Queensland Writers Centre presents a diverse annual Program of events, workshops and courses on the art, craft and business of writing. Hear from some of the most enlightening names in Queensland and Australian writing, improve your skills and get inspired with tools to uplift your writing and career.
For more information about Queensland Writers Centre’s Program and answers to FAQs, please visit our Program Info page.
Courses & Events
Receive personal & insightful feedback on your writing in an intimate, supportive class environment.
Join a supportive group of committed writers for two full days of fast-paced writing.
An intensive course designed to help you survive the next draft of your work-in-progress.
Make 2025 your year – get the tools and support you need to complete the first draft of your novel.
Workshops
Finding your own true story through nature.
Writing for Picture Books – a practical hands-on workshop in multimodal narratives.
Whether you don’t know where to start, or you’re looking to unlock your creativity, this interactive workshop will get you writing.
The process of making your characters live and breathe in worlds that aren’t our own.
Learn to use author branding to build trust, visibility, and an audience of long-term readers.
Taking an incredible historical moment and turning it into a gripping historical story.
Turn your life stories into publishable short memoirs.
Interested in starting off with creative writing, or in need of a refresher?
Learn about the editorial process and how to get the most out of the all-important author–editor relationship.
How to write better ‘big print’ in screenwriting by analysing action and focussing on what characters do.
The next steps to becoming a more disciplined and focused poet.
Learn how trauma shapes memory, language and narrative, and how to write the arc of post-traumatic growth in memoir and story.
Tired of three acts? Break the rules and reshape your story with bold, unconventional structure.
Through writing games and exercises participants will create characters, conflict, story and structure, and begin to write a new play.
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