What Even Is A Mentor?
This is a piece by Lauren Sherritt on the importance of professional creative mentoring programs. During the first few years of my writing career, I’ve been…
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Ask Me Editing | The It’s A Trap! Edition
Welcome to Ask Me Editing, the publishing and writing advice column that puts the ‘IMPish sense of humour’ back in IMPoster syndrome. Let’s go solve…
Giveaway : Portable Curiosities
This is a giveaway, in which we do what it says on the tin. We give something away. So, being the stand-up literary citizens that…
Eight Lives by Chloe Walker
Today’s Bloc Feature has been shared with us by Funny Ha Ha, a magnificent zine that features humour and emotion According to Founder and Editor,…
Interview – Briohny Doyle
This is an interview with author and academic, Briohny Doyle, by Raphaelle Race. The Island Will Sink is Briohny Doyle’s debut novel, a book about the…
The Island Will Sink – excerpt
This is an excerpt from The Island Will Sink, by Briohny Doyle. INT. BOARDROOM. WIDE SHOT. DAY Twelve men sit around a large table. They…
Reality Testing Episode Three: About Aboutness
This is Reality Testing, our column where Khalid Warsame and Joshua Barnes fight over an idea. KW So our increasingly inaccurately defined ‘fortnightly’ column is back. JB: Once we’re…
Brave New World
You may have noticed we’ve had a little haircut. We’ve got a brand new, cleaner look, but that’s just the start. For the past few…
Writers Other Jobs – Public Servant
This is a Writers’ Other Jobs piece by Shu-Ling Chua about being a public servant. And I wanted to write about Canberra, this city that lures ambitious people from…
Review – Weird Sydney
This is a review of NSW Writer’s Centre’s live event, Weird Sydney. Woolahra Library was gifted an intriguing set of presentations on the weird and wonderful…