ACT Writers Centre launches professional development program for emerging fiction writers
The ACT Writers Centre in Canberra has launched a new professional development program aimed at emerging fiction writers, called Hardcopy. The six-month program, which is currently open for applications, is...
ACT Writers Centre discontinues festivals
ACT Writers Centre will not be holding a Writers Festival this year. The organisation held three small-sized festivals last year, the smaller festivals replacing the previous Canberra writers festival.The Weekly...
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HarperCollins book raises over $300,000 for bushfire appeal HarperCollins has announced that national sales from Black Saturday: Stories of Love, Loss and Courage from the Victorian Bushfires have ‘now contributed...
Three ‘mini festivals’ to replace Canberra Readers’ and Writers’ Festival
Three ‘mini festivals' will replace the Canberra Readers' and Writers' Festival this year, according to ACT Writers Centre director Anne-Maree Britton. ‘Basically, we've got two-and-a-half staff and a very active...
Ozco, CAL funds project to promote speculative Australian fiction in US
The organisers of the speculative fiction festival Conflux have received funding from the Australia Council's Literature Board and Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) to promote Australian fantasy and science fiction authors at...