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Chris Thompson’s introduction to Writers Victoria (then called the Victorian Writers’ Centre) took place in late 1990 when the organisation was located in Tasma Terrace in Parliament Place, East Melbourne. As Artistic Director of St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Chris went to the National Trust building to meet with Agnes Nieuwenhuizen to talk about her […]
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WV interviewed award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly Findlay in the lead-up to her Writeability advocacy writing workshops at this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival. When did you first start your blog and how has it developed you as a writer? I started this blog in 2009, while I was at university studying my masters
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Chris Wallace-Crabbe has been writing poetry since the age of 18 and continues to write poetry at the age of 80. He shares some of his wisdom with Sharona Lin ahead of his Month of Poetryworkshop. In all your time writing, have you ever wanted to pursue something else, or have you always known you
Maxine Beneba Clarke was announced as the winner of the 2014 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship at the Writers Victoria Salon last night. Clarke will use the $10,000 fellowship to work on Part Two of her proposed autobiography, ‘The Hate Race’ – a memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia. “Amid a rich field
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Heidi Everett was one of five writers with disability who received an inaugural Writeability Fellowship in 2013. The Fellowships, a joint initiative of Writers Victoria and Arts Access Victoria, enabled Heidi to work with mentor Lyndel Caffrey. “My Friend Fox is my story learning to live with schizophrenia and depression and the effects they have
Tom Reed has been announced as the winner of the inaugural RMIT–Writers Victoria Crime Writing Competition. RMIT creative writing, professional writing and screenwriting students were invited to submit a short piece of crime writing that they wanted to work on in the Cells for Writers studios at the Old Melbourne Gaol. Tom will make use
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Five writers with disability will receive six hours of free mentoring with authors, assessors and industry experts through the second annual Write-ability Fellowships announced this week. Fellowships were awarded to writers working in a range of styles and genres, including memoir, non-fiction, blogging, short story and poetry. “We received more than 35 applications from all
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With over 25 years’ experience in the industry, Clare has plenty of advice to help us break down the art of the dreaded synopsis. In Part 1 of this interview, Clare gave us her top tips on how to get your synopsis right. For Part 2, she shares her thoughts on the sort of things
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Writers Victoria sat down with Clare Allan-Kamil to get her take on the art of synopsis writing. As the synopsis is the first example of your writing an agent, editor or publisher sees, it’s vital to get it right – if they don’t like your synopsis they might not bother to read your sample chapters.
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Jack Waghorn was one of five writers with disability who received an inaugural Writeability Fellowship in 2013. The Fellowships, a joint initiative of Writers Victoria and Arts Access Victoria, enabled Jack to work with mentor Bethanie Blanchard. Following is an extract from Jack’s short story, which is part of ‘House of Shadows’ – an anthology
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