What is Writing Bar?
Writing Bar is the blog of the Australian Writers' Centre. You'll find resources, tips, videos, podcasts and a range of guidelines to help you in all aspects of writing. Explore, contribute and drop us a line!
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Hannah Richell finds great solace in her writing but admits it also takes discipline to write on a regular basis especially with two active children to care for. Hear what she has to say about taking the time to write plus a whole lot more. [...]
Peter Baines had a successful career as a high ranking NSW policeman when the devastating tsunami of 2004 changed his life forever. We interviewed him recently about this life changing event, what his life is like now, and the book he has written to recount his work since those dark days. [...]
She loves scientific research, admits to wearing red Ugg boots, and has written a book about death. So just who is Bianca Nogrady? [...]
Hannah Richell finds great solace in her writing but admits it also takes discipline to write on a regular basis especially with two active children to care for. Hear what she has to say about taking the time to write plus a whole lot more. [...]
Peter Baines had a successful career as a high ranking NSW policeman when the devastating tsunami of 2004 changed his life forever. We interviewed him recently about this life changing event, what his life is like now, and the book he has written to recount his work since those dark days. [...]
She loves scientific research, admits to wearing red Ugg boots, and has written a book about death. So just who is Bianca Nogrady? [...]
We’d love you to take a second to meet Tim Gooding, a man of many creative pursuits, and presenter of the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Screenwriting Stage 1 course. [...]
If you’re an author looking for exciting new mediums in which to distribute your work then this is the opportunity for you. Bloomsbury publishing is launching a digital imprint called Bloomsbury Spark, a publishing platform dedicated to producing an expansive range of fiction eBooks to teen, young adults and [...]
Allison Rushby, a successful author who dreamed, as a little girl, of being a ballerina with pierced ears, is about to release her new book “The Heiresses”. We thought that made this the perfect opportunity to ask her about all things writing-oriented … and naturally, find out about her cider making skills … [...]
Congratulations to Sneh Roy, Sydney-based food blogger, who was announced today as the winner of the annual Best Australian Blogs competition. You can check out all the winners here. [...]
The five books shortlisted in Australia’s largest award for business writing, the Ashurst Business Literature Prize have been selected. Who has made the list? [...]
Please stop by and meet Kylie Ladd, who is a novelist and freelance writer, and the presenter of the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Creative Writing Stage 1 course in Melbourne. [...]
Trevor Young is a PR and social media communications consultant, speaker and coach who helps companies and individuals to increase the intensity of connection they have with the people who matter most to the success of their business, cause or issue. His new book is microDOMINATION: How to leverage social media and content marketing to build a mini-business empire around your personal brand. [...]
The finalists for the Best Australia Blogs 2013 Competition have been announced. Congratulations everyone! [...]
Struggling to remember some of the basics of grammar and punctuation? Maybe this poem by Deb Doyle, the presenter of our Grammar and Punctuations Essentials course, will help you out. [...]
Books, like music and certain scents, possess a potent ability to conjure up long-dormant memories. Just how potent was brought home to me when I read that E. L. Konigsburg, author of From the The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil. E. Frankweiler (1967), and about 20 other books [...]
How do you see the world? That’s the question Prada poses as it launches its writing competition. [...]
Melbourne author Carrie Tiffany is the winner of the inaugural Stella Prize. The literary awards season is now upon us and more prize longlists were announced in the last week, including the Kibble Awards (another prize for women writers) and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. [...]
Writing Bar is the blog of the Australian Writers' Centre. You'll find resources, tips, videos, podcasts and a range of guidelines to help you in all aspects of writing. Explore, contribute and drop us a line!
Hannah Richell finds great solace in her writing but admits it also takes discipline to write on a regular basis especially with two active children to care for. Hear what she has to say about taking the time to write plus a whole lot more. [...]
Santa may have departed our shores for another year but a grammar mistake committed in his name lives on. And once again it’s the apostrophe that suffers. [...]
Proof positive that Peter F Hamilton is the king of intelligent space opera, “Great North Road” is a gripping read, and a reminder that the future, no matter how glittering its promise, is just as flawed, and deadly, as the present. [...]
You may have heard that writing a book for children or young adults is easy, but Judith Ridge, presenter at the Sydney Writers’ Centre and children’s book expert, wants you to know the truth! Here she busts 3 top myths about writing for younger readers. [...]
