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From Furious Fiction to UQP: Seetha Dodd’s debut ‘Myra in the Middle’
Northern Beaches author Seetha Dodd’s debut junior-fiction novel Myra in the Middle is on bookshop shelves now with UQP – a warm, funny story about a seven-year-old soccer enthusiast and Maths buff whose world tilts sideways when her baby brother arrives. Illustrated by Peter Cheong, the book is Seetha’s love letter to grandmothers, soccer, Indian […]…
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From Furious Fiction to UQP: Seetha Dodd’s debut ‘Myra in the Middle’
Northern Beaches author Seetha Dodd’s debut junior-fiction novel Myra in the Middle is on bookshop shelves now with UQP – a warm, funny story about a seven-year-old soccer enthusiast and Maths buff whose world tilts sideways when her baby brother arrives. Illustrated by Peter Cheong, the book is Seetha’s love letter to grandmothers, soccer, Indian […]…
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From Furious Fiction to UQP: Seetha Dodd’s debut ‘Myra in the Middle’
Northern Beaches author Seetha Dodd’s debut junior-fiction novel Myra in the Middle is on bookshop shelves now with UQP – a warm, funny story about a seven-year-old soccer enthusiast and Maths buff whose world tilts sideways when her baby brother arrives. Illustrated by Peter Cheong, the book is Seetha’s love letter to grandmothers, soccer, Indian […]…
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From Furious Fiction to UQP: Seetha Dodd’s debut ‘Myra in the Middle’
Northern Beaches author Seetha Dodd’s debut junior-fiction novel Myra in the Middle is on bookshop shelves now with UQP – a warm, funny story about a seven-year-old soccer enthusiast and Maths buff whose world tilts sideways when her baby brother arrives. Illustrated by Peter Cheong, the book is Seetha’s love letter to grandmothers, soccer, Indian […]…
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From illustrator to published author: Andrea Innocent’s ‘Lamington Left Behind’
Andrea Innocent has spent years bringing other people’s stories to life on the page – but the story that wouldn’t leave her alone was her own. Her debut middle-grade graphic novel, Lamington Left Behind, has been published by Hardie Grant. Its journey from haunting idea to 304 illustrated pages was shaped, in part, by the […]…
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From illustrator to published author: Andrea Innocent’s ‘Lamington Left Behind’
Andrea Innocent has spent years bringing other people’s stories to life on the page – but the story that wouldn’t leave her alone was her own. Her debut middle-grade graphic novel, Lamington Left Behind, has been published by Hardie Grant. Its journey from haunting idea to 304 illustrated pages was shaped, in part, by the […]…
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From illustrator to published author: Andrea Innocent’s ‘Lamington Left Behind’
Andrea Innocent has spent years bringing other people’s stories to life on the page – but the story that wouldn’t leave her alone was her own. Her debut middle-grade graphic novel, Lamington Left Behind, has been published by Hardie Grant. Its journey from haunting idea to 304 illustrated pages was shaped, in part, by the […]…
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From illustrator to published author: Andrea Innocent’s ‘Lamington Left Behind’
Andrea Innocent has spent years bringing other people’s stories to life on the page – but the story that wouldn’t leave her alone was her own. Her debut middle-grade graphic novel, Lamington Left Behind, has been published by Hardie Grant. Its journey from haunting idea to 304 illustrated pages was shaped, in part, by the […]…
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Anna Johnston’s two-book deal bears fruit
Anna Johnston started telling stories at a young age, writing plays and short films for her parents as a child. But she left her storytelling passion behind when she went into healthcare and started her family. A course at the Australian Writers' Centre changed that, reigniting her love of creative writing, and Anna is now celebrating the publication of her debut novel The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, in a two-book deal with Penguin Random House.
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Anna Johnston’s two-book deal bears fruit
Anna Johnston started telling stories at a young age, writing plays and short films for her parents as a child. But she left her storytelling passion behind when she went into healthcare and started her family. A course at the Australian Writers' Centre changed that, reigniting her love of creative writing, and Anna is now celebrating the publication of her debut novel The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, in a two-book deal with Penguin Random House.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/anna-johnston-the-borrowed-life-of-frederick-fife/ -
Anna Johnston’s two-book deal bears fruit
Anna Johnston started telling stories at a young age, writing plays and short films for her parents as a child. But she left her storytelling passion behind when she went into healthcare and started her family. A course at the Australian Writers' Centre changed that, reigniting her love of creative writing, and Anna is now celebrating the publication of her debut novel The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, in a two-book deal with Penguin Random House.
