua. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Lex Hirst, one of the 2014-15 Co-Directors for National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF). A wealth of knowledge (and not just literary!), Lex is an editor at Penguin Random House Australia, co-producer of panel series Junkee Take On and … Continue reading
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