The Australian Writers’ Guild supports the journalists at Nine Publishing in their current negotiations and in their decision to take strike action. “The rights and conditions of journalists underpin a healthy and thriving media industry,” said AWG Executive Director Claire Pullen. “We support the journalists at Nine Publishing in taking a stand for better wages, more…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates screenwriters Evlin DuBose and Cameron Williams who have tonight been announced as the winners of the 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards. The Awards were announced tonight to a packed and buzzing room of senior writers, producers, industry folk and Guild members, who spent the evening mixing with the talented cohort of winning and shortlisted writers. Evlin DuBose took home the Long Form Award…
Continue readingThe David Williamson Prize-winning play Horizon will return to the stage later this month at the Brisbane Powerhouse, running from July 31–August 10. Commissioned by Playlab Theatre and written by award-winning playwright Maxine Mellor, Horizon is an AWGIE award-winning script exploring the current political and social climate of Australia and where we are headed as a nation — who…
Continue readingThe use of AI in the creative sector is a critical issue for writers. Without immediate regulation, its use poses an existential threat to the Australian creative industries and audiences. We’ve made a joint industry submission to the Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence to highlight these threats and propose a framework for the safe and responsible use of AI….
Continue readingNine emerging writers and their outstanding new projects have been shortlisted for the 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards. After three rigorous rounds of judging, the shortlisted projects were selected from over 500 entries across two categories, with scripts ranging from plays, pilots shorts, features, audio and web series. The winning writers in both categories (short form and long…
Continue readingLucy Campbell is an Australian writer and director. Her short films and online series have screened at festivals around the world and her sci-fi series The Big Nothing has over 1M views on Dust. Lucy cut her teeth working as a script editor/coordinator for shows including Firebite (AMC), The Tourist (BBC/HBO Max), Stateless (ABC/Netflix) and Wolf Creek S2 (Stan). In 2022,…
Continue readingVale Bill HughesProducer, Director, Filmmaker 1944 – 2024Bill Hughes passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, 7 April. He was a few weeks away from celebrating his eightieth birthday. I worked with Bill in the 1990s. We lost touch after that and I don’t feel entirely qualified to write the kind of tribute…
Continue readingCharlotte Rose Hamlyn is an AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter, the co-founder of children’s animation production company Big Serious Studios, a published Author/Illustrator for children’s books, a director for animated television, a television presenter, and a retired professional fairy. Charlotte has written over 100 episodes across more than 50 shows for platforms including Netflix, ABC, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Disney, and recently won…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild is delighted that Madness of Two’s latest production, Starweaver, opens this evening in Adelaide, running until Saturday 6 July as part of the 2024 Stateside Season of State Theatre Company South Australia. Starweaver is a gritty and gripping new science-fiction story live on stage, created and written by the award-winning theatre makers at Madness of Two, Jamie…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild is delighted that Madness of Two’s latest production, Starweaver, opens this evening in Adelaide, running until Saturday 6 July as part of the 2024 Stateside Season of State Theatre Company South Australia. Starweaver is a gritty and gripping new science-fiction story live on stage, created and written by the award-winning theatre makers at Madness of Two, Jamie…
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