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.
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.
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 a series of playful prompts, discover how to overcome the horror of the blank page by generating a bunch of fresh ideas.
Learn how to write unforgettable characters.
Through writing games and exercises participants will create characters, conflict, story and structure, and begin to write a new play.
Learn techniques for writing compelling short fiction.
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