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Anna Johnston’s two-book deal bears fruit
Anna Johnston started telling stories at a young age, writing plays and short films for her parents as a child. But she left her storytelling passion behind when she went into healthcare and started her family. A course at the Australian Writers' Centre changed that, reigniting her love of creative writing, and Anna is now celebrating the publication of her debut novel The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, in a two-book deal with Penguin Random House.
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Angie Cui maps a unique journey into picture books
Angie Cui's road to becoming a published children's book author is a story of unexpected turns, persistence, and creative discovery. She had two picture books published in 2025 – Our Map with Wombat Books and My Mum is a Bird with UQP, with the latter picking up awards in the CBCA and Victorian Premier's Literary […]…
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Angie Cui maps a unique journey into picture books
Angie Cui's road to becoming a published children's book author is a story of unexpected turns, persistence, and creative discovery. She had two picture books published in 2025 – Our Map with Wombat Books and My Mum is a Bird with UQP, with the latter picking up awards in the CBCA and Victorian Premier's Literary […]…
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Angie Cui maps a unique journey into picture books
Angie Cui's road to becoming a published children's book author is a story of unexpected turns, persistence, and creative discovery. She had two picture books published in 2025 – Our Map with Wombat Books and My Mum is a Bird with UQP, with the latter picking up awards in the CBCA and Victorian Premier's Literary […]…
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Angie Cui maps a unique journey into picture books
Angie Cui's road to becoming a published children's book author is a story of unexpected turns, persistence, and creative discovery. She had two picture books published in 2025 – Our Map with Wombat Books and My Mum is a Bird with UQP, with the latter picking up awards in the CBCA and Victorian Premier's Literary […]…
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Picture book author Sarah Speedie goes from strength to strength
Sarah Speedie was a full-time stay-at-home mum and, when her children reached an age where she could carve out time for herself she chose to embark on a new journey – one that would reignite her passion for learning and storytelling. Sarah enrolled in the Writing Picture Books course at the Australian Writers' Centre.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/sarah-speedie-picture-book-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess
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Picture book author Sarah Speedie goes from strength to strength
Sarah Speedie was a full-time stay-at-home mum and, when her children reached an age where she could carve out time for herself she chose to embark on a new journey – one that would reignite her passion for learning and storytelling. Sarah enrolled in the Writing Picture Books course at the Australian Writers' Centre.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/sarah-speedie-picture-book-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess
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Picture book author Sarah Speedie goes from strength to strength
Sarah Speedie was a full-time stay-at-home mum and, when her children reached an age where she could carve out time for herself she chose to embark on a new journey – one that would reignite her passion for learning and storytelling. Sarah enrolled in the Writing Picture Books course at the Australian Writers' Centre.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/sarah-speedie-picture-book-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess
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Picture book author Sarah Speedie goes from strength to strength
Sarah Speedie was a full-time stay-at-home mum and, when her children reached an age where she could carve out time for herself she chose to embark on a new journey – one that would reignite her passion for learning and storytelling. Sarah enrolled in the Writing Picture Books course at the Australian Writers' Centre.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/sarah-speedie-picture-book-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess
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Sarah Bailey: six books and counting
Courses taken at AWC: Creative Writing Stage 1
Winner of two coveted literary awards in 2018, the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime No vel and the Davitt Award for Best Debut Crime Book for her first novel, The Dark Lak e, Sarah is proof that following your passion and dreams IS achievable.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/sarah-bailey-ad-exec-fulfils-publishing-dream/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #crimethriller #graduatesuccess
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Craig Sheather reaches new heights with his picture book publishing
Craig Sheather is a freelance writer and journalist specialising in the great outdoors. But when travel restrictions limited his writing opportunities, he decided to reinvent himself – taking the Reinvent Yourself course at the Australian Writers' Centre. Feeling inspired, he went on to do two courses for writing for kids: Writing Picture Books and Laugh […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/craig-sheather-picture-book-author-the-incredible-true-story-of-sparky-the-wonder-puppy/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #creative #graduatesuccess #picturebook
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More success for children’s author Jo Dabrowski
Before she even had kids, AWC graduate Jo Dabrowski loved buying and reading picture books and dreamed of one day being a published author herself. Today, those dreams are firmly a reality! Since completing Writing Picture Books at the Australian Writers' Centre, Jo has been on a…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/jo-dabrowski-childrens-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #creative #graduatesuccess #picturebook
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Craig Sheather reaches new heights with his picture book publishing
