For over 20 years, Conor Kostick has been teaching his popular 10-week Finish Your Novel course at the Irish Writers Centre and Varuna are delighted to offer it in Australia and New Zealand for the first time.
Applications close 23 May
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This small online masterclass for First Nations writers of all genres uses reading as a tool to sharpen artistic vision and ambition.
Applications close 11 July
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An international online residency with writers from Ireland and Australia, held in collaboration with the Irish Writers Centre.
Applications close 13 May
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We want to support you to prioritise your writing. We have created this range of online writing courses with our Alumni to give you the flexibility to find the time to write, at your own pace and in at a time that suits you, to develop your skills with the guidance of fellow writers.
Crafting Point of View with Jane Messer now available
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This online masterclass is designed to expand and nurture your practice as a poet. We’ll create an encouraging and inspiring community, and support the creation and development of work, from single poems to sequences, and explore how to build a collection.
Applications have closed for this program
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This four-week intensive masterclass for writers at all stages of their careers offers the opportunity to get started on a new writing project or breathe life into a project you have abandoned or are struggling with.
Applications have closed for this program
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This 10-week online workshop series with Roanna Gonsalves is a craft-based masterclass focused on beginnings and endings, points of view, characterisation, language and the handling of time.
Applications have closed for this program.
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Make 2024 your year. In this nine-month online workshop series Kris Kneen will lead a small group of writers to work together with the aim of each writer finishing a draft of their memoir.
Applications have closed for this program.
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Led by award-winning writer, teacher and Mununjali author Ellen van Neerven, this small online class for First Nations writers of all genres uses reading as a tool to sharpen artistic vision and ambition
Applications are now closed
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