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SUMMARY:Storytelling Fundamentals
DESCRIPTION:In this dynamic workshop\, participants will dive headfirst into the art of personal storytelling\, mastering the foundations needed to craft compelling narratives. \nBoth budding writers and aspiring speakers will delve into the science behind what makes a story stick\, gaining hands-on time to shape and polish their own unique tales. The session is highly collaborative\, carving out dedicated space for participants to share their work-in-progress and receive tailored feedback from Brittany. \nThis session is ideal for beginner and emerging writers and for professionals looking to implement storytelling into their practice. \nCourse requirements: pen and paper or a fully charged device to participate in the writing exercises. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nTo identify the power behind personal storytelling\nTo consider the audience\nTo implement basic techniques for structuring and shaping stories\nTo use practical prompts to bring stories to life\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nBrittany Dupree is an all-round communications professional with over 16 years’ experience in the public\, private and non-for-profit sectors. With experience in managing communication strategies and writing for a wide range of mediums\, coupled with her background in journalism\, Brittany is a passionate storyteller and community enthusiast.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/storytelling-fundamentals/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260930T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260930T203000
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SUMMARY:Writing Essentials: Crafting Stories for Young Adults
DESCRIPTION:Want to write young adult fiction? Maybe you have an idea or some writing you’d like to develop further in a safe\, creative and supportive space. If so\, this online course is for you.\n\n\n\nOver five weekly\, two-hour sessions\, participants will read\, analyse\, write and discuss how to apply the fundamentals of storytelling (character\, plot\, setting\, point of view\, voice and style) to stories for young adults\, whether they’re set in a local school or a fantastical world. By the end of this course\, participants will have a toolbox of readings\, writing and ideas to set them on their way to developing a young adult story. \nAfter the completion of the course\, participants will also have the opportunity to share up to 3\,000 words of their work-in-progress as an optional extra with one of the course tutors for developmental feedback. \nSessions will run on Wednesday 30 September\, Wednesday 7 October\, Wednesday 14 October\, Wednesday 21 October and Wednesday 28 October. \nCourse requirements: Pen and paper or a fully-charged device to participate in the writing exercises. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nMethods for developing realistic characters\nApproaches to creating an immersive\, atmospheric setting\nCommon approaches to structure on the levels of plot and scene\nStrategies for working with point-of-view\, voice and sentence-level edits\nThe relationship between character\, theme and plot\n\nAbout the Tutors:\nDemet Divaroren was born in Adana\, Turkey\, and migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old. She is the award-winning author of Living on Hope Street and the co-editor of CBCA shortlisted anthology Growing up Muslim in Australia. Her second young adult novel Blood Moon Bride was shortlisted for a 2025 Aurealis award. Demet’s stories explore multiculturalism\, cross cultural relationships\, racism\, injustice\, gender-based oppression and what it means to be human. \nAnge Crawford is a queer and neurodivergent writer\, editor and PhD candidate in creative writing at RMIT. Her debut YA novel\, How to Be Normal\, won the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize and was shortlisted for five further literary awards; her experimental spatial essays have also appeared in several anthologies.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-essentials-crafting-stories-for-young-adults/2026-09-30/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Education,Young Adult
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930
DTSTAMP:20260907T054021Z
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SUMMARY:Online Feedback: Picture Books
DESCRIPTION:This online feedback clinic is an opportunity to work on your current picture book project or embark on a new one in a supportive group environment with guidance from a professional editor and picture book author Elizabeth Cowell. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you will submit your work four times (up to a maximum of 850 words each time) and receive individual feedback from Elizabeth and fellow group members. The sessions are designed to help you build on your strengths and encourage you as you edit\, refine\, and polish your manuscript. \nThe feedback will be tailored to each submission\, focusing on areas such as story\, character\, voice\, point of view\, structure\, pace\, language and expression. \nBetween submission rounds\, Elizabeth will recommend picture books and online articles to inform\, interest and inspire you. \nPlease note that this is a feedback-based course. There is no face-to-face component. \nSubmissions due on Tuesdays 29 September\, 13 October\, 27 October and 10 November by 11.59pm \nFeedback due on Fridays 9 October\, 23 October\, 6 November and 20 November by 10am \nOur Online Feedback clinics are asynchronous\, with no face-to-face meetings\, allowing you to engage with the content at the times of day and week that suit your schedule. They are hosted on our private WordPress server. For more information on our online feedback clinics\, please read our FAQs.  \nYou will learn:\n\nHow to test what’s working on the page and what’s not\nHow picture books are structured\nStrategies for getting a first rough draft down ​\nTips for working with literary devices like rhyme and repetition ​\nBasic information about how picture book publishers work with writers and illustrators\n\nAbout the tutor:\nElizabeth Cowell has more than 20 years’ experience working as an editor in the Australian publishing industry. She has also written several children’s picture books\, including the bestselling All About Mermaids\, under the name Izzy Quinn. Her books have been published in Australia\, the US and Canada\, and in translation in France\, Italy and Greece.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/online-feedback-picture-books/2026-09-29/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Education,Writers,Young Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260927T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260727T044508Z
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SUMMARY:The Story Lab: Developing and Selling Your Screen Idea
DESCRIPTION:Have you got an idea for a film or TV series but don’t know where to start? \nThis practical three-session online course is designed to take your writing from raw concept to confident pitch. Led by working screenwriter\, producer and director Tristram Baumber\, co-creator of ABC’s The PM’s Daughter and a writer on the reboot of Mother and Son\, this course gives you the tools to develop your screen idea from the ground up and present it to the world. \nAcross three three-hour sessions\, you’ll explore the fundamentals of screen storytelling\, learn how to shape and strengthen your concept and develop the pitching skills used by working industry professionals. Whether you have a half-formed idea or a concept you’ve been sitting on for years\, this course will help you find the story you want to tell and give you the confidence to tell others about it. \nSession 1 | Saturday 19 September \nSession 2 | Sunday 20 September \nSession 3 | Sunday 27 September \nCourse requirements: Participants should come to Session 1 with a screen idea they’d like to work on\, it doesn’t need to be fully formed. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nHow to shape your concept into a compelling\, pitchable idea\nHow to write an effective logline and one paragraph pitch\nHow to deliver a confident pitch – and who to deliver it to\nHow to identify and develop a strong screen premise\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nTristram Baumber is a screenwriter\, producer and director with over a decade of experience in Australian film and television. He co-created and showran ABC’s AACTA-nominated The PM’s Daughter and received an AWGIE nomination for his writing on Mother and Son. He also wrote and co-directed the independent horror feature Site Unseen\, hitting Australian cinemas soon. Tristram has delivered screenwriting workshops and courses for organisations across Australia\, including Screenworks and Griffith Film School.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-story-lab-developing-and-selling-your-screen-idea/2026-09-27/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260922T170000
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Vicki McDonald and Erik Boekesteijn
DESCRIPTION:Public Libraries: power for the people \nLibraries serving the public are achieving an extraordinary impact in 2026. New frontiers in supporting reading\, connecting people to knowledge and providing services that address the big issues facing our communities across the world are at the forefront of developments.  \nAs part of State Library Victoria’s 170th anniversary program\, this special In Conversation event features Vicki McDonald AM FALIA\, incoming Chief Executive Officer\, State Library Victoria and Erik Boekesteijn\, Senior Advisor at the National Library of the Netherlands. \nHosted by State Library Victoria’s Director\, Collections and Chief Librarian\, Roxanne Missingham\, this live online discussion will explore the changing role and value of libraries serving the public.  \nDrawing on experiences in Australia and across the world\, the conversation will highlight how libraries are changing – connecting people with ideas\, history and each other\, building new capabilities for individuals and nations.  \nWhether you are a researcher\, library professional\, student\, or simply passionate about the role of libraries in public life\, this is a unique opportunity to hear from internationally recognised leaders and reflect on the enduring importance of libraries.  \nRegister your tickets now.  \nAuslan interpretation is available on request. 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/in-conversation-with-vicki-mcdonald-and-erik-boekesteijn/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Libraries
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SUMMARY:The Story Lab: Developing and Selling Your Screen Idea