Craig Sheather is a freelance writer and journalist specialising in the great outdoors. But when travel restrictions limited his writing opportunities, he decided to reinvent himself – taking the Reinvent Yourself course at the Australian Writers' Centre. Feeling inspired, he went on to do two courses for writing for kids: Writing Picture Books and Laugh […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/craig-sheather-picture-book-author-the-incredible-true-story-of-sparky-the-wonder-puppy/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #creative #graduatesuccess #picturebook
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Craig Sheather reaches new heights with his picture book publishing
Craig Sheather is a freelance writer and journalist specialising in the great outdoors. But when travel restrictions limited his writing opportunities, he decided to reinvent himself – taking the Reinvent Yourself course at the Australian Writers' Centre. Feeling inspired, he went on to do two courses for writing for kids: Writing Picture Books and Laugh […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/craig-sheather-picture-book-author-the-incredible-true-story-of-sparky-the-wonder-puppy/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #creative #graduatesuccess #picturebook
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Craig Sheather reaches new heights with his picture book publishing
Craig Sheather is a freelance writer and journalist specialising in the great outdoors. But when travel restrictions limited his writing opportunities, he decided to reinvent himself – taking the Reinvent Yourself course at the Australian Writers' Centre. Feeling inspired, he went on to do two courses for writing for kids: Writing Picture Books and Laugh […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/craig-sheather-picture-book-author-the-incredible-true-story-of-sparky-the-wonder-puppy/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #creative #graduatesuccess #picturebook
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David Hall on his powerful memoir ‘Superbeast’
David Hall shares the extraordinary story behind his memoir Superbeast – a raw account of loss, resilience, and life at full throttle. From a life-altering accident at sixteen to global success on the wheelchair tennis circuit, David reflects on how sport gave him purpose, identity, and a way…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/david-hall-superbeast/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #GraduateSuccess #Interviewswithwriters
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Joanna Nell: From GP to bestselling author
An unexpected incident led Joanna Nell to the Australian Writers' Centre and the subsequent publishing of her feel-good debut novel The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village (Hachette Australia).
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/joanna-nell-bestselling-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess
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Graci Kim channels Korean mythology with new book, ‘Dreamslinger’
Graci Kim has worked as a diplomat, cooking show host and even made kids' toys – but it was when she sat down to reread her favourite childhood novels that she discovered her passion.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/graci-kim-published-childrens-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Amy Hutton builds on her rom-com success
When television producer Amy Hutton decided she wanted to switch careers and become a writer, she went all in. After making such a decisive move, Amy knew she had to learn the craft of writing if she were to succeed. She liked the variety of courses on offer at the Australian…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/amy-hutton-sit-stay-love/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess #womensfiction
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Charlotte Barkla expands her children’s book portfolio
Courses taken at AWC:
Writing Picture Books
How to Write for Children and Young Adults
Freelance Writing Stage 1…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/charlotte-barkla-rediscovers-her-dream-to-become-a-successful-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Amy Hutton builds on her rom-com success
When television producer Amy Hutton decided she wanted to switch careers and become a writer, she went all in. After making such a decisive move, Amy knew she had to learn the craft of writing if she were to succeed. She liked the variety of courses on offer at the Australian…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/amy-hutton-sit-stay-love/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess #womensfiction
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Picture book author Sarah Speedie goes from strength to strength
Sarah Speedie was a full-time stay-at-home mum and, when her children reached an age where she could carve out time for herself she chose to embark on a new journey – one that would reignite her passion for learning and storytelling. Sarah enrolled in the…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/sarah-speedie-picture-book-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess
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Author Shelly Unwin adds to her picture book collection
Shelly Unwin was a stay-at-home mum with a young family when she decided to take the leap of faith and try her hand at writing picture books. “I was reading to my daughter one night and suddenly I knew 100% that was what I wanted to do,”…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/shelly-unwin-published-picture-book-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #picturebook
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Picture book author Sarah Speedie goes from strength to strength
Sarah Speedie was a full-time stay-at-home mum and, when her children reached an age where she could carve out time for herself she chose to embark on a new journey – one that would reignite her passion for learning and storytelling. Sarah enrolled in the…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/sarah-speedie-picture-book-author/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Fictionwriting #creative #graduatesuccess
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How Susannah Hardy’s new year’s resolution turned into a new career
