So You Want To Be A Writer With Valerie Khoo And Allison Tait: Australian Writers' Centre Podcast

Discover planning tips for the next year and meet Alice Pung, author of ‘Close to Home’. We have a HUGE stash of books to give away to one lucky winner. Plus, the Newcastle Short Story Award is now open and more. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tips on how to find and afford good editors. Meet B.M. Carroll, author of 'The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy'. Discover your chance to win a copy of the inaugural 'Australian Literary Diary' and more. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Stuart Coupe, author of ‘Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock 'n' Roll’. Congratulations to AWC graduate Frances Chapman for winning the 2018 Ampersand Prize. How to get invited to writers’ festivals and more. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you have NaNoWriMoFoMo? Meet DM Cameron, author of ‘Beneath the Mother Tree’ and discover your chance to win a copy of ‘Believe Me’ by JP Delaney. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn the art of knowing when your manuscript is finished. You’ll meet Karen Foxlee, author of ‘Lenny’s Book of Everything’. Discover your chance to enter the Moth Poetry Prize or win a double pass to the new film ‘The Old Man & The Gun’ and more. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover tips for first time authors and writing advice from Barbara Kingsolver. You’ll meet Joanna Nell, author of ‘The Single Ladies of the Jacaranda Retirement Village’. Our brand new online Fiction Essentials course on Characters has now launched and we’re giving away 3 copies of ‘Rocky Road: The incredible true story of the fractured family behind the Darrell Lea chocolate empire’ by Robert Wainwright. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet John Purcell, author of ‘The Girl on the Page’. Discover how to rock an author reading. Val and Al chat about the upcoming film ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ based on the true story of celebrity biographer Lee Israel. And you can impress your friends by dropping the word 'encomium' in casual conversation. Plus, we have 10x double passes to ‘Beautiful Boy’ starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet to give away. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Di Morrissey, author of ‘Arcadia’. Ebury Press is looking for unagented authors and Val and Al chat to Myf Warhurst on Radio National. Shout out to Tasmin Janu, who has been shortlisted for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Plus, discover our new course an online Fiction Essentials course on Characters! Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Eleanor Limprecht, author of ‘The Passengers’. How US listeners can get their hands on a copy of The Mapmaker Chronicles book 4. Join us for Unblocktober, where we cast aside any writing roadblocks and get back on the path to success. Discover how to develop a writing community and more.  Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Sarah Bailey, bestselling author of ‘Into the Night’. Do you know which two words are deadly to your writing career? Discover why you should write for 15 minutes a day and recommended books for 13/14 year old boys. Thanks to all those who took part in Furious Fiction September and congrats to the winner! Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet AWC graduate Margaret Morgan, author of ‘The Second Cure’. Discover why you need an author persona and learn about your chance to win a copy of ‘Amazing Australian Women’ by Pamela Freeman (AWC's awesome Director of Creative Writing). Val and Al will be at the SCBWI Conference in Sydney. What you need to know about author newsletters.   Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Robert Wainwright, author of ‘Rocky Road: The Incredible True Story of the Fractured Family Behind the Darrell Lea Chocolate Empire’. Discover the difference between content writing and copywriting and how a romance author is accused of killing her husband. Plus, learn about your chance to win a copy of ‘A Letter From Paris’ by Louisa Deasey.  Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com 

Discover short story comps for children’s writers and learn about scholarships to a Writers Retreat in Iceland. Plus, you’ll meet Dianne Blacklock, author of ‘Jack and Kate’. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Penelope Janu, author of ‘On The Right Track’. Discover how to not irritate your local bookshop: a guide for authors and learn 1 simple tip to help you get more writing done. You’ll hear about how Graham Frizzell carves out a career writing about beer. We also have copies of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ by Kevin Kwan to give away. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com   

Meet Kayte Nunn, author of ‘The Botanist’s Daughter’. AWC alumni Sarah Bailey wins the Ned Kelly Awards for Best First Novel. You can submit an idea to Radio National for an audio series. We have 3 copies of 'Best Foot Forward' by Adam Hills to giveaway. Plus authors are supporting Australian farmers and more. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com 

You’ll meet Tim Harris, author of ‘Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables’. Shout-out to Allison Rushby for winning the Davitt Award for Children's fiction for ‘The Turnkey’. Mandy Foot lands children’s book deal as writer and illustrator and Catherine Pelosi celebrates her second children’s book published this year! Plus, we have double passes to ‘Book Club’ to giveaway.  Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of researchers trained robots to write poetry. Discover when in the writing process you should hire an editor and how some authors got their agents. Allison shares tips for recreating characters from The Ateban Cipher series for Book Week (hot glue gun not required). We have 3 copies of ‘The Biographer’s Lover’ to giveaway. And meet Paul French, author of ‘City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai’. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover tips from other authors about how to get the right agent. The 2018 Better Reading Top 50 Kids’ Books list is out. The saga of ‘Cockygate’ and the Amazon algorithm continues. And you’ll meet Anna Snoekstra, author of the YA thriller ‘Mercy Point’. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover how to sell more books on Kindle and learn the meaning of atavistic. August Furious Fiction is opening soon. Plus, you’ll meet Gabriella Coslovich, author of the enthralling ‘Whiteley on Trial’. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ll discover how Dean writes the quirky Q&A for the AWC newsletter each week and what tools you can use when you're writing on the go. We also have 3 copies of ‘The Desert Nurse’ to giveaway. Learn why you should keep your clients updated with your work in progress. And you’ll hear from Pamela Hart, discussing her latest book ‘The Desert Nurse’. Read the show notes.  Email Valerie and Allison podcast@writerscentre.com.au. WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.