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Meet Oliver Reeson from the 2019 Deakin University Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers Shortlist.

Read Quang Mai’s poem ‘Rememory’, awarded The 2019 John Marsden & Hachette Australia Prize for Poetry.

Read Preethika Mathan’s nonfiction piece ‘The Truth and Lies between Love and Hate’, awarded The 2019 John Marsden & Hachette Australia Prize for Nonfiction.

Read Hanqing Li’s nonfiction piece ‘Birdsong’, awarded The 2019 John Marsden & Hachette Australia Prize for Fiction.

In the lead up to this year’s Deakin University Nonfiction Prize, we sat down with our 2019 judges and 2018 Prize alumni for a quick chat about the Prize, their favourite nonfiction books, writing advice, and what they’ve been up to.  2019 Deakin University Nonfiction Prize Judge, Timmah Ball The Deakin University Nonfiction Prize Timmah […]

For the first time, Express Media presents Toolkits: Digital Storytelling! In 2019, we received many applications for our brand new Digital Storytelling stream, making the selection process a difficult one, but we are so excited to introduce our 8 talented young creators from all across Australia that will be participating in this year’s program.  For […]

We are pumped that Toolkits: Poetry is back and better than ever! In 2019, we received many applications for our poetry stream, making the selection process a difficult one, but we are so excited to introduce our 8 talented young poets from across Australia that will be participating in this year’s program.  For 12 weeks, […]

The wait is over literature lovers, the Melbourne Writers Festival program is up, tickets are now available and while browsing the program we happened to spot a few familiar faces! Here are our top picks for the 2019 program, be sure to get your calendars ready. You can find the full festival program here. ______________________________________________________________________________ […]

Q & A with our brand new Intern, Mikaela Williams!

Interview with Voiceworks alum, Elizabeth Kuiper author of Little Stones !