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Sharna Carter builds on her picture book success
Completing the Writing Picture Books course from the Australian Writers’ Centre, graduate Sharna Carter found success with her latest book ‘I Dreamed of You’.
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Sharna Carter builds on her picture book success
Completing the Writing Picture Books course from the Australian Writers’ Centre, graduate Sharna Carter found success with her latest book ‘I Dreamed of You’.
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Samera Kamaleddine’s growing book catalogue
Samera Kamaleddine quit her job as editor of Women’s Fitness magazine to finally write the novel that was in her head – but she quickly discovered she had no idea where to start! However, after taking a course at the Australian Writers' Centre, she found her writing rhythm, publishing her Matilda-award-winning YA novel Half My […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/samera-kamaleddine-fulfils-publishing-dreams/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Samera Kamaleddine’s growing book catalogue
Samera Kamaleddine quit her job as editor of Women’s Fitness magazine to finally write the novel that was in her head – but she quickly discovered she had no idea where to start! However, after taking a course at the Australian Writers' Centre, she found her writing rhythm, publishing her Matilda-award-winning YA novel Half My […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/samera-kamaleddine-fulfils-publishing-dreams/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Samera Kamaleddine’s growing book catalogue
Samera Kamaleddine quit her job as editor of Women’s Fitness magazine to finally write the novel that was in her head – but she quickly discovered she had no idea where to start! However, after taking a course at the Australian Writers' Centre, she found her writing rhythm, publishing her Matilda-award-winning YA novel Half My […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/samera-kamaleddine-fulfils-publishing-dreams/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Samera Kamaleddine’s growing book catalogue
Samera Kamaleddine quit her job as editor of Women’s Fitness magazine to finally write the novel that was in her head – but she quickly discovered she had no idea where to start! However, after taking a course at the Australian Writers' Centre, she found her writing rhythm, publishing her Matilda-award-winning YA novel Half My […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/samera-kamaleddine-fulfils-publishing-dreams/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Anne Freeman wrote her first novel on her phone – and became a three-book author
Anne Freeman wrote her first novel on her phone, in the Google Docs app, while nursing her baby. Several awards later, she’s a three-book author with the independent press Hawkeye Publishing, and her latest novel is The Time After Now. By the time Anne enrolled in AWC’s Dare to Dream course, she already had novels […]…
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Anne Freeman wrote her first novel on her phone – and became a three-book author
Anne Freeman wrote her first novel on her phone, in the Google Docs app, while nursing her baby. Several awards later, she’s a three-book author with the independent press Hawkeye Publishing, and her latest novel is The Time After Now. By the time Anne enrolled in AWC’s Dare to Dream course, she already had novels […]…
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Michelle Stephens and her thriller ‘The Crack’
Michelle Stephens spent two decades as an architect before she let herself chase the dream she has had since childhood: writing a book. That dream now her debut mystery thriller, The Crack, is set for release with Allen & Unwin in January 2027. Her way into all of this was a single AWC course, taken […]…
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Michelle Stephens and her thriller ‘The Crack’
Michelle Stephens spent two decades as an architect before she let herself chase the dream she has had since childhood: writing a book. That dream now her debut mystery thriller, The Crack, is set for release with Allen & Unwin in January 2027. Her way into all of this was a single AWC course, taken […]…
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Shannon Kelly-White’s secret dream became her debut novel ‘Billie King’
Shannon Kelly-White had a secret dream – she wanted to write fiction. That dream is now a reality and you’ll see it in bookstores: Billie King, her debut novel has now been published by HarperCollins Australia. It all started with a course at the Australian Writers’ Centre. Creative Writing Stage 1, taken at what Shannon […]…
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Shannon Kelly-White’s secret dream became her debut novel ‘Billie King’
Shannon Kelly-White had a secret dream – she wanted to write fiction. That dream is now a reality and you’ll see it in bookstores: Billie King, her debut novel has now been published by HarperCollins Australia. It all started with a course at the Australian Writers’ Centre. Creative Writing Stage 1, taken at what Shannon […]…
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How Bethany Loveridge wrote the book of her childhood dreams
When Bethany Loveridge set out to write a junior-fiction series, she was convinced there was an “art and science” to writing for children – and that if she cracked it, she’d finally be signing those author agreements. She was right. Her debut, Josie Mack and the MEGA Division, is the first in an illustrated junior-fiction […]…
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How Bethany Loveridge wrote the book of her childhood dreams
When Bethany Loveridge set out to write a junior-fiction series, she was convinced there was an “art and science” to writing for children – and that if she cracked it, she’d finally be signing those author agreements. She was right. Her debut, Josie Mack and the MEGA Division, is the first in an illustrated junior-fiction […]…
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How Emma Warrender went from first draft to a multi-publisher bidding situation
When Emma Warrender started writing her debut novel, she knew she wanted to do everything possible to give it the best chance of being published. So she enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Creative Writing Stage 1 course to build her craft – and to find her people. That investment paid off in spectacular fashion. […]…
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How Emma Warrender went from first draft to a multi-publisher bidding situation
When Emma Warrender started writing her debut novel, she knew she wanted to do everything possible to give it the best chance of being published. So she enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Creative Writing Stage 1 course to build her craft – and to find her people. That investment paid off in spectacular fashion. […]…
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How John Stanton’s stories for his kids turned into his debut novel
It started as a comic strip drawn on a scrap of paper at the kitchen table for two daughters who wanted bedtime stories. Two decades later, John Stanton’s middle-grade novel The Adventures of Squidape is being published by Riveted Press, with more than 20 of John’s own watercolour illustrations woven through the chapters – including […]…
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How John Stanton’s stories for his kids turned into his debut novel
It started as a comic strip drawn on a scrap of paper at the kitchen table for two daughters who wanted bedtime stories. Two decades later, John Stanton’s middle-grade novel The Adventures of Squidape is being published by Riveted Press, with more than 20 of John’s own watercolour illustrations woven through the chapters – including […]…
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AWC graduate Melissa Garside builds on her children’s book publishing success
Melissa Garside always dreamed of becoming a published author, and her children’s novel, Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle, is out now with Riveted Press!
