Courses - Sydney
Six-Month Courses
Writing a Novel
with Kathryn Heyman and James Bradley
and guests Markus Zusak, Margo Lanagan, Delia Falconer, Charlotte Wood and Michael Robotham
Course begins 6 March 2012
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest NSW 2065
(Please note access is via stairs)
Course fee: $5,950 (inc GST)
Two classes of a maximum of 15 students each
Writing a Novel is an intensive, practical course for writers ready to make the leap into creating a full length work of fiction. Using a combination of writing exercises, readings and discussions, this course will focus on the joy of novel writing and lead to the development of a full draft of a novel.
Short Courses
Getting Published: Insiders reveal how to get your foot in the door
with Sue Hines
Saturday 2 June 2012
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest NSW 2065
(Please note access is via stairs)
Course Fee: $295 (inc. GST)
Maximum of 15 students
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.
Writing the Past: Using History in Fiction and Non-Fiction
with Hsu-Ming Teo
and guest Gail Jones
24 - 26 August 2012
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest NSW 2065
(Please note access is via stairs)
Course fee: $750 (inc GST)
Maximum of 15 students
A three-day course 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.
Upcoming Courses
The following courses will be scheduled in the future. Check the website for updated details or register your interest now at faberacademy@allenandunwin.com. For more information please do not hesitate to contact Edwina Johnson on (02) 8425 0171 or Isabella Penna on (02) 8425 0100.
Writing Memoir
This intensive three-day workshop is not just concerned with the craft of writing memoir, but with the way that memoir enters fiction and other forms of nonfiction. The course discusses and explores the inevitability of memoir entering a writer's work and how to use it effectively.
Getting Published as a Writer for Children
This one-day course offers new writers for children an understanding of what goes on inside a publishing house, how publishers make their choices, how to give themselves the best chance of publication and what to expect from the publishing process. It also provides an opportunity to discuss the author-publisher relationship with an experienced author and illustrator.
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True Stories: Writing Memoir and Narrative Non-Fiction
An 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'.
Armed and Dangerous: The Craft of Crime Fiction
Crime writing is an exciting, wide-ranging and creatively satisfying genre. This comprehensive six-week course is aimed at writers who need help in establishing the early bearings of a story idea, as well as those who have begun a novel but have stalled and require advice or encouragement on how to make it to that elusive final chapter.