One new year’s day, Susannah Hardy made a decision that would change the rest of her life. She decided she wanted to earn money from writing. Already working as an actor, Susannah then enrolled…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/how-susannah-hardys-new-years-resolution-turned-into-a-new-career/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Freelanceandcopywriting #Interviewswithwriters #freelance #graduatesuccess
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Judith Stewart’s path from AWC courses to a debut novel with Affirm Press
When Sydney-based Judith Stewart – writing as Judith Katherine – first signed up to Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, she was a mum with three kids, no writing practice to speak of, and a growing suspicion that “I would get round to writing one day” was getting a little tired as […]…
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Judith Stewart’s path from AWC courses to a debut novel with Affirm Press
When Sydney-based Judith Stewart – writing as Judith Katherine – first signed up to Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, she was a mum with three kids, no writing practice to speak of, and a growing suspicion that “I would get round to writing one day” was getting a little tired as […]…
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Judith Stewart’s path from AWC courses to a debut novel with Affirm Press
When Sydney-based Judith Stewart – writing as Judith Katherine – first signed up to Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, she was a mum with three kids, no writing practice to speak of, and a growing suspicion that “I would get round to writing one day” was getting a little tired as […]…
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Judith Stewart’s path from AWC courses to a debut novel with Affirm Press
When Sydney-based Judith Stewart – writing as Judith Katherine – first signed up to Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, she was a mum with three kids, no writing practice to speak of, and a growing suspicion that “I would get round to writing one day” was getting a little tired as […]…
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Camille Booker’s joyful journey to successful author
Camille Booker had never allowed herself to imagine being a ‘real’ author one day – but faced with new motherhood and a demanding teaching job, she started to dream of the possibility. “I'd always loved reading, language, words, poetry,” she says. “Writing was my creative outlet: a way to avoid burn out, to escape the […]…
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Camille Booker’s joyful journey to successful author
Camille Booker had never allowed herself to imagine being a ‘real’ author one day – but faced with new motherhood and a demanding teaching job, she started to dream of the possibility. “I'd always loved reading, language, words, poetry,” she says. “Writing was my creative outlet: a way to avoid burn out, to escape the […]…
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Camille Booker’s joyful journey to successful author
Camille Booker had never allowed herself to imagine being a ‘real’ author one day – but faced with new motherhood and a demanding teaching job, she started to dream of the possibility. “I'd always loved reading, language, words, poetry,” she says. “Writing was my creative outlet: a way to avoid burn out, to escape the […]…
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Camille Booker’s joyful journey to successful author
Camille Booker had never allowed herself to imagine being a ‘real’ author one day – but faced with new motherhood and a demanding teaching job, she started to dream of the possibility. “I'd always loved reading, language, words, poetry,” she says. “Writing was my creative outlet: a way to avoid burn out, to escape the […]…
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Wendy Rudge gave up cakes to write a book that could save lives
Wendy Rudge used to stand in the children’s section of her local library, running her hand along the spines of picture books, imagining what her own might look like shelved beside them. Now Ruby’s Perfect Fire Safety Plan, her debut picture book published by Wild Dog Books, is right there among them. For Wendy – […]…
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Wendy Rudge gave up cakes to write a book that could save lives
Wendy Rudge used to stand in the children’s section of her local library, running her hand along the spines of picture books, imagining what her own might look like shelved beside them. Now Ruby’s Perfect Fire Safety Plan, her debut picture book published by Wild Dog Books, is right there among them. For Wendy – […]…
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Wendy Rudge gave up cakes to write a book that could save lives
Wendy Rudge used to stand in the children’s section of her local library, running her hand along the spines of picture books, imagining what her own might look like shelved beside them. Now Ruby’s Perfect Fire Safety Plan, her debut picture book published by Wild Dog Books, is right there among them. For Wendy – […]…
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Wendy Rudge gave up cakes to write a book that could save lives
Wendy Rudge used to stand in the children’s section of her local library, running her hand along the spines of picture books, imagining what her own might look like shelved beside them. Now Ruby’s Perfect Fire Safety Plan, her debut picture book published by Wild Dog Books, is right there among them. For Wendy – […]…
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Zookeeper Tina Strachan’s wild publishing success
For former zookeeper Tina Strachan, writing had long been a passion, but she never imagined she would ever see her own work published ‘in the wild’. It would take a writing competition to reignite the spark and set her on track to telling stories that drew heavily from her own life and career. And now […]…
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Zookeeper Tina Strachan’s wild publishing success
For former zookeeper Tina Strachan, writing had long been a passion, but she never imagined she would ever see her own work published ‘in the wild’. It would take a writing competition to reignite the spark and set her on track to telling stories that drew heavily from her own life and career. And now […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/tina-strachan-neeka-and-the-wilder-zoo/