Writers are vital to today’s increasingly story-driven video games. Readers are active players and everything in the game – from the environment to the rules – can shape the narrative.
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Putting the unsayable into words makes it easier to bear, for both the writers and those reading them.
Students from non-English speaking backgrounds learn differently depending on the types and number of languages they speak and are literate in.
This is a story about stories. Who writes them. Who owns them and what happens when the two things get muddled. It’s a story about true stories, life stories, stories written by amateurs and professionals…
Charlotte Wood has won the fourth annual Stella Prize for The Natural Way of Things, a dark and dangerous book shot through with a kind of feminist rage that – after decades of anti-feminist backlash…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the first sentence of a novel sets the tone. Our new column, On Writing, explores the wonderful world of opening lines: from Tolstoy to Elmore Leonard.
A poor review doesn’t make for a bad book. But a good one doesn’t make for a good one either.
Because everyone’s got a book in them.
There is a lot of misinformation about how Australia prepares teachers to teach reading and writing in schools. So here’s how it really works.
The Australian Writers Guild has launched a legal case against Screenrights, the body charged with collecting royalties on its behalf. What is Screenrights and what does it do?
Poetic terminology can be alienating, off-putting. Whispering “dactylic hexameter” in people’s ears won’t necessarily tempt them into reading heroic verse. But there is hope – and poetry – for us all.
Science can be fascinating and exciting. But much science writing is dull and obscure. Here are some of the tricks scientists often use to suck the joy out of science.
Students reach the middle years of high school with poor vocabularies and unable to work with language in sophisticated ways.
It is the ultimate ‘meta-novel’: Andy Martin got his own book out of watching a popular author write his latest tome.
Research writing events have become a popular way for academics to develop their writing skills and socialise with others.
The dreaded blank page haunts every writer. But what happens in your brain when you run dry? And, more importantly, what – if anything – can be done about it?
Can emojis be used to tell stories, and if so what kinds of stories can we use them to tell? The National Young Writer’s Festival, which opens today, aims to find out.
Sex is part of young people’s lives. So how do we teach young authors to navigate tricky narrative waters when they write about it?
Sacks was able to communicate the fascinating workings of the brain in ways that evoked understanding and compassion.
The time of transitioning back to school is crucial for both parents and children. Here’s what you can do.
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
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Professor in Early Childhood Education and Community, University of Canberra
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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Honorary Research Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities, University College Cork
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Regents' Professor Emeritus of English, Georgia State University
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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