Help Australian Publishers Association to understand the views of students by completing this short survey. (more…)
By Liana Skrzypczak Now in its 19th year, the National Young Writers’ Festival, creative partner of the much celebrated TiNA (This is Not Art festival), just keeps getting better. This year, South Australian co-director, Annie Waters and her team upheld the long-running festival tradition of diversity and inclusion. They were looking for minority voices, multi-disciplinary […]
By Victoria Purman Dialogue: a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play or film So, that sounds simple, right? Dialogue is a conversation, with two – or sometimes more – people talking to each other. The aim of dialogue is to move the story forward, to show interactions between […]
Here’s your quick downloadable and shareable pdf of our events and workshops: Events & Workshops – October-December (more…)
The winners of the Romance Writers of Australia Ruby Awards (Romantic Book of the Year) have been announced! (more…)
The winners and honours books in the 2016 Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year have been announced! (more…)
Congratulations to all the winners of the Salisbury Writers Festival competitions! If you didn’t get along to the awards night, here they are: Junior Poetry: Second Place: Outside the Window Jessica Rokkas First Place: Lions in the Sky Jessica Rokkas Short Fiction: Highly Commended: The Unhelpful Animal Government Thomas Glen Second Place: Ordinary Nothingness […]
Scenestr has shone a spotlight on all the great workshops and events coming up at SA Writers Centre! “Throughout April and May the SA Writers Centre has a line-up of exciting workshops and a festival for writers of all kinds to push themselves to their writing limits. With a wide range of professional development workshops […]
The very talented Vanessa Jones, our very own Marketing Officer, is also a writer and interviewee. Read what she had to say about working at SA Writers Centre and everything else she’s doing here. (more…)
891 Book Club can be heard on the first Friday of the month at 2.30pm on 891 Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff (with guests Laura Kroetsch and our Director, Sarah Tooth). For the latest 891 Book Club news you can sign up to the 891 enewsletter mailing list here and see the monthly book titles here. […]
May 7, 2016 – May 8, 2016 Level 2 Map and Directions | Register Description: We’re bringing you one of the most exciting genre festivals this year! Put Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 May in your diary for the Spec Fiction and Fantasy Writers Fest. FEATURING: Gillian Rubinstein, Sean Williams, Lisa L Hannett, Ben Chandler, […]
As you know, the draft City of Adelaide 2016 – 2020 Strategic Plan is now open for public comment. And now that you’ve had a chance to read the plan, we want to give you the opportunity to ask any questions that came to mind. Would you like to ask the Lord Mayor a question […]
Thousands of podcasts are being downloaded every day and there are podcasts on almost every topic. It is predicted that all cars will be connected to the internet in less than ten years time, which means the growth and demand for podcasts will be like nothing we’ve ever seen before Did you know that Apple […]
The shortlist for the 2016 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature has been announced! With a prize pool of $167,500 on the line, the winners will be announced on Saturday, 27 February 2016 as part of Adelaide Writers’ Week. (more…)
Blogs are a great source of writing advice and industry insight; they’re up there with reading a book or doing a workshop. They are varied and can respond quickly to news or changes in writing and publishing. Here are some stellar blogs that have won awards or caught the eye of readers across the web. […]
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