FOR WRITERS
International Lamplight Residency - Shanghai (Online)
Join us for a special online residency and enjoy the warmth and support of Varuna, IAC and the Shanghai Writers Association. Find inspiration for your writing, enjoy professional development opportunities, and build connections with other writers to sustain your creative project.
SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSES - BRING THE VARUNA MAGIC TO YOU
Do you sometimes struggle to prioritise your writing practice? Perhaps you’ve hit a block and you’re unsure how to progress your work with the tools you have, or maybe you’d simply like to learn some new techniques to take your writing to the next level.
FROM POEM TO MANUSCRIPT: SPARK YOUR POETRY PRACTICE WITH FELICITY PLUNKETT
Applications have closed for this program
This online masterclass is designed to expand and nurture your practice as a poet. We’ll create an encouraging and inspiring community, and support the creation and development of work, from single poems to sequences, and explore how to build a collection.
FINISH YOUR MEMOIR IN 2024: AN EXTENDED PROGRAM WITH KRIS KNEEN
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Make 2024 your year. In this nine-month online workshop series Kris Kneen will lead a small group of writers to work together with the aim of each writer finishing a draft of their memoir.
FINISH YOUR NOVEL WITH CONOR KOSTICK
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For over 20 years, Conor Kostick has been teaching his popular 10-week Finish Your Novel course at the Irish Writers Centre and Varuna are delighted to offer it in Australia and New Zealand for the first time.