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Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the shortlist for their 2025 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize. To read about this view their website.
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The Canberra Writers Festival recorded more than 10,000 attendees during the 2025 event. This is a 54% increase from the previous year.
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The Goodreads Choice Awards 2025 are live. You can vote for your favourite books among a wide range of categories via this link: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2025
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Featured Blog Posts
Self-publish your book by raising funds through crowdfunding
You can fully finance you project (and more) if you apply the necessary effort.
Is Goodreads good for authors?
Estimated reading...
What is typesetting?
Estimated reading...
Social media marketing for authors
Social media...
Have you got the book hierarchy blues?
Estimated reading...
The economics of selling your book
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What 99.9% of authors don’t know.
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Three tips for drafting your own work
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