We are privileged in Australia to have so many wonderful Literary festivals where novice writers can attend wonderful workshops and talks run by local and international authors. There are workshops on many genres and the festivals tend to run anywhere from one to two weeks. In Melbourne we are now lucky enough to have a Festival for Emerging Writers each June and from that has been born a wonderul book that is produced each year entitled "The Reader".
"The Reader brings together ideas and insights into the craft, philosophy and politics of being a writer. It’s about writing and everything that comes with that: editing and publishing, motivation and distraction, the missed opportunities and the poetics of failure. With articles, essays, poems, fiction and artworks, The Reader blurs the lines between the creative and the critical, ultimately asking, what is it to be a writer?"
Information on the emerging writers festival can be found at: http://www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au
For information on other yearly festivals the following website is a great starting point:
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