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A creative writing project in South Australian prisons shows those inside can be eloquent, expressive and reflective.
Research behind a new novel about "human zoos", which took Indigenous Australians on tours of Europe, shines a light on a little-known part of colonial history.
What children say about free writing is similar to how professional authors describe the creative process. Teachers should give kids freedom to explore, providing guidance when it's due.
Short story cycles can satisfying a reader's need for deeper engagement and Rebekah Clarkson's Barking Dog is a great example.
The world's highest selling writer says 22-hour working days are the route to literary riches. But, say, our literary experts, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
Stephanie Bishop's latest novel demonstrates a sophisticated approach to the relationship between time and narrative: novelists and aspiring writers would do well to look closely at her achievement.
There needs to be more opportunity in school and at home for students to learn to write for enjoyment.
Literary fiction is robust enough to withstand the challenges the 21st century throws at it.
The author, Nicholas Royle, believes he doesn't deserve a Bad Sex in Fiction award. It's just unfortunate his namesake novelist has won one.
America's answer to Kafka and Dostoevsky gets real at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Not every student will publish work or win prizes and very few will be able to earn a living putting pen to paper, but the teaching of creative writing is about more than that.
It begins and ends with tone, according to the Nigerian writer.
Success as a screenwriter takes as much tenacity as talent.
Modernism – and western culture generally since the late 18th century – taught us that books were written in solitary creative frenzies. But ghostwriters are increasingly challenging that assumption.
NAPLAN is going to be marked by computers from 2017. Can an algorithm understand the complex and emotional writing techniques we want our children to be learning?
Kate Daniels, the director of Vanderbilt's creative writing program, recalls the life and work of her mentor, a man "devoted...to creating gritty and empathetic portraits of American blue collar workers."
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…
Recently, The Conversation published what was described as “an experiment in collaborative writing” (featuring, among others, Dallas J Baker and Nike Sulway of this present article). The question behind…
This year the UK’s biggest poetry award, the TS Eliot prize, has gone to David Harsent for his 11th collection, Fire Songs. He joins a sequence of prestigious poets such as Ted Hughes, Derek Walcott and…
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Jane Messer is a Friend of The Conversation.Associate Professor in Creative Writing, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Editing & Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney
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Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland
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PhD candidate in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor. Associate Director of the Creative Lab., Queensland University of Technology
