Scrivenor wins 2019 Ray Koppe Residency
Hayley Scrivenor has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2019 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for her manuscript ‘The Push Back’. Scrivenor’s manuscript tells the story of a young...
Affirm focuses on children’s/YA manuscripts in 2019 mentorship award
This year’s Affirm Press Mentorship Award will focus exclusively on young adult and middle-grade fiction submissions, says the publisher. Writers of the three winning submissions will receive a week-long residency...
Varuna announces shortlisted manuscripts for Publisher Introduction Program
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced the shortlisted manuscripts for its 2019 Publisher Introduction Program (PIP). Twenty-four manuscripts by emerging Australian writers will be sent to publishers Allen & Unwin,...
‘KYD’ announces Varuna fellowships
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) will partner with Varuna to offer a week-long fellowship for the writers shortlisted for KYD’s 2019 unpublished manuscript award. The fellowship will take place at Varuna, the National...
Affirm’s Varuna Mentorship Award made more accessible for low-income earners
Affirm Press has announced changes to its mentorship program with Varuna the National Writers House, in order to make the award more accessible for low-income earners. This year, entrants with...
Varuna announces shortlisted manuscripts for Publisher Introduction Program
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced the shortlisted manuscripts for its Publisher Introduction Program (PIP). Thirty-four manuscripts by emerging Australian writers have been sent to publishing partners Pan Macmillan, Random...
Bent awarded 2013 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that Hannah Bent has won the 2013 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency, entitling the author to one week’s stay at Varuna, the...
O’Hanlon appointed CEO at Varuna
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced that Jansis O’Hanlon will join the writers’ centre in the role of chief executive officer. O’Hanlon, who will begin in the role at the...
O’Hanlon appointed CEO at Varuna
Jansis O’Hanlon will join Varuna, the Writers’ House, in the role of chief executive officer at the end of November. O’Hanlon replaces Lis Bastian, who finished in the role in July. (See...
Bastian leaves Varuna
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced that CEO Lis Bastian has resigned from her position and has finished working for the centre. (See news).
Bastian leaves Varuna
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced that CEO Lis Bastian has resigned from her position and has finished working for the centre. Acting chair of Varuna’s board of directors Sharryn...
Meet Varuna’s Lis Bastian
Art, writing and a mid-career detour into science eventually brought Lis Bastian to Varuna. I’m sitting here on a break in the Varuna arm of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, pondering...
Stella Prize to fund places for women at Varuna workshop
The Stella Prize Committee has announced that it will fund three places for women at a workshop on literary criticism run by the Australian chief literary critic Geordie Williamson at...
2012 Residential Editorial Program details announced
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Literature Board of Australia Council for the Arts have announced details about the 2012 Residential Editorial Program (REP), to be held in May...
In Brief
Children's book to raise money for Christchurch All proceeds from the sale of a new children's book will be donated to the Red Cross to support the rebuilding of Christchurch...
Bastian appointed CEO at Varuna
Varuna, the Writers' House, has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Bastian to the position of chief executive officer. Bastian, who began in her new position this week, is the founding...
Bishop to step down at Varuna
Varuna, the Writers' House, has announced that creative director Peter Bishop has stepped down from his position after 17 years with the writers' centre. Bishop plans to pursue his own...
HarperCollins Varuna Awards for Manuscript Development
HarperCollins has choosen the five winners of the HarperCollins Varuna Awards for Manuscript Development. Authors of the following manuscripts--potentially to become published works-- will be workshopped with the following HarperCollins...