Previous Writer in Residence, Rose Hartley, has just been accepted into the 2015 Clarion Writers’ Workshop in San Diego! She’ll be studying the art of the science fiction/fantasy short story under the tutelage of Margo Lanagan and other awesome writers. (more…)

By Rose Hartley (SAWC’s Writer in Residence) Melbourne’s Emerging Writers Festival is too big to take in all at once, so I picked the most delicious-sounding events to attend. And what a feast for the ears it was. Launch of Poetic Justice I was in Melbourne for the launch of Poetic Justice: Contemporary Australian Voices […]

by Rose Hartley As I fumble my way through the second draft of my novel, writers’ guides call out to me from every corner of my bookcase, claiming to be able to help me craft a story that someone might want to read. The latest one I’ve picked up is Lisa Cron’s Wired for Story, […]