One of our most popular Faber Writing Academy courses is Patti Miller’s True Stories, which sells out year after year and it’s no surprise either, with many established and debut authors testifying to the impact of her teaching on their writing.… Read the rest
Pip Smith, 2015 scholarship winner for our Faber Writing Academy Writing a Novel course in Sydney shares what she learned during the course:
Sometimes it feels as if my novel-writing process grinds forward with the speed of shifting tectonic plates.… Read the rest
After lots of great writing advice for NaNoWriMo from published authors Jack Heath, Margo Lanagan and Lili Wilkinson, we asked Faber Writing Academy alumni Philippa Brandon how she’d compare our six month Writing A Novel course with the one month writing blast of NaNoWriMo.… Read the rest
Some people, I know, don’t believe in coincidences. But let’s just use the word as shorthand for how I ended up at Faber Writing Academy.
I was floundering. Harper Collins had agreed to publish my first book and all I had to do was write the thing.… Read the rest
We’ve had an astonishing run of alumni success stories recently, most notably Jayne Newling winning the Human Right Commission Award for Literature, so we’ve rounded up and highlighted a few of them in celebration of our fabulous Faber Writing Academy students.… Read the rest
Faber Writing Academy alumna Leah De Forest tells us about her experiences on our Writing A Novel course with Carrie Tiffany in Melbourne last year.
I like to colour-code my rejections.… Read the rest
Congratulations to Jayne Newling, whose incredibly moving memoir Missing Christopher: A mother’s story of tragedy, grief and love has won the 2014 Literature prize at the Australian Human Rights Commission Awards.… Read the rest
We recently showcased some of the successes from our Faber Academy students, including Jill Lever who’s book “The Worm Who Knew Karate” which will be published by Penguin in 2015.… Read the rest
