
Literature and Writing Courses
Immerse yourself in literature and writing classes in Sydney. Explore poetry, drama, and novels with authors like Shakespeare, Milton, Dostoevsky, and Márquez. Join a writing course to develop your own voice, improve technique, and share your creativity in a supportive community.
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Cross-Cultural Literature 4
<p>Imagine reading Kafka while staying in Prague? Or Borges while exploring Buenos Aires? Even if you aren’t travelling but are fascinated by different cultures and love reading fiction, you will be
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Let's hear it for Old Nick (on Machiavelli)
<p>The word “Machiavellian” has come to imply all sorts of sinister, deceptive and cunning behaviour – in politics, diplomacy, marketing and management. Is this fair? Nicolo Machiavelli had a career
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Reading Austen - The Big Six
<p>Jane Austen, much like the Brontё sisters and Charles Dickens, is a name most people are well-acquainted with and is often referenced in popular culture. Her six completed novels have endured
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Learn to Write Arabic Calligraphy
<p>Learn the art of writing in Arabic calligraphy. Study the characteristics of the script, learn to write the Arabic Alphabet in a different way and experiment with layout.</p>
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Haiku at Barangaroo
<p>The haiku form was developed by Basho in seventeenth-century Japan and has spread round the world. Haiku writing is a way to deepen perception of the nature around us. It is meditative and
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Poetry Writing Workshop
<p>This course offers practical tips to write poetry and to finesse and finish existing poems. We will review key poetic structures and techniques, and then apply them to your own poems. Each week,
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Lifting Heavyweight Literature
<p>This course explores heavyweight literature from formidable writers including Marcel Proust, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sylvia Plath and W.H. Auden, among others. Renowned as formidable writers and, at
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Proust, In Search of Lost Time (Swann's Way)
<p>Proust’s In Search of Lost Time is an unforgettable and beautiful exploration of time, memory, love, loss, art and transcendence. We discuss the first part, Swann’s Way, its major themes and
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Jane Austen - Celebrating at 250
<p>2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of author Jane Austen. With only six main novels to her name, her work is celebrated in numerous movie adaptations and theatre productions, with
...Jane Austen - Celebrating at 250
<p>2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of author Jane Austen. With only six main novels to her name, her work is celebrated in numerous movie adaptations and theatre productions, with
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King Arthur - The Ideal King
<p>King Arthur stands as the ideal – albeit flawed and tragic - of kingly virtues from a past golden age. This essentially British story is drawn from history and folklore, moulded by successive
...King Arthur - The Ideal King
<p>King Arthur stands as the ideal – albeit flawed and tragic - of kingly virtues from a past golden age. This essentially British story is drawn from history and folklore, moulded by successive
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