Blog

Welcome to the Scribblers Festival blog. Here you'll find articles about the festival, Q&As with our guest authors and illustrators, behind-the-scenes chats with our podcasting team, participating libraries, bookshops, and more!

FEATURED

The Golden Pen Award
Visit RELICS and enter The Golden Pen Writing Award!
Get inspired at RELICS: Bricks of the New World, and write a story in any format around the theme "BIG & SMALL" for your chance to win amazing prizes!
The Golden Pen Award
How to Open Your Story
The story opening is the moment that unlocks the door for the reader and draws them in. Your job as an author is to get them invested and ultimately keep them turning the page. Read our tips on starting strong so you can finish with up to $500 in cash prizes!

MOST RECENT

Fuelling Creativity
A Love Letter to Bookshops
In celebration of Love Your Bookshop Day on 3 October, we want to give our favourites a shout out and make sure you know where to take your Reader's Card for a 10% off discount!
Fuelling Creativity
Fuel Your Creativity This Spring!
Fuel your creativity this spring with our Fuelling Creativity Workbook & Video Series, and these great springtime reading suggestions!
Connecting Through Creativity
Connecting Through Creativity - Winners Announced!
See the works and meet the young creatives behind the 2020 Connecting Through Creativity competition winners!
Connecting Through Creativity
Putting the Pieces Together with Beci Orpin
Beci Orpin is one of FOUR Creative Mentors sharing the tricks of their trades to support you on your journey in Connecting Through Creativity. Follow along as they give tips on their creative processes, specific art forms, and other tricks to help inspire your creative submission. Learn more about how to submit your visual art masterpiece that explores that topic of CONNECTIVITY for a chance to win $500!
The Golden Pen Award
Winners Announced! The Golden Pen Award 2020
See who judges Ursula Dubosarsky, Will Kostakis and Nadia King chose as the winning and shortlisted stories in Scribblers Festival's second annual The Golden Pen Writing Award. Meet the authors and read the winning stories!
Connecting Through Creativity
How to Draw Yourself with Remy Lai
Remy Lai is one of FOUR Creative Mentors sharing the tricks of their trades to support you on your journey in Connecting Through Creativity. Follow along as they give tips on their creative processes, specific art forms, and other tricks to help inspire your creative submission. Learn more about how to submit your visual art masterpiece that explores that topic of CONNECTIVITY for a chance to win $500!
Connecting Through Creativity
How Cristy Burne Finds Inspiration in the Natural World
Cristy Burne is one of FOUR Creative Mentors sharing the tricks of their trades to support you on your journey in Connecting Through Creativity. Follow along as they give tips on their creative processes, specific art forms, and other tricks to help inspire your creative submission. Learn more about how to submit your visual art masterpiece that explores that topic of CONNECTIVITY for a chance to win $500!
Connecting Through Creativity
James Foley Talks Curiosity
James Foley is one of FOUR Creative Mentors sharing the tricks of their trades to support you on your journey in Connecting Through Creativity. Follow along as they give tips on their creative processes, specific art forms, and other tricks to help inspire your creative submission. Learn more about how to submit your visual art masterpiece that explores that topic of CONNECTIVITY for a chance to win $500!
The Golden Pen Award
Start Your Story: Tips from Jacqueline Harvey
Scribblers 2019 guest and bestselling author, Jacqueline Harvey, gives her best tips on plotting out your story so you can get writing.
Scribblers Festival was conceived and delivered on the lands of Nyoongar people, the traditional owners of Nyoongar Boodja. We respect and acknowledge all of Australia’s traditional owners, and their Elders past and present. We are grateful for the privilege of living and working on Nyoongar Country.
Scribblers Festival is an initiative of FORM: Building a State of Creativity
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