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Congratulations to Philip Salom whose wonderful novel Waiting, which Creative Workshop Director, Ed Wright, commissioned and edited for the literary press Puncher and Wattmann, has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, Australia’s major prize for fiction.

After receiving a lot of well-meaning but not particularly helpful compliments from friends I had given my manuscript to, it was a welcome relief to receive a professional assessment from Ed that highlighted both the strengths and weaknesses of my draft and made recommendations for where it could be improved. Thanks to Ed’s assessment and...

Join Jenny and Maggie for this poetry writing masterclass. Tune into your poetry’s music, hone your understanding of poetic structure and embolden your powers of revision. This hands-on workshop with wine and cheese will provide inspiration and sharpen the quality of your verse.   Jenny’s poems and stories have appeared in Australian Poetry Journal, Westerly,...

Congratulations to Philip Salom for his Miles Franklin longlisting for Waiting, which Ed had the privilege of commissioning and editing for punching above its finances indie press, Puncher & Wattmann.

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be running before school creative writing classes at St Josephs, Merewether from Friday 12 May in the hall from 7.45am – 8.45am.

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.