Want to know what it’s like doing our Faber Writing Academy Writing a Novel course? Journalist Diana Jenkins shares her experiences of the course so far, what she’s learnt from our tutors, and how it’s helping progress her novel (and also comments on course catering & our eating habits!).… Read the rest
Karen Comer, a recent student on our Faber Writing Academy workshop Revise, Revise, Revise… shares her experiences from the course, what she took away, and how she’s learning the meaning of the word tenacity. … Read the rest
Much like our recent post on Rewriting the Rules, Debra Jopson explains how she went from writing journalism for a living to writing fiction, and how our Faber Writing Academy course helped her learn to live in a fictional world.… Read the rest
We’re overjoyed that Charlotte Wood has won The Stella Prize with her remarkable novel The Natural Way of Things. Our staff have been HUGE supporters of this book since it first landed on our desks, reviewers and readers swiftly followed suit, and the discussions haven’t stopped and look unlikely to do so anytime soon.… Read the rest
Margo Lanagan shares great insights into what makes (or breaks) an award winning manuscript, from her unique personal experience as both an unsuccessful Vogel’s Literary Award entrant and then, later, as an award winning author and Vogel’s Award judge.… Read the rest
Alexandra Joel, one of many successful alumini of Patti Miller’s Writing True Stories courses, has just published her memoir Rosetta, and writes about how a Faber Writing Academy course helped shape her writing from a journalism background and break down the writing rules she’d known.… Read the rest
Olga Lorenzo recently launched her beautifully moving novel The Light On The Water at Readings Books in Melbourne, and gave a moving speech about three of the themes central to the novel: inclusivity, leadership, and family, which she writes about below:
As I write this, I have just read the first review of The Light on the Water, where the reviewer notes how much my protagonist, Anne Baxter, longs for a family.… Read the rest
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