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AWC graduate Melissa Garside builds on her children’s book publishing success
Melissa Garside always dreamed of becoming a published author, and her children’s novel, Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle, is out now with Riveted Press!
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How teacher and mum Nicole Kelly went from Creative Writing Stage 1 to two published novels
Nicole Kelly was working as a teacher in Ballarat, Victoria, and had just become a mum when she first enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Creative Writing Stage 1 course. She wanted to stay on track with her writing and invest in building her craft. Since then, Nicole has gone on to publish two novels: […]…
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How teacher and mum Nicole Kelly went from Creative Writing Stage 1 to two published novels
Nicole Kelly was working as a teacher in Ballarat, Victoria, and had just become a mum when she first enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Creative Writing Stage 1 course. She wanted to stay on track with her writing and invest in building her craft. Since then, Nicole has gone on to publish two novels: […]…
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How Inessa Jackson went from stay-at-home mum to published crime novelist with Simon & Schuster
When Inessa Jackson left her career as PR Manager at eBay to be a stay-at-home mum, she was looking for a creative outlet – something to keep her brain active. She wondered if she had it in her to write a story. Starting with Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, Inessa went […]…
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How Inessa Jackson went from stay-at-home mum to published crime novelist with Simon & Schuster
When Inessa Jackson left her career as PR Manager at eBay to be a stay-at-home mum, she was looking for a creative outlet – something to keep her brain active. She wondered if she had it in her to write a story. Starting with Creative Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers’ Centre, Inessa went […]…
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How Penelope Janu built a bestselling romance fiction career
After more than 20 years as a solicitor and legal academic, Penelope Janu thought it was high time she finally followed her creative impulses. She completed a short course at the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC), which gave her the confidence to pursue a creative writing degree – and led to her first novel, In at the Deep End , being accepted for publication. She has since gone on to publish several more popular romance novels.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/penelope-janu-meet-the-lawyer-who-became-a-bestselling-romance-novelist/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #video
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How Penelope Janu built a bestselling romance fiction career
After more than 20 years as a solicitor and legal academic, Penelope Janu thought it was high time she finally followed her creative impulses. She completed a short course at the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC), which gave her the confidence to pursue a creative writing degree – and led to her first novel, In at the Deep End , being accepted for publication. She has since gone on to publish several more popular romance novels.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/penelope-janu-meet-the-lawyer-who-became-a-bestselling-romance-novelist/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #video
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How Penelope Janu built a bestselling romance fiction career
After more than 20 years as a solicitor and legal academic, Penelope Janu thought it was high time she finally followed her creative impulses. She completed a short course at the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC), which gave her the confidence to pursue a creative writing degree – and led to her first novel, In at the Deep End , being accepted for publication. She has since gone on to publish several more popular romance novels.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/penelope-janu-meet-the-lawyer-who-became-a-bestselling-romance-novelist/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #video
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How Penelope Janu built a bestselling romance fiction career
After more than 20 years as a solicitor and legal academic, Penelope Janu thought it was high time she finally followed her creative impulses. She completed a short course at the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC), which gave her the confidence to pursue a creative writing degree – and led to her first novel, In at the Deep End , being accepted for publication. She has since gone on to publish several more popular romance novels.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/penelope-janu-meet-the-lawyer-who-became-a-bestselling-romance-novelist/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #video
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Reece Carter’s spooky success as a full-time children’s novelist
“I enrolled in Writing Middle Grade Fiction and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse , and the rest is history!”…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/reece-carter-a-girl-called-corpse/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Reece Carter’s spooky success as a full-time children’s novelist
“I enrolled in Writing Middle Grade Fiction and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse , and the rest is history!”…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/reece-carter-a-girl-called-corpse/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Reece Carter’s spooky success as a full-time children’s novelist
“I enrolled in Writing Middle Grade Fiction and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse , and the rest is history!”…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/reece-carter-a-girl-called-corpse/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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Reece Carter’s spooky success as a full-time children’s novelist
“I enrolled in Writing Middle Grade Fiction and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse , and the rest is history!”…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/reece-carter-a-girl-called-corpse/#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #Interviewswithwriters #creative #graduatesuccess #middlegrade
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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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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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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 […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/tina-strachan-neeka-and-the-wilder-zoo/ -
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/ -
Katie Hoskins: Turning a dream into a two-book deal
When Sydney writer Katie Hoskins took Creative Writing Stage 1 with the Australian Writers’ Centre, she discovered the confidence and structure she needed to write her debut novel. Her commercial fiction When the Party’s Over will be published by Pan Macmillan in March 2026.
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Katie Hoskins: Turning a dream into a two-book deal
When Sydney writer Katie Hoskins took Creative Writing Stage 1 with the Australian Writers’ Centre, she discovered the confidence and structure she needed to write her debut novel. Her commercial fiction When the Party’s Over will be published by Pan Macmillan in March 2026.
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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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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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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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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