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Writing Podcast Episode 512: Meet Allie Reynolds, author of The Bay. And Grace Chan talks about how she got her big break.
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Writing Podcast Episode 511: Meet Julie Fison, author of the compelling novel ‘One Punch’
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Enter the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize
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COMP CLOSED: ‘Murder in Williamstown’ by Kerry Greenwood
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VIDEO: Dani Vee on her picture book ‘My EXTRAordinary Mum’
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Q&A: “Fancy dress” vs “costume parties”
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5 reasons why you should write middle-grade fiction
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Writing Podcast Episode 510: Meet New York Times bestselling author Ellie Marney on her latest novel ‘The Killing Code‘.
Meet New York Times bestselling author Ellie Marney on her latest novel The Killing Code. And debut author Grace Chan talks about how she got
COMP CLOSED: ‘The Killing Code’ by Ellie Marney
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Copywriting Podcast Episode 045: How to turn your passion for wine into copywriting profit
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VIDEO: Angela Slatter on developing her author career and her novel ‘The Path of Thorns’
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Writing Podcast Episode 509: Meet popular middle grade author Oliver Phommavanh, who talks about his book ‘What About Thao?’
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Q&A: The origin of “odds”
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Writing Podcast Episode 508: Meet memoirist Lee Kofman, author of ‘The Writer Laid Bare’.
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COMP CLOSED: ‘The Whitewash’ by Siang Lu
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How Australian Writers’ Centre graduate Louise Bassett found success writing murder and mayhem
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Writing Podcast Episode 507: Meet Dani Vee, author of My EXTRAordinary Mum
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Q&A: “Jewelry” vs “jewellery”
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VIDEO: Ruth Ware on hitting the New York Times bestseller list 7 times and her latest novel ‘The It Girl’
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VIDEO: Sulari Gentill on her mystery novel ‘The Woman in the Library’
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Writing Podcast Episode 512: Meet Allie Reynolds, author of The Bay. And Grace Chan talks about how she got her big break.
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Q&A: Why are they called “king” and “queen” beds?
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, the royal treatment… Q: Hey
Writing Podcast Episode 511: Meet Julie Fison, author of the compelling novel ‘One Punch’
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COMP CLOSED: ‘Murder in Williamstown’ by Kerry Greenwood
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VIDEO: Dani Vee on her picture book ‘My EXTRAordinary Mum’
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Q&A: “Fancy dress” vs “costume parties”
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Writing Podcast Episode 510: Meet New York Times bestselling author Ellie Marney on her latest novel ‘The Killing Code‘.
Meet New York Times bestselling author Ellie Marney on her latest novel The Killing Code. And debut author Grace Chan talks about how she got her book deal. You can listen to the episode below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or add the podcast RSS feed manually to your favourite podcast app.
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Copywriting Podcast Episode 045: How to turn your passion for wine into copywriting profit
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Q&A: The origin of “odds”
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, odd ones out… Q: Hi
Writing Podcast Episode 508: Meet memoirist Lee Kofman, author of ‘The Writer Laid Bare’.
Meet memoirist Lee Kofman, author of The Writer Laid Bare. And how to repurpose the research for your novel so it doesn’t go to waste. And win The Whitewash by Siang Lu. You can listen to the episode below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or add the podcast RSS feed manually to
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How Australian Writers’ Centre graduate Louise Bassett found success writing murder and mayhem
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Q&A: “Jewelry” vs “jewellery”
Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, ringing the changes… Q: Hi
VIDEO: Ruth Ware on hitting the New York Times bestseller list 7 times and her latest novel ‘The It Girl’
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