Six Month Courses
True Stories: Writing Memoir and Narrative Non-Fiction
with Patti Miller
19 January – 19 July 2012
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest
Course fee: $5,950 (inc GST)
True Stories – Writing Memoir and Narrative Non-Fiction is a six-month intensive course for new and more established writers who want to concentrate on creating memoir or narrative non-fiction. It is the first time a six-month course in memoir and non-fiction has been offered in Australia, presenting an opportunity for the development of a complete draft under expert guidance. It is a practical course, using readings, discussion and exercises to develop skills and explore the richness of the genre and the joys, challenges and possibilities for the writer of 'true stories'.
'Writing a Novel' 6 Month Course
with Kathryn Heyman and James Bradley
Course begins February 2012
Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin,
83 Alexander St,
Crows Nest NSW 2065
Price: $6,500 (inc GST)
Two classes of 15 students
Short Courses
Writing Memoir
4–6 November 2011
Course Director: Sophie Cunningham
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest
Course fee: $750
This intensive three-day workshop with author and editor Sophie Cunningham, as well as a guest writer, is not just concerned with the craft of writing memoir, but with the way that memoir enters fiction and other forms of nonfiction.
Writing and Place
18–20 November 2011
Course Director: Sophie Cunningham
East Melbourne Library
122 George Street
East Melbourne 3002
Course fee: $750
For most writers, 'where?' is the very first question they must ask themselves before they begin. A sense of place - of landscapes both external and internal - is everything, intrinsically linked to voice, story and character. But creating these textures is no easy task.
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Getting Started: Writing Fiction with Rosie Scott
4 October – 13 December 2011
Course Director: Rosie Scott
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest
Course fee: $2950
Getting Started is a course for those who have always wanted to write fiction but haven't and for those who have begun a first novel or short stories but need confidence and inspiration to continue.
Writing the Past: History and the Writer's Imagination
19 - 21 August 2011 10am-5pm
Course Director: Hsu-Ming Teo with Guest Tutor Tom Keneally
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest
Course fee: $750
A three-day workshop for those interested in incorporating history into their creative writing – whether literary fiction, genres such as crime, thriller, or romance fiction, biography or family history.
Getting Published: Insiders reveal how to get your foot in the door
Saturday 23 July 2011 10am-5pm
with Sue Hines and Annette Barlow
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest
Course fee: $295
A one-day course offering aspiring writers the opportunity to find out what really goes on inside a publishing house, how publishers make their choices and how to improve one's chances of publication. The program will include sessions on sure-fire proposals, editing your first page, opening chapters, how to write a great covering letter and the top ten reasons manuscripts are rejected.
