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Interested in haiku, short fiction, or memoir writing. Why not book into one of our free taster workshops at Westfield Kotara in May. For more details, click this link. https://www.westfield.com.au/kotara/event/5ZVLzOJ0OsIWwGoQKCAYQM/writing-workshops

We are proud to announce that The Creative Wordshop has become a learning destination for the Children’ University. So bring your passport with you to our workshops, or if you want to find out more about how to get a passport, check out The Childrens University here.

Congrats to Rhona Hammond from our Advanced class, one of the local winners of the Newcastle Short Story Award for her very funny story Socks.

Congrats to Rhona from our Tuesday advanced group for being shortlisted for the Newcastle Short Story Prize with her brilliant and acerbic short story, Socks

We’re very excited to announce that from March the Creative Word Shop will be running our monthly Talented Young Writers’ Workshops at the wonderful Lorn Arts and Craft. There’ll be a 90-minute workshop for primary students (4pm-5.30pm) and a 90-minute workshop for high school students 5.30pm-7.00pm where young writers will be able to hone their...

G improved out of sight following your tutorials – He went from 70th to 30th (at Merewether High) and was pretty happy with the exam today.

Poetry Masterclass With Jenny Blackford and Magdalena Ball – Sun 12 November; 2-5pm 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...

Together with Chris Brown, English teacher at Warners Bay High School, we’ve got an excellent half-day workshop for those looking to brush up on their English before the big exam. It covers the following Module options as well as providing insights into how to approach the Creative Writing, Short Answers and unpacking the actual questions...

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...