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Literature and Writing

Discover beauty in poetry, passion in drama and thought-provoking ideas in novels. Be stirred by the poets Milton, Whitman and Wright; be moved by the dramatists Shakespeare, Miller and Hugo and be inspired by authors Kafka, Dostoyevsky and Marques. Read and imagine, then imagine and write. Let your inner voice speak out guided in one of our exceptional writing classes. Immerse yourself in the glory of literature.


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$130 Limited inc GST / $117

Writing Memoir

<p>Some of the most popular and engaging works of literature come from the genre of memoir. There are those that look at innocence in wartime, like <em>The Diary of a Young Girl</em> by Anne Frank,

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$130 Limited inc GST / $117

Big Profile Writers' Workshop: de Beauvoir, Attwood, Morrison and more

<p>Writing is now democratic – most of us can write. Creative beginner and long-term writers hit blocks and potholes. So completing our works as Simone de Beauvoir says is about hard work,

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$273 Limited inc GST / $246

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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$46 Limited inc GST / $41

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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$253 Limited inc GST / $228

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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$249 Limited inc GST / $224

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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$85 Limited inc GST / $76

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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$171.01 Limited inc GST / $154

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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$171.01 Limited inc GST / $154

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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$130 Limited inc GST / $117

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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