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What was your favourite book you read in 2021?

One of the best ways to discover something new is through ‘word of mouth’ recommendations. It could be a bottle of wine, a movie, someone to clean your gutters or even something great to read. We know for a fact that our community has read a lot of books this

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: WIN our 15-book Holiday Reading pack

This is it – the big end of year competition to shower ONE lucky reader with a whopping 15 books in our Holiday Reading Book Pack! (Don’t worry, we won’t shower you with the books; that could get dangerous.) The AWC elves have selected a diverse range of genres –

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Podcast: So You Want to be a Copywriter
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Ep 026: How an Australian actor landed his dream job in a hot ad agency

Even if you have zero knowledge about copywriting, you can reinvent yourself and land the job of your dreams. Discover how Louis Lucente did just that by doing a copywriting course at the Australian Writers’ Centre. One year on, he’s working with some of Australia’s biggest brands. Louis Lucente is

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5 writing courses to gift this Christmas Australian Writers' Centre
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5 writing courses to gift this Christmas

Forget the designer notebook and expensive pen. This year, why not give the gift of creativity to the writer in your life with an Australian Writers’ Centre gift voucher? It’s ideal for an aspiring writer to take the next step with their creative interests, whatever they may be. Valid for

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: WIN our Young Adult fiction book pack

If you love Young Adult (YA) fiction, here’s your chance to stock up for the holidays with our 5-book pack of recent YA releases. This exciting mix of books will make the perfect Christmas gifts for young readers in your life, or you can keep them to yourself as new

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

Furious Fiction November 2021 winner and shortlist

In this edition of Furious Fiction, we’ve been packing our bags. But no, we aren’t disappearing for good. These were November’s criteria: Your story must include someone PACKING A SUITCASE. Your story must include the phrase “ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM” (as dialogue or narrative). Your story must include the words

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Podcast: So You Want to be a Writer
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Ep 454: Meet Nicola Marsh, author of ‘Summer of Serenity’, ‘The Scandal’ and 76 other romance and domestic suspense novels

Meet Nicola Marsh, author of ‘Summer of Serenity’, ‘The Scandal’ and 76 other romance and domestic suspense novels. Ayliffe’s John Bailey series gets optioned for screen. If you’re buying our book ‘So you want to be a writer’ for someone this Christmas, remember the Christmas mailing deadlines from Australia Post. Plus, you could win a book pack of FIVE crime and thriller fiction releases from 2021.

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: WIN our 5-book crime and thriller pack

With the holiday season fast approaching, here’s your chance to secure some new reading material with not one, not two, but FIVE crime and thriller novels – all released in 2021. Not only are these five books sure to keep the edge of your seat busy with their gripping narratives,

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

Short story competitions to enter in 2021

A deadline and a prize – what better writing motivation is there? If your 2021 goal is to get your writing momentum fired up, flex those writing muscles or to test your writing techniques – and possibly earn some cash on the side – then short story competitions are the

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

The 2022 Penguin Literary Prize is now open

Want the chance to be published with Penguin Random House and receive a $20,000 advance? Well, the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize is now open and awaiting your submission!  Launched  in 2017, the prize was established to find, nurture and develop new Australian authors of literary fiction. Every year the Penguin

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Podcast: So You Want to be a Writer
Australian Writers' Centre Team

Ep 452: Meet Fiona Murphy, author of ‘The Shape of Sound’

Meet Fiona Murphy, author of ‘The Shape of Sound’. Prizes for unpublished manuscripts that are now open. Discover your must-read lists for children’s and young adult books. Plus, we have 10 double passes to ‘A Boy Called Christmas’, in cinemas 25 November to give away.

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: WIN double passes to ‘A Boy Called Christmas’

This week, we’re giving you the chance to win one of 10 double passes to the new film, A Boy Called Christmas – based on the international bestseller by Matt Haig. The film is in cinemas nationwide from 25 November. Here’s a quick synopsis: The origin story of Father Christmas

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