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Waverley Council

Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award Judging Panel Expression of Interest (EOI)

Waverley Council invites authors, academics, literary critics, and book industry professionals to submit an Expression of Interest to join the…

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Writers SA

Writers SA Summer Program

Literary programs, workshops, events and talks—See what’s on, both in person and online.

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Writing NSW

Talking Writing: Storytelling Through Music

Mawunyo Gbogbo, Max Easton, and Liam Keenan, will be chatting with Katharine Pollock about how music is so often the…

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Book review: The Best Australian Science Writing 2024, Jackson Ryan and Carl Smith (editors)

Now in its 14th iterative, the anthology continues to bring forth a new array of science writing.

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Book review: Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks

A memoir about grief by a writer at the top of her form.

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Book review: I'll Never Call Him Dad Again, Caroline Darian

In a book written prior to Dominique Pelicot's criminal convictions, his daughter reveals the effects of his horrific crimes on…

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Writing NSW

Year of the Novel

Make 2025 the year you finally write that book in this course from bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt.

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Book review: Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21st Century, Jessica O’Bryan and Scott D Harrison 

A wide-ranging examination of the musical theatre profession focusing on current practices with valuable input from the profession and its…

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Book review: Hour of the Heart, Irvin D Yalom

The 'father of group therapy' moves to a different model of treatment.

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Upcoming Australian fiction and non-fiction for 2025, January to June

What will be in Australian bookshops this year? Here's a selection of new titles that will be released in the…

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