Writing and Publishing
Vale 2025: saluting those we lost this year
We remember the giants of the arts and creative sector in our Vale 2025 tribute.
The joy of rereading old books (and ditching new release anxiety)
Publishing hype tells us we have to buy 'urgent' new books â but there's so much to be gained from…
Writers Victoria
Memory to Story: Migration and Exile
In this workshop, participants will learn how to deconstruct the lived experiences of migration and exile, whether painful or joyful,…
Writers Victoria
Going the Distance: Writing Life Through Biography
Writing a compelling biography requires more than just a good story. It demands rigorous research, effective organisation and the discipline…
Writers Victoria
Start Your Novel Workshop and Online Feedback Clinic
This workshop will give you all the tools you need to make sure this is the year you begin (and…
Slam poets prepare for the 2025 Bread & Butter Poetry Slampionship at Sydney Opera House
A regular slam poetry night is moving to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to decide the 2025 Bread…
You write like AI, people think it's AI generatedâwhat should you do?
AI writing can be obvious, repetitive and obvious, leading to a tapestry of issues for human writersâlet's delve into this…
In 2026, can we please have fewer books published in Australia?
Publisher and all-round book lover Terri-ann White thinks too many books are published and rails against the cult of the…
The Heir Apparent review: Rebecca Armitage has right royal fun
Hollywood royalty Reese Witherspoon has given her nod of approval to The Heir Apparent, choosing it as the December pick…
Kelly Gardiner, New Page Writing Retreats
Weekend retreat: Transform your writing
This intensive fiction retreat is fully residential at Continental House, a heritage guesthouse in beautiful Hepburn Springs, Victoria. Your retreat…