workshops for beginner and emerging writers in western Victoria
Two Feathers Press in conjunction with Noorat Writers Group and with the support of Warrnambool Storytelling Festival is delighted to offer a series of five workshops over the months of March – July 2026, looking at foundational skills for the story you want to tell.
Suitable for beginning and emerging writers in any fiction genre, as well as narrative non-fiction. These sessions are designed to give you the basic skills and—importantly—the confidence to start, refresh or resume your writing journey.
Workshops will run for 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon at the CWA Hall, Terang, and will include a blend of theory and examples, workshopping and practice, and friendly discussion. Plus afternoon tea and resource lists for further study. Cost: $55 per person, per session.
Each session will be stand-alone; you may come to one, some, or all of them depending on what suits you and your project (although sessions 2, 3 and 4 will inevitably be linked in some ways, and a Bundle Ticket covers entry to all three and saves you $40).
- March : Writing the past A grounding in writing fiction set more than 10 years ago, as well as narrative non-fiction (including memoir, local history as story, narrative biography, etc)
- April: Basics 1 – Voice, character and point of view Bringing life to the people you’re writing about
- May: Basics 2 – Structure and Plot The how, what, when and why of your storytelling.
- June: Basics 3 – It’s finished! …I think Preparing your work for publication and beyond…
- July: World Building Foundation of writing fantasy, sci-fi, alt-history and dystopian fiction; but can also benefit anyone writing ancient history as narrative.
- Workshop FAQs here or send us an email if you still have more questions
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About your workshop leader:
Pam’s ancestors settled in Warrnambool and Port Fairy in the early 1850s, although she has moved around a bit before settling here a few years ago.
Pam delivered practical workshops at UK universities for two decades. Returning home, in 2021 she completed an Associate Degree in Professional Editing and Writing with RMIT University.
She was awarded Best Regional Writer and runner-up Best Fiction in the Writers Victoria Emerging Writers Competition 2019 and published her first novel Red Gifts in the Garden of Stones in 2024; the novel made the Kirkus Review ‘Top 5 Indie Fiction’ list in January 2025
She has short stories published in Australia and the USA. Visit her author page here
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