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Writing Podcast Episode 741: Crime-thriller author A.A. Dhand dispenses his latest novel, ‘The Kingpin’
Real-life pharmacist and acclaimed British author A.A. Dhand says the only difference between medicine and poison is the dose – a fantastic backdrop for his most recent books, of which The Kingpin is his latest. In this episode, A.A Dhand explores the world of crime/thriller,…
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WIN ‘The Centre’ by Hannah Tunnicliffe
This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Centre by Hannah Tunnicliffe. When heartbroken, jobless Annie moves in with her sunny sister Clover on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, she watches Clover fall deeper under the spell of Lumelia, a wellness guru running the mysterious…
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The novel that began on a blank page in a prison: Jacinta Crealy’s ‘Alice’
Jacinta Crealy submitted the manuscript of Alice: A Tasmanian Story to one publisher, Forty South Publishing in Tasmania, and then put it out of her mind because she was certain nothing would come of a single submission. A few weeks later she was having a meal at the Empire…
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Furious Fiction: October 2026 Story Showcase
This month, we challenged you to take your storytelling to new heights. Literally. Let’s recap what October’s prompts were: Your story had to open on A ROOFTOP. Your story had to feature a character who has run out of something. Your story had to include the following words:…
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Writing opportunity: Artlink Opens Submissions for Its Latest Issue
Looking for your next writing opportunity? Artlink is calling on writers to contribute to its upcoming issue, ‘Your Shout: The Open Issue’, exploring fresh perspectives and thought-provoking ideas in contemporary art. With commissioned work paid, this is a great opportunity to…
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Writing Podcast Episode 740: Seetha Dodd and her junior fiction debut, ‘Myra in the Middle’
Are YOU a middle child? Author and AWC grad Seetha Dodd is, and that’s just one of the parallels between her life and the characters in her debut junior-fiction novel, Myra in the Middle – a fabulous take on finding your place in your family, and the world. In this episode,…
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COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘Missing Molly’ by Natalie Barelli
This week, we’re giving away three copies of Missing Molly by Natalie Barelli. Rachel Holloway has built a quiet new life in London – but her newspaper’s true-crime podcast is investigating the cold case she’s been hiding from all along: her own. As the story goes viral and…
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Writing Podcast Episode 739: Adam Geczy looks through the lens of his new book, ‘Glasses’
Glasses are a necessity for some, a curiosity for others, and even a status symbol in other contexts. So when Sydney-based academic Adam Geczy was tasked with writing about this ubiquitous item for the Object Lessons book series, how did he go about it (without making a…
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COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘The Garden of Lost Girls’ by A. L. Tait
This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Garden of Lost Girls by A. L. Tait. Thirty years after eighteen-year-old Jessica vanished on the opening night of her own play, her nephew Sam and his cousins are cast in the anniversary production meant to jog memories and solve…
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Writing Podcast Episode 738: Bridie Blake and her debut rom-com, ‘The Boyfriend Clause’
Some authors dream of writing when they’re young but leave it behind to focus on another career. But not Bridie Blake, who instead quit university and made her work fit around her publishing aspirations. After pivoting from YA to romance, she published her debut rom-com novel,…
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“You have a story”: how a former paramedic found her voice again
Former paramedic Kylie Edwards had never written before she enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Personal Storytelling for Veterans and First Responders course. By the end of it, she believed she could write a memoir. “This has changed my life and given me back my…
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COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘The Lady with the Dog’ by Carrie Tiffany
This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Lady with the Dog by Carrie Tiffany. An elderly woman brings home a new dog from the pound, but as her memory falters, the boundaries between past and present – and even the dog’s own identity – begin to dissolve. Illustrated with…