DESCRIPTION:Have you got an idea for a film or TV series but don’t know where to start? \nThis practical three-session online course is designed to take your writing from raw concept to confident pitch. Led by working screenwriter\, producer and director Tristram Baumber\, co-creator of ABC’s The PM’s Daughter and a writer on the reboot of Mother and Son\, this course gives you the tools to develop your screen idea from the ground up and present it to the world. \nAcross three three-hour sessions\, you’ll explore the fundamentals of screen storytelling\, learn how to shape and strengthen your concept and develop the pitching skills used by working industry professionals. Whether you have a half-formed idea or a concept you’ve been sitting on for years\, this course will help you find the story you want to tell and give you the confidence to tell others about it. \nSession 1 | Saturday 19 September \nSession 2 | Sunday 20 September \nSession 3 | Sunday 27 September \nCourse requirements: Participants should come to Session 1 with a screen idea they’d like to work on\, it doesn’t need to be fully formed. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nHow to shape your concept into a compelling\, pitchable idea\nHow to write an effective logline and one paragraph pitch\nHow to deliver a confident pitch – and who to deliver it to\nHow to identify and develop a strong screen premise\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nTristram Baumber is a screenwriter\, producer and director with over a decade of experience in Australian film and television. He co-created and showran ABC’s AACTA-nominated The PM’s Daughter and received an AWGIE nomination for his writing on Mother and Son. He also wrote and co-directed the independent horror feature Site Unseen\, hitting Australian cinemas soon. Tristram has delivered screenwriting workshops and courses for organisations across Australia\, including Screenworks and Griffith Film School.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-story-lab-developing-and-selling-your-screen-idea/2026-09-20/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260919T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260919T130000
DTSTAMP:20260727T044508Z
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SUMMARY:The Story Lab: Developing and Selling Your Screen Idea
DESCRIPTION:Have you got an idea for a film or TV series but don’t know where to start? \nThis practical three-session online course is designed to take your writing from raw concept to confident pitch. Led by working screenwriter\, producer and director Tristram Baumber\, co-creator of ABC’s The PM’s Daughter and a writer on the reboot of Mother and Son\, this course gives you the tools to develop your screen idea from the ground up and present it to the world. \nAcross three three-hour sessions\, you’ll explore the fundamentals of screen storytelling\, learn how to shape and strengthen your concept and develop the pitching skills used by working industry professionals. Whether you have a half-formed idea or a concept you’ve been sitting on for years\, this course will help you find the story you want to tell and give you the confidence to tell others about it. \nSession 1 | Saturday 19 September \nSession 2 | Sunday 20 September \nSession 3 | Sunday 27 September \nCourse requirements: Participants should come to Session 1 with a screen idea they’d like to work on\, it doesn’t need to be fully formed. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nHow to shape your concept into a compelling\, pitchable idea\nHow to write an effective logline and one paragraph pitch\nHow to deliver a confident pitch – and who to deliver it to\nHow to identify and develop a strong screen premise\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nTristram Baumber is a screenwriter\, producer and director with over a decade of experience in Australian film and television. He co-created and showran ABC’s AACTA-nominated The PM’s Daughter and received an AWGIE nomination for his writing on Mother and Son. He also wrote and co-directed the independent horror feature Site Unseen\, hitting Australian cinemas soon. Tristram has delivered screenwriting workshops and courses for organisations across Australia\, including Screenworks and Griffith Film School.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-story-lab-developing-and-selling-your-screen-idea/2026-09-19/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260917T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260917T110000
DTSTAMP:20260827T025309Z
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SUMMARY:So be it! See to it!: Manifesto Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Are you a writer or creative who feels doubtful\, fatigued\, or lost in your practice? Amidst the buffet of distractions available to us\, it can be hard to sustain and embody our creative expression. Perhaps it is time to tend to that inner compass and find the path back to the why. \nThis workshop is inspired by the personal manifestos of Octavia Butler and the laws of manifestation. Through individual and collective reflections\, explore your core values\, needs and barriers to inspire a guiding vision that can be returned to\, again and again.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/so-be-it-see-to-it-manifesto-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Festivals
ORGANIZER;CN="Emerging Writers' Festival":MAILTO:info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au
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