From the event listing: One of the common ills affecting many fiction and creative nonfiction writers is a tendency to forget that people they describe have bodies, and to make use of this wonderful fact. In real life, Lee explains, all of us are embodied and everything we do, even [...]
Welcome back to a new year! I hope everyone is set up for a fantastic 2019 and everyone's writing is in full swing. But even if it’s not, CSFG’s first meeting of 2019 is on Wednesday 20 February 2019 (usual time and location - see calendar for details) and boy [...]
The 2018 CSFG AGM will be held on 17 October 2018. Generally, the AGM will take up some of the first hour of our normal meeting (from 7:30 pm). The outgoing committee will report on the activities and our many achievements for the year, and the members present will vote [...]
Over the last 12 months various bits of the CSFG community have been busy producing a new anthology, and it's almost here! Join us at 5.45pm on Sunday, 30 September at the Vibe Hotel, Canberra Airport, to launch this veritable treasure-box of irresistible delights. Tales of deviousness, delinquency and depravity [...]
From the website: The workshop will explore mindsets and skillsets, but will also get into some on-the-ground practical advice for managing the day-to-day demands of producing work in the comics arena. Participants will receive: An overview of scripting, page layouts, and pacing; A clear understanding of the unique demands of [...]
From the website: In this fresh look at plotting your romance novel, we'll explore: A powerful approach to plot development that ensures you cover all the bases no matter which romance subgenre you choose; How to answer the "why" questions that make your characters live on the page; and Managing [...]
From the website: In this workshop, you’ll learn the fundamental skills necessary to write the stories that magazines want—and get paid for them. You’ll learn everything vital to successful freelancing, including how to: Constantly generate story ideas; Master the art of pitching; Understand how to plan a story from conception [...]
From the website: This workshop with Jane Gleeson-White will introduce writers new and experienced to the art of creative nonfiction. It will help you to clarify your subject, plan your narrative, start (or keep) writing, and, most importantly, to edit.
From the website: Wollongong Writers Festival (WWF) is a not-for-profit community arts organisation devoted to stories. Our program of events runs annually over the final weekend in November, when we unleash a weekend of art, ideas and literature on the Illawarra. We are also home to an international Short Story Prize [...]
From the website: The Heroines Festival celebrates the talents of women writers who reclaim and reimagine women’s stories. The program presents women writers who have dived into our historical record and brought back the lost stories of women’s lives, and women writers who are creatively imagining women’s futures. The festival [...]