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Breathing Life into History: Historical Fiction
Historical novels come in many forms, appealing to a huge range of markets across age groups. When we enjoy reading books, we don’t always notice what makes them work for us. What do we love about historical fiction, and how do we transport readers to other times and places in our own writing? Through reading samples, writing exercises and workshopping participants will develop skills and strategies to inhabit their historical worlds more fully, breathing life into their fiction and making it sing.-
The Winners of the 2022 Emerging Writers Competition
Writers Victoria is delighted to announce the winners and runners-up of the 2022 Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. Now in its thirteenth year, the prize supports emerging Victorian writers. Winners of the fiction and non-fiction categories will receive a $1000 cash prize, with second prizes of $250 awarded to a runner-up in each category. …
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