AWC graduate Melissa Garside builds on her children’s book publishing success
Melissa Garside always dreamed of becoming a published author, and her children’s novel, Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle, is out now with Riveted Press!
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/melissa-garside-lexie-moon-the-word-burgling-bungle/
How teacher and mum Nicole Kelly went from Creative Writing Stage 1 to two published novels
Nicole Kelly was working as a teacher in Ballarat, Victoria, and had just become a mum when she first enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Creative Writing Stage 1 course. She wanted to stay on track with her writing and invest in building her craft. Since then, Nicole has gone on to publish two novels: […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/nicole-kelly-shifters/
How Inessa Jackson went from stay-at-home mum to published crime novelist with Simon & Schuster
When Inessa Jackson left her career as PR Manager at eBay to be a stay-at-home mum, she was looking for a creative outlet – something to keep her brain active. She wondered if she had it in her to write a story. Starting with Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, Inessa went […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/inessa-jackson-devil-mountain/
How Penelope Janu built a bestselling romance fiction career
After more than 20 years as a solicitor and legal academic, Penelope Janu thought it was high time she finally followed her creative impulses. She completed a short course at the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC), which gave her the confidence to pursue a creative writing degree – and led to her first novel, In at the Deep End , being accepted for publication. She has since gone on to publish several more popular romance novels.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/penelope-janu-meet-the-lawyer-who-became-a-bestselling-romance-novelist/
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Reece Carter’s spooky success as a full-time children’s novelist
“I enrolled in Writing Middle Grade Fiction and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse , and the rest is history!”…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/reece-carter-a-girl-called-corpse/
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“I enrolled in Writing Children's Novels and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse, and the rest is history!”
From Furious Fiction to UQP: Seetha Dodd’s debut ‘Myra in the Middle’
Northern Beaches author Seetha Dodd’s debut junior-fiction novel Myra in the Middle is on bookshop shelves now with UQP – a warm, funny story about a seven-year-old soccer enthusiast and Maths buff whose world tilts sideways when her baby brother arrives. Illustrated by Peter Cheong, the book is Seetha’s love letter to grandmothers, soccer, Indian […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/seetha-dodd-myra-in-the-middle/
From illustrator to published author: Andrea Innocent’s ‘Lamington Left Behind’
Andrea Innocent has spent years bringing other people’s stories to life on the page – but the story that wouldn’t leave her alone was her own. Her debut middle-grade graphic novel, Lamington Left Behind, has been published by Hardie Grant. Its journey from haunting idea to 304 illustrated pages was shaped, in part, by the […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/andrea-innocent-lamington-left-behind/
Judith Stewart’s path from AWC courses to a debut novel with Affirm Press
When Sydney-based Judith Stewart – writing as Judith Katherine – first signed up to Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, she was a mum with three kids, no writing practice to speak of, and a growing suspicion that “I would get round to writing one day” was getting a little tired as […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/judith-stewart-simply-beside-herself/
Camille Booker’s joyful journey to successful author
Camille Booker had never allowed herself to imagine being a ‘real’ author one day – but faced with new motherhood and a demanding teaching job, she started to dream of the possibility. “I'd always loved reading, language, words, poetry,” she says. “Writing was my creative outlet: a way to avoid burn out, to escape the […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/camille-booker-the-woman-in-the-waves/
Wendy Rudge gave up cakes to write a book that could save lives
Wendy Rudge used to stand in the children’s section of her local library, running her hand along the spines of picture books, imagining what her own might look like shelved beside them. Now Ruby’s Perfect Fire Safety Plan, her debut picture book published by Wild Dog Books, is right there among them. For Wendy – […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/wendy-rudge-rubys-perfect-fire-safety-plan/
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