Join a supportive group of committed writers for two full days of fast-paced writing. Looking for quiet time and space where you can write uninterrupted? Join a supportive group of committed writers for two full days of fast-paced writ...
Sat 1 Jun - Sun 2 Jun
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Make 2024 your year – get the tools and support you need to complete the first draft of your novel, with Queensland Writers Centre's flagship program for emerging writers. Year of the Novel returns in 2024 so you can follow through wit...
Mon 21 Oct - Sat 7 Dec
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Make 2024 your year – get the tools and support you need to complete the first draft of your novel, with Queensland Writers Centre's flagship program for emerging writers. Year of the Novel returns in 2024 so you can follow through wit...
Thu 28 Mar - Sun 20 Oct
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Buckle up and turn those ideas into a workable narrative in just one weekend! Having published over 30 books within 20 years, Kim Wilkins knows a thing or two about planning, starting, and finishing a project in record time. Novelists'...
Sat 20 Apr - Sun 21 Apr
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Learn the art of research, how to weave fact into fiction and create three-dimensional characters. This workshop is designed to help writers use research to not only add layers to their story and characters, but to use as a promotional...
Sat 29 Jun - Sun 30 Jun
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
An intensive course designed to help you survive the next draft of your work-in-progress.. Over six evening workshops, join established editor, Laurel Cohn, as she guides you through a structural edit of your work-in-progress. Laurel t...
GenreCon returns as GenreCon 2025: Alchemy , headlined by bestselling New Zealand-based author Steff Green (Steffanie Holmes) and with a focus on turning your art into business. Join the waitlist here or use your exclusive presale cod...
Fri 28 Feb - Sat 1 Mar
Cultural Precinct, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Discover the twisting path to writing succcessful happy endings. Readers know that every romance novel has a happy ending, but our task as writers is to keep them guessing. Learn how to develop characters your readers really care about...
Join the local writing community each Friday to work on your own writing projects! Gold Coast Libraries and Queensland Writers Centre have teamed up to offer Gold Coast writers a space to cultivate their habit of writing and connect wi...
Fri 16 Aug, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Helensvale Library, 62 Sir John Overall Dr, Helensvale QLD 4212
New authors, aspiring writers and those interested in supporting our local writing community will find some gems in the library calendar this month. Writing Friday, facilitated by Queensland Writers Centre volunteers, will be held ever...
Writing Mondays is a free, volunteer-led program for Queensland writers at all levels. Where: Springfield Central Library, Cnr Main St and, Sirius Dr, Springfield Central QLD 4300 When: Every second Monday starting 12 February 2024 Tim...
Mon 22 Apr, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Cnr Main St and, Sirius Dr, Springfield Central QLD 4300
A half-day 'refresher', full of tips and tricks to quickly improve your every-day writing. Do you wish you could improve your writing? Do you know what a sentence is? Or a verb? How’s your grammar? Do you know the difference between ac...
Fri 19 Apr, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Explore the possibilities of counter-memory in memoir by mapping out, and questioning, the assumptions we hold of the world and ourselves. Many writers approaching memoir start with a set idea or narrative for their book: after all, wh...
Sat 27 Apr, 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Editing is a crucial skill in realising creative vision. After over 30 years experience teaching creative writing and working as a professional editor Dr Sally Breen will share her kitbag of tricks - from structural editorial to line l...
Sat 13 Apr, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
An eye-opening and inspirational introduction to the nuts and bolts of writing for children. Learn all about the genres, formats, styles, and word counts required for children's and young adult books. This workshop will demystify the w...
Sat 18 May, 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Publishing is a business with not just one straightforward path to publication – there are many ways you can realise that dream of seeing your name on a book. And the key to achieving that dream is understanding how the publishing indu...
Sat 11 May, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Take a deep dive into your connections with the natural world in this interactive masterclass, and shift your perceptions of nature from a sensorial experience to a felt experience, and ultimately be guided in ways to imagine nature be...
Sun 19 May, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Improve your writing of place as a key component of powerful fiction. Australian novelist Alexis Wright wrote that ‘place extends, a particular place is not separate and just of itself. We are part of the world—all related. And all par...
Sun 26 May, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Book Links Mentorship 2024 Description Book Links is offering a mentorship open only to Book Links members. Applicants are invited to submit a synopsis and the first two chapters or first 6000 words, of a work of fiction for either jun...
Fri 26 Jul, 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Step up from "foodie" to "food writer" as you learn how to craft compelling culinary prose - whether for your own audience or to pique the interest of editors. Are you keen to shape your family recipes and food stories into a book, sta...
Sun 16 Jun, 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101