2020 Words of the Year
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Furious Fiction December 2020 winner and shortlist
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Q&A: “Toe the line” or “tow the line”?
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How to break into freelance writing: Part 1
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COMP CLOSED: Our 10-book December pack
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Q&A: Recur vs reoccur
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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlist announced
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2020 Words of the Year
Every year, the world’s major dictionaries look at their data and announce their “word of the year”. And even though it’s based on search trends, the winning words typically go in all manner of lexical directions. In the past, we’ve had duck milkshakes, metrosexuals and even emojis. But choosing what
Furious Fiction December 2020 winner and shortlist
And so we arrive at the final Furious Fiction edition for this quiet, uneventful year. The criteria we required in December were: Each story had to include a GIFT of some kind. Each story’s first sentence had to contain only THREE words. The following words had to be used somewhere
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In Episode 373 of So You Want To Be A Writer: Meet Benjamin Stevenson, author of Either Side of Midnight. Valerie and Allison take a look at the words of the year! Plus, there are 10x double passes to The Dry to win, courtesy of Roadshow Films.
COMP CLOSED ‘The Dry’ double passes
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Q&A: “Toe the line” or “tow the line”?
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, we’re toe jamming… Q: Hi
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Q&A: Math vs maths, toward vs towards, lego vs legos
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Killing self-doubt: How to quiet that voice in your head and keep writing
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COMP CLOSED: Our 10-book December pack
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Q&A: Recur vs reoccur
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, we’re exploring recurring themes… Q:
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlist announced
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In Episode 367 of So You Want To Be A Writer: Meet Meg Keneally, author of The Wreck. Learn how to edit your second draft. Discover the reasons why publishers might reject good writing. Do you have niblings? Plus, we have 3 copies of The 2020 Dictionary by Dominic Knight to give away.
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