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Untold stories of pride

Jax-Jacki Brown is a feminist, disability and queer rights activist, as well as a freelance writer, spoken-word performer and workshop presenter. In the lead-up to hosting the Writeability Salon at the Emerging Writers Festival, she gave Sharona Lin an insight into writing, disability and ‘Untold Stories of Pride’. You’re a feminist, disability and queer rights …

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Ask an ALAA Agent: Tips and Tricks for Marketing and Promoting Your Digital Debut

‘Social media does not constitute a marketing plan.’ – Judith Curr, President and Publisher of the Atria Publishing Group. Many Australian publishers now have a direct-to-digital imprint, whether for genre fiction, such as the romance imprints: Escape (Harlequin), Destiny (Penguin Random House), or HarperImpulse (HarperCollins). Other companies such as Momentum (Pan Macmillan) and Xoum publish …

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Golden Rules for Writing Groups

Some geniuses write alone. Without a single word of encouragement or criticism, these annoyingly self-motivated authors emerge with a fully formed masterpiece ready for publication. For the rest of us, being part of a community of other writers helps us polish our work and find new publishing opportunities – not to mention helping us maintain …

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Ask an ALAA Agent – Get a Grip on Life

Some of Australia’s most remarkable and inspiring stories stem from true life. Told in voices plain, ornate, and everything in between, first-person accounts serve many purposes and begin from diverse places. A great number of successful books are sparked by the writer’s curiosity about a detail of family, which has always been puzzling or unspoken: …

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Ask an ALAA Agent – Selling Rights

I begin every talk I ever give – no matter what the subject – by telling people they need to have something worth selling. It applies to agents, publishers, and authors. The best description of something worth selling is: a good story, well told. This applies to fiction, narrative non-fiction and children’s books.

Writing Fellows and competition winners announced

The recipients of the annual Glenfern Fellowships and emerging writers’ competition have been announced. Glenfern Fellowships The 2014 Glenfern Fellowships for Mid-Career and Established Writers (supported by the Readings Foundation) were awarded to Jennifer Down, Lee Kofman and Christian Ryan. The 2014 Glenfern Fellowships for Emerging Writers (supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Trust) were …

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