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There is a lot of misinformation about how Australia prepares teachers to teach reading and writing in schools. So here’s how it really works.
The Australian Writers Guild has launched a legal case against Screenrights, the body charged with collecting royalties on its behalf. What is Screenrights and what does it do?
Poetic terminology can be alienating, off-putting. Whispering “dactylic hexameter” in people’s ears won’t necessarily tempt them into reading heroic verse. But there is hope – and poetry – for us all.
Science can be fascinating and exciting. But much science writing is dull and obscure. Here are some of the tricks scientists often use to suck the joy out of science.
Students reach the middle years of high school with poor vocabularies and unable to work with language in sophisticated ways.
It is the ultimate ‘meta-novel’: Andy Martin got his own book out of watching a popular author write his latest tome.
Research writing events have become a popular way for academics to develop their writing skills and socialise with others.
The dreaded blank page haunts every writer. But what happens in your brain when you run dry? And, more importantly, what – if anything – can be done about it?
Can emojis be used to tell stories, and if so what kinds of stories can we use them to tell? The National Young Writer’s Festival, which opens today, aims to find out.
Sex is part of young people’s lives. So how do we teach young authors to navigate tricky narrative waters when they write about it?
Sacks was able to communicate the fascinating workings of the brain in ways that evoked understanding and compassion.
The time of transitioning back to school is crucial for both parents and children. Here’s what you can do.
John Hersey’s article Hiroshima (1946) is seminal in historical and literary terms: the shocking realities of the atomic bomb demanded a new way of writing.
Given the pressure being applied to the majority of people working in the arts sector, we would be foolish not to consider the roles and inherited rights of Australia’s major performing companies.
Success as a screenwriter takes as much tenacity as talent.
Victor Hugo famously claimed the invention of the printing press destroyed the edifice of the gothic cathedral. Others fear the internet age will eventually destroy the novel. But guess what? It won’t.
When your local butcher or grocer retires, it’s perfectly clear what this means. They are no longer there in the shop when you next go in. Someone else has taken over, or the shop has changed to another…
Manipulating the obstructions between the audience and what they know is coming is key to an effective cliffhanger.
Recently one of my Masters students, a filmmaker from the Czech Republic, told me his friends back at home were completely baffled that he was in Australia studying creative writing. You were either creative…
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