Join the Arts Law Centre of Australia for an overview of Australian defamation law and recent cases, as well as tips on how to balance defamation risk and expression as a writer in Australia.

Join the Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law) for this workshop focused on practical tips for writers wishing to avoid scandals or other legal pitfalls.

Part cooking class, part writing workshop, this special three-hour experience with poet Sean Wai Keung offers tasty morsels for the ears, the taste buds, and the heart. Learn to make your own dumplings from scratch, then share a communal meal during which you'll use those same dumplings as a spark for new pieces of writing.

How do you find a publisher for your work? What does an agent actually do? Can self-publishing lead to success? And how do literary journals contribute to the industry, and provide pathways for emerging writers? Demystify the industry and learn strategies for getting your work out into the world in this lively 90-minute roundtable.

Using her award-winning books as a springboard, Sofie Laguna leads this in-depth workshop examining how strong characters can form the foundation of compelling storytelling. 

Nurture your creativity in a relaxed, dynamic environment with Dominic Hoey, the author of three best-selling novels, countless poems and two celebrated plays. With ten years’ experience running his Learn to Write Good creative writing classes, Dominic can help you sharpen your dialogue, explore poetic prose, or inject a little humour into your work.

Join celebrated author, poet and human rights lawyer Sara M Saleh in this generative writing workshop that takes shared exercises and experiments to stretch our craft toward the unexpected.