After ten years with the ideas for his novel The Nancys in his head, it took our Faber Writing Academy courses to finally bring Rob McDonald’s story to the page, and here he discusses how the Writing a Novel course, his tutors and fellow students helped him on the path to publication.… Read the rest
Nichola Beukes was our inaugural Faber Writing Academy scholarship winner for Patti Miller’s True Stories course, and here she shares her experiences of the course and the development of her writing.… Read the rest
Faber Writing Academy tutor Patti Miller shares advice on Finding Your Voice, from her book Writing True Stories.
All writers have a distinctive voice, which conveys a sense of their individual being on the page.… Read the rest
Faber Academy Alumni Renee McBryde discusses how she came to be a writer, and how the challenge of writing her first book – a confronting and moving memoir – was aided greatly by Patti Miller’s True Stories course. … Read the rest
We are thrilled to have recently published the debut novel of our 2015 Faber Writing Academy scholar Pip Smith, the remarkable Half Wild, one of the most original and exciting debuts we’ve read in some time.… Read the rest
Recently published debut author Shelly Unwin (no relation!) discusses the need to “own” your belief in being a writer, and how she came to write her picture book series.… Read the rest
How does a book get made into a movie? Ross Grayson Bell is the perfect person to answer this question. Ross was the Developer and Producer of the movie Fight Club starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, and is one of the senior judges for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.… Read the rest
Our Faber Writing Academy tutor Toni Jordan writes of her time teaching the Writing a Novel – Second Draft course this year with fellow tutor Patti Miller, and the long process of developing both a manuscript and a writer.… Read the rest
Faber Writing Academy alumni Rob McDonald shares his second coming out story, and discusses finding his identity as a writer.
The Dunedin Botanic Gardens are beautiful. I sit side by side with my Dad in the café whose roof is a giant faded concrete sun umbrella.… Read the rest
Narelle Hill, one of our Faber Writing Academy students, recently completed our Writing a Novel course in Melbourne, and explains the changes to her writing while undertaking the course.
A lot of people, including me, want to be published authors.… Read the rest
