It would seem there are plenty of opportunities out there for young writers and other creatives if you know where to look. Whether you’re a young person wanting to know where to submit your work, or a teacher hoping to inspire the creative children and teenagers in your care, I’ve gathered a stack of current […]
Have you ever tried to find out about someone, perhaps an elusive ancestor, but found little trace of them in the history books or other official records? It’s often the case when researching family history, and it was certainly my experience when writing Many Hearts, One Voice. When I started researching the story of the War Widows’ […]
NB: This post is an edited version of a speech I gave at the launch of the anthology, Truth or Lies, for the KSP Writers’ Centre Past Tense group on 11 June 2016. I still have to pinch myself that I’m primarily an author of non-fiction – because I always dreamed of being a novelist. […]
I recently spent time with a young friend who expresses his creativity across multiple platforms. On this occasion, he needed advice about the writing, editing and publishing process. As I prepared to meet with him, I undertook a little research into possible competitions and publishing opportunities for his work. Turns out there’s quite a few in the coming […]
Here I sit, tucked away in my cabin in the hills. I’m looking out through the trees to the cityscape, listening to the birdsong, and ruminating over the weekend that was the 2016 Perth Writers Festival. I’ve attended the Perth Writers Festival for a number of years, but this was my first as a published […]
In case you haven’t heard, I’m currently enjoying the role of emerging writer-in-residence at the Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre – so named because the house and surrounding grounds in the Perth foothills were once home to writer Katharine Susannah Prichard and her husband Hugo Throssell, VC. I first heard of Katharine Susannah Prichard when […]