Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion are both novelists: Graeme’s Rosie Project series has sold over six million copies in forty languages and won ABIA book of the year. Anne’s five crime novels have been published in Australia and overseas, and their first joint effort, Two Steps Forward, a story of walking and renewal, was an international bestseller, sold to fourteen countries with movie rights optioned in the US.
Their latest novel is The Glass House, set in an acute psychiatric ward: your favourite medical drama with a psych twist, illuminated by Anne’s 35 years experience as a psychiatrist and Graeme’s deft handling of weighty topics.
They’ll talk about their books, writing as a couple and their mission to visit every bookshop in Australia. And (almost) anything you want to ask them.
Graeme Simsion is a bestselling novelist, popular seminar leader and author of The Novel Project: A Step by Step Guide to your Novel, Memoir or Biography, with a track record of ‘getting it done’.
In his seminars, Graeme will cover the end-to-end process of writing, from premise to proofreading, as described in The Novel Project.
Participants will learn:
How to plan the writing process, so they start every day knowing what to do it and how to do it, with confidence that they’re making progress towards a completed manuscript
How to take control of their creativity
How to create credible, complex characters
How to structure their novel using proven storytelling principles
How to deal with crises and problems, including writer’s block
How to work with beta readers and editors
Graeme will also convene a series of (usually one hour) informal seminars / chats ‘Getting out of the Blocks’ focusing on ‘getting unstuck’, moving forward, getting the book done.
Download a hi-res image of The Glass House cover here.