Narrative Tension with Natasha Lester | Publishable 2025
Learn why narrative tension is the key to making readers care deeply about your story. Held as part of Publishable 2025.
How and Why to Self-Publish with David Tensen
Learn all about self-publishing in a 1-hour seminar followed by a self-publishers’ roundtable.
Crafting Memoir with Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Learn how to shape the raw material of lived experience into a compelling memoir that will resonate with publishers and readers.
The Architecture of Solid Characters with Eugen Bacon
Learn to create memorable characters who feel fleshed-out and real.
Writing the “Other”: Diversity & Representation with Renée Otmar
Explore what it means to write sensitively and respectfully with and about diversity.
Said, Unsaid, and Everything in Between with R.W.R. McDonald
Craft dialogue that reveals, conceals, and transforms your story.
The Ghostwriter’s Toolkit: Becoming A Storyteller For Hire with Erin O’Dwyer
The art and business of ghostwriting – from shaping a powerful life story to pitching work that gets published.
Narrative Tension: Making Your Readers Care with Natasha Lester
Learn what narrative tension is and why it's the key to making readers care deeply about your story.
Editing Your Poetry with Ella Jeffery
Learn how to revise and refine your writing to produce polished, focused poems for publication.
Introduction to Small Press Publishing with Terri-ann White
Insights into small press publication for emerging and aspiring writers.
Screenwriting: Mastering Big Print with Stephen Davis
How to write better ‘big print’ in screenwriting by analysing action and focussing on what characters do.
Practical Tools To Get Writing with Emma Darragh
Whether you don’t know where to start, or you’re looking to unlock your creativity, this interactive workshop will get you writing.
Pitching to Agents and Publishers with Tom Gilliatt
Understand the process and learn the tips to perfect your submission pitch to literary agents and publishers.
How to Develop a Crime Fiction Series with Patricia Wolf
The art of turning your crime fiction story into a series.
Who is Speaking with Nadine Davidoff
Gain a sharper understanding of point-of-view and its essential role in all narrative writing.
Plot and Narrative Structure with Lamisse Hamouda | Adaptable 2024/25
Explore plot and narrative structure to enhance your writing. Held as part of Adaptable 2024/25.
Writing Engaging Middle Grade Fiction with Sophie Beer
Award-winning author and illustrator Sophie Beer takes you through the nitty gritty of pulling together the middle grade novel of your dreams.
Self-Publishing 101 with Ann Dettori
Take the leap from manuscript to published book — your story deserves to be told.
Podcasting For Writers with Ben Hobson
Learn how to create, write, organise, record, and upload your own podcast.
Legacy Storytelling with Caylie Jeffery
Legacy is our human story, giving life meaning and connecting us through relationships, communities, and spirit. How will you share yours?
Exploring Ideas for Stage and Screen with Elaine Acworth
What makes an idea great? How do you know it’s the right idea for you?
Mastering Your Submission Materials with Nadine Davidoff
How to sharpen your synopsis, pitch and cover letter to get noticed.
All About Publishing with Benny Agius
Ready to submit your work? Learn everything you need to know about publishing.
Demystifying Freelance Editing with Pamela Hewitt
You’ve written The End on the last page of your manuscript. Now what?
Mastering Multiple Perspectives and Plotlines with Rebecca Higgie
Learn how to weave together multiple character perspectives and plotlines.
From Good To Great: Revising & Editing Your Manuscript with Judy Gregory
Learn how to polish your manuscript and increase your chances of success.
Thrills, Chills & Spills with Ellie Marney
Discover different types of thrillers and effective techniques for constructing one.
Writing Conflict & Suspense with Geneve Flynn
Learn more about the critical narrative elements and writing techniques that will hook your readers and keep them turning pages.
Poetry Alchemy with Lee Murray
A workshop for writers of prose and poetry, offering recipes for conjuring poems from fiction, breathing new life into old narratives.
Writing Romance with Barbara Hannay
Learn how to develop characters your readers really care about and how to balance their experience of falling in love with believable obstacles, tension and conflict.
Deepening Your Characters with Gretchen Shirm
This seminar will explore how to delve deeper into character, through nuance, sensation and feeling.
Fiction Feedback Clinic with Sophie Overett
Receive personal & insightful feedback on an excerpt of your work-in-progress manuscript, in an intimate, supportive class environment.
The Next Draft 2024 with Laurel Cohn
An intensive course designed to help you survive the next draft of your work-in-progress.
Finding Success with Short-form Stories and Collections with Laurie Steed
Learn what journals and publishers want in their short stories and short-form collections, strengthen your submissions, and increase your chances for success.