Posts by Ed

We’re excited to announce that from Term 2 we’ll be offering Creative Writing workshops to the students of Tighes Hill Primary from 8am-9am Thursday mornings. Picking up from the excellent work of Unload we’ll be offering classes that allow students the chance to go wild with their imaginations at the same time as learning the...

We’re delighted to announce that in Term 2 we’ll be running our first eight-week introductory memoir writing course with Dr David Kelly, author of the Picador-published memoir Fantastic Street. It will run on Wednesday mornings from 10am-12pm, starting 10 May. For more details and enrolments, contact Ed 0408788765 or use the enrol tab at the top this page.

Are you interested in the technique of Non-Violent Communication. We’re hosting a three-hour taster course in the practice of Non Violent Communication led by experienced Netherlands based trainer Jeyanthy Siva. It’s on Sunday 26 February from 2-5pm

“I chose Ed’s class because I wanted the discipline of 8 weeks of writing focus and to hook up with the local writing community. I got so much more than that. Ed is a genuinely generous teacher, a little quirky and incredibly knowledgeable. I loved our discussions, the challenge of the writing exercises and the...

We’re stoked that Philip Salom’s brilliant novel, Waiting, which Ed commissioned and edited wearing his Puncher and Wattmann hat, has been shortlisted for fiction in the Victorian Premiers’ Literary Awards.

Ed’s essay on Literary Newcastle in the Sydney Review of Books’s Writing NSW series: http://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/fictions-of-newcastle-dusky-red-with-industry/

Fantastic to see so many smart young people talking writing in the Creative Word Shop last weekend. And lovely to get the following feedback from Christina at Octopod, the Festival Director: “Just wanted to say thanks so much for having us for TINA! Audiences loved your venue as did the NYWF team.”  

We’re very happy to announce that we are hosting the Younger Young Writers Festival as part of the National Young Writers Festival on Friday 30th September from 10-4.30pm. It’s designed for High School Students, features some of the best young writers in the country to inspire you, and is free. For more info check out...