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Newcastle Writers Festival 2016

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Karen Whitelaw

Keep the weekend April 1 -3  free for the 2016 Newcastle Writers Festival. It’s an exciting line-up this year. Check out the program . If you want to spruce up your writing there are Masterclasses by Carmel Bird  and Claire Scobie, and sessions on Self-publishing … Continue reading →

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Living a Dream – Day 16

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Karen Whitelaw

Even dreams can turn nightmarish. For the past fifteen days the words have been in flood. My pens keep running out of ink and my second notebook is almost full. The images, metaphors and scenes are damming up, coming so … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Secret Weapon: vulnerability

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Karen Whitelaw

I once heard Peter Carey, two times winner of the Man Booker, tell Phillip Adams on ABC’s Late Night Live that the week before a new book comes out he can find himself curled on the floor in a foetal … Continue reading →

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To Publish or not to Publish? Is that really the question?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Karen Whitelaw

When I hear about people who write but have no desire for publication I always imagine closet diarists who hide their notebooks in drawers under their thermals if they live near the equator or their sarongs if they live in … Continue reading →

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Dear Writer,

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Karen Whitelaw

Yes, that’s you. That’s the dilemma, isn’t it? When can you legitimately call yourself a writer? When is it okay to look someone in the eye and say with conviction, ‘I am a writer.’ You are a writer if: – … Continue reading →

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