Wednesday

Writing Workshops

Have you been toying with the idea of joining a writers’ group to help you stay motivated and build your skills?

Perhaps it’s time!

In the workshops you can:

  • Improve your writing through structured critiques

  • Develop a writing routine

  • Understand the importance of drafting and redrafting your writing

  • Acquire and apply self-editing skills

  • See how giving feedback to others can improve your own writing.

Bernadette Foley brings to her writing workshops a wealth of knowledge gained from a lifetime of experience in the book publishing industry. This offers participants the unique opportunity of receiving valuable feedback on their writing, while at the same time, gaining a unique insight into the world of publishing.

Lee Christine

Author of Charlotte Pass, Crackenback, Dead Horse Gap and Glenrock, published by Allen & Unwin

Four workshops for non-fiction and fiction writers

While writing is satisfying and creative, it’s also quite solitary. Through regular workshops you’ll meet fellow writers, as well as honing your skills and staying on schedule. 

For the past six years I've run many writing workshops and I enjoy helping the writers in these groups to develop their practice. The workshops have given some the deadlines and encouragement to complete their manuscripts and publish their books. Others have become the writers they hoped to be for their own satisfaction.

Join me – an experienced publisher and editor – and a small group of emerging writers in a friendly, supportive environment.

When, where and how many

Four workshop in total.

Starts: Wednesday 6 March 2024

Continues: Wednesday 3 April, 1 May, 29 May 2024

Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Where: the beautiful Broadcast Books office, Level 2, 21 Oxford Street, Surry Hills, NSW

  • Accessible by lift

  • Close to Museum and Town Hall stations, with a bus stop at the door

  • Or via Zoom, if that is more convenient for you.

Group size:  4 to 5 people.

What happens?

The Wednesday Writing Workshops combine my professional expertise with the interaction of a group of people committed to helping each other become the best writers they can be.

In the 2-hour workshop, we will critique writing samples of up to 3000 words per person in every workshop.

Writers will email their work to the group a week in advance, so there is time for everyone to read and think about it before discussing the work together.

We’ll also explore writing, editing and publishing topics chosen to meet the group’s needs. They could include the importance of ‘show, don’t tell’, characterisation, dialogue, research techniques, approaching publishers and agents, and pitching your work.

Bernadette Foley

As a publisher and editor with over 30 years’ experience I have worked with some of Australia’s most beloved authors, such as Di Morrissey and Professor Marcia Langton, William McInnes, Fiona McCallum and Thomas Mayo, and many others.

I have held senior roles in many of the leading publishing companies, including Hachette Australia and Pan Macmillan. For my services to the publishing industry, I received the George Robertson Award. Today I run my business Broadcast Books to assist writers to develop their skills and their careers, create their fiction or non-fiction stories, and bring their work to readers.

Price

$154 (inc GST) per workshop

For:

  • 2-hour workshop

  • Tea and coffee

  • Notebook

Payment

  • Direct debit

  • Invoices issued before each workshop, to be paid within 14 days.

If you cannot attend or if it’s not for you

If you decide after the first workshop that it’s not for you, you’re under no obligation to continue and will only pay for the one workshop. Let me know by email asap after the first workshop.

Otherwise, you will commit to attending the next three workshops.

Please give a minimum of 48 hours’ notice if you can’t attend a workshop. Then your payment will be used as credit for the following workshop; it will not be refunded.

Except in exceptional circumstances, if you give less than 48 hours’ notice, your payment will not be credited or refunded. 

Application to join the Wednesday Writing Workshops

For further information and to apply, please email me: bernadette@broadcastbooks.com.au

I will send you a questionnaire and ask you to submit an outline of your manuscript and its first 5 pages, or an overview of your writing idea if it is a different form, such as a blog or series of articles.

I’ll look forward to hearing from you.

Happy writing!

Bernadette