SCREEN AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY UNITES TO RESPOND TO BROADCASTERS’ CALL TO ABOLISH AUSTRALIAN KIDS’ TV Australia’s screen and entertainment industry has responded in a united front against calls made by commercial television broadcasters to abolish Australian children’s television quotas. In Sydney yesterday, at the parliamentary inquiry into the sustainability of the Australian film and television industry, the CEOs of Seven, Nine and Ten all made submissions to abolish Australian children’s television quotas.

Tune in now to listen to Shayne Armstrong on ABC Radio Brisbane as he chats with Kelly Higgins-Devine about the upcoming John Hinde Award and all things sci-fi! http://www.abc.net.au/radio/brisbane/live/

Last chance to book tickets for tonight's NSW Write Night! Join our panel as they discuss the ups and downs of telling stories in an era of alt-right outrage and social media thuggery. Head to the AWG website for tickets: https://awg.com.au/view/event/write-night-taboo-or-not-taboo/

Tomorrow! Come join our lively panel of writers and agitators as they discuss the challenges of telling stories and kicking sacred cows in an era of alt-right outrage and social media thuggery. Tickets are on sale on the AWG website here: https://awg.com.au/view/event/write-night-taboo-or-not-taboo/

We're excited to announce that tomorrow's sold out Navigating Interactive Writing event with Revelation Film Festival will also be live streamed on the Fielder Street Creative Facebook page. Join us tomorrow afternoon as Christy Dena and Leena van Deventer chat with Anthony Sweet about changing your mindset to level up your writing by including interactivity and reader agency into your stories! The live stream will be available from 4pm Perth / 6pm Sydney.

#Sydney, come join us in Redfern next Tuesday as our lively bunch of writers and agitators discuss the challenges of telling stories and kicking sacred cows in an era of alt-right outrage and social media thuggery! We'll be joined by Simon Hunt, Lily Shearer and Julie Kalceff with the panel moderated by Ian Simmons. Tickets still available on the AWG website.

#Perth, there are still tickets left to see Liz Doran chat with Pete Gleeson, writer and director of Hotel Coolgardie - The Film at Fielder Street Creative tonight! Free for AWG members and only $5 for non-members! We'd love to see you there to be part of the studio audience for our livestream.

#Perth, don't miss this chance to be part of the livestream studio audience tonight as Liz Doran chats with writer & director Pete Gleeson about the process of creating this raw, humorous and sometimes shocking documentary. Tickets free for AWG members. 6.30 pm at Fielder Street Creative, Level 2/30 Fielder St, East Perth WA 6004. Tickets on AWG website.

Don't miss this chance to hear Chris Corbett and Karin Altmann take you through tips and tricks on re-writing projects for film and television. This Wednesday from 7pm at the Dan O'Connell Hotel, Carlton. Tickets available below:

Writing for interactivity can present many challenges to the newcomer, and involves shedding a lot of what we’ve always been taught about storytelling. Are beginning, middle, and end, really essential? Do we need to move in straight lines anymore? Is conflict really essential? Join our guest of games and interactive writing as she leads you through the basics of changing your mindset to level up your writing by including interactivity and reader agency into your stories! With Christy Dena (QLD) and Leena van Deventer (VIC).

We all have a unique way of looking at the world and a unique way we experience and interpret events in our own lives. When we write professionally, we usually have to write characters we’ve never met – cops, specialists, serial killers – even aliens… so how do you find your voice within all these characters and worlds? Using The Kettering Incident Vicki Madden will talk through her life experiences that shaped Anna Macy and all the characters and themes from Kettering… When: Sunday 30 July 2017, 9am to 1.30 pm Where: Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett St, Adelaide SA 5000 Tickets: $20 for members, $30 for non-members Presented by AWG and MRC.

Come be part of our studio audience as screenwriter Liz Doran chats with Pete Gleeson, the WA based Writer/Director of the raw, humorous and sometimes shocking documentary Hotel Coolgardie - The Film

Join our live studio audience tonight as screenwriter Liz Doran is ‘In Conversation with Pete Gleeson’. Gleeson is the WA based Writer/Director of the raw, humorous and sometimes shocking documentary, Hotel Coolgardie, which is currently enjoying a successful release in cinemas. Come along and be part of our studio audience for the livestream of this exclusive event!

You’ve finished your first draft. Now what? Alleviating the agony of the re-write. Chris Corbett and Karin Altmann will take you through some tips and tricks on re-writing your projects for film and television. The session will include managing notes – i.e. ‘I love you, you’re perfect, now change’; getting on top of structure, over-writing, under-writing, focused story-telling and managing point of view. Chris and Karin will share the knowledge they’ve acquired over the years as they deliver a candid account of how to survive as story-tellers and how – as script editors – they operate as midwives to your dreams.

Our next Victorian members night is coming up next week. Don't miss out on this great session with Chris Corbett and Karin Altmann as they take you through some tips and tricks on re-writing your projects for film and television. Where: The Dan O’Connell Hotel. 225 Canning Street, Carlton When: Wednesday 12 July 2017, 7 pm The session will include managing notes – i.e. ‘I love you, you’re perfect, now change’; getting on top of structure, over-writing, under-writing, focused story-telling and managing point of view. Chris and Karin will share the knowledge they’ve acquired over the years as they deliver a candid account of how to survive as story-tellers and how – as script editors – they operate as midwives to your dreams.

WA Friends! Last chance to book tickets to hear Please Like Me writer Liz Doran talk all things comedy tonight. Tickets free for AWG members. Where: Fielder Street Creative, 30 Fielder Street, East Perth, WA 6004 When: Tonight! Wednesday 5 July 2017, 6.30 pm Tickets: Free for members, $5 for non-members. Please book tickets to ensure you are on the door list on the night.

Meet the Makers with Roger Monk from Essential Media tomorrow night in Brisbane. Don’t miss this chance to meet and get invaluable advice from a screenwriter at the top of his game and at the top of the ladder when it comes to development for Essential Media in Queensland! #awgqld

Tune in tonight from 7pm AEST! Shayne Armstrong will chat to Melanie Tait about John Hinde Award and all things sci-fi!