Sidestep the agent, bypass the manager, negotiate the restraining order, get the goods, get out. Learn how to cut the red tape and secure a scoop with your favourite artist, celebrity, idol – all while remaining cool and collected (and keeping that groupie doofus concealed).

Feeling creatively blue, mentally remaindered, or just a bit shithouse? Book in to get a once over with one of our very hot practitioners. Their topic of the day is you, you, you. Check in so Bethany Jones an entertianment lawyer, film and theatre all round guru can check you out!

Feeling creatively blue, mentally remaindered, or just a bit shithouse? ! Book in to get a once over with one of our very hot practitioners. Their topic of the day is you, you, you. Check in so Kelly Chandler: Chair of the NYWF Board (Need we say more?) can check you out!

We all love writing, right? So why do we treat it so bad? If you've ever abused an intern, stolen stationery, or passed your frenemy up for promotion, then come on down and hear the pros explain how not to let it happen to you.

Journalism and ethics. Can the two ever co-exist when a commercial or institutional interest is involved? This mega-panel chaired by the president of Sydney PEN examines the ethical health of Australian journalism to find out if there is a truly free press out there somewhere.

Dim the lights and crack out the projector, these globe-trotting travel writers have seen the highs and lows of what writing on the road has to offer. From spotless sun-dappled panoramas to dark corners that should remain unlit: take a trip around the world in 90 minutes