The Banjo Prize 2022 is currently open for submissions for novel-length manuscripts. Run by major publisher HarperCollins, and now in its fifth year, the prestigious prize is looking for Australia’s next great storyteller. “We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into,” the publisher says on its website about
Meet Astrid Scholte, author of League of Liars. And what is “front and back matter” anyway? Plus we have 3 copies of Booth by Karen Joy Fowler to giveaway!
Courses taken at AWC:
Writing Picture Books
Reinvent Yourself
“I knew it was worth taking the time to workshop it a bit and, serendipitously, an AWC Writing Picture Books course was starting the following week. I took the leap and signed up straight away,” Rebecca says.
That manuscript became Facing the Wave and it has now been published by Larrikin House.
“I was very excited to be published from my first pitch and I know that the things I learned through the AWC helped me be as prepared as possible.”
Charmers, liars, drinkers and dreamers, they will change history forever… This week’s giveaway book comes from Karen Joy Fowler – the Booker-shortlisted million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Her new novel is Booth – an epic story about the infamous, ill-fated Booth family. Junius is the
Congratulations to all the wonderful authors, illustrators and publishers who have made it onto the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s (CBCA) shortlisted books for 2022. We’re particularly chuffed for the talented graduates from our Writing Picture Books course – children’s authors Vikki Conley, Sandhya Parappukkaran and author/illustrator Freda Chiu –
Recently, we asked our AWC community to share their favourite ‘mantra’ or words that inspire them each day. Having your own mission statement with which you live your life can be a powerful thing – highly recommended! A huge thank you to ALL of you who sent us your phrases,
Meet Patrick Gale, author of Mother’s Boy. Discover what to write in an author bio. And we have 3 copies of The Plant Hunter by T.L. Mogford to giveaway.
‘A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere and exotic life’ – WILLIAM BOYD This week’s giveaway book is The Plant Hunter by T.L. Mogford – set across two continents in Victorian times. We have three copies to be won. Here is the synopsis: 1867: Harry Compton is as far from a plant
Email is one of the most important channels for generating new leads. While some say email is ‘dead’, nothing could be further from the truth. Just ask Liz Green. Liz is an email copywriting expert and is flat-chat with work and booked out weeks in advance. There are secrets to
Courses taken at AWC:
Writing Picture Books
Presenting to Kids
“Enrolling on the course meant I had actually invested in myself and my dream,” Jeanette says. “While I was taking the course, I felt a strong sense of ‘this is what I should be doing’.”
Jeanette’s decision to invest in herself paid off and she can now call herself a published author. Her debut picture book Shadow and the Girl has been released by Red Paper Kite with illustrations by Demelsa Haughton.
Here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we often teach the importance of harnessing moments of inspiration to spark your storytelling. These are a valuable and renewable resource – not only powering your writing, but also your own life’s story. Because just like a novel, sometimes your life needs moments of inspiration to
What is a ‘comp title’ and why you need to know this. Meet Shankari Chandran, author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. And we have 3 copies of Impossible by Sarah Lotz to give away.
This week’s giveaway book is the newly-released and irresistibly titled Impossible, from Sarah Lotz. This is a book with “the IMPOSSIBLE twist” – and we have three copies to be won. We’ll let the synopsis take it from here: Meet Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog owner. Meet Bee: Serial
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HQ (a publishing division of HarperCollins) have recently revealed the shortlist for the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for unpublished manuscripts. And we are happy-dancing our hearts out for the two talented writers and alumnae of the Australian Writers’ Centre that we spotted
Penguin Random House Australia has just revealed the shortlist for the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize. We were excited to spot some members of our AWC community on the list – with Annette Higgs, Katelin Farnsworth and Darcy-Lee Tindale among the shortlisted authors. Big congrats! Previous winners of this prestigious prize
The rise of BookTok and its incredible effect on the publishing industry. Books by women now achieving parity in media reviews. Why you need to beware of widows and orphans. Meet Nita Prose, author of the worldwide bestseller ‘The Maid’. And we have 3 copies of 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard to give away.
No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead… With crime fiction continuing to dominate the bestseller charts year after year, this week’s giveaway pick is sure to be a popular one. The book is the “brilliantly claustrophobic and twisty turny thriller” 56 Days by Catherine
Are you are one of those copywriters who need a website, have been putting it off because it’s just too hard, and you know you are losing business to those who do have one? In this episode you’ll learn exactly what you need to create your website and how to
What to do if you’re stuck writing your first line. Crime author Dinuka McKenzie on writing her Banjo Prize-winner ‘The Torrent’, and we have 3 copies of the novel to give away.
A loving husband lost to devastating summer floods. A teenage girl injured during a robbery. Two seemingly unconnected cases that will push a detective to the brink. This week’s giveaway book is The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie – winner of the 2020 HarperCollins Banjo Prize and one of AWC’s very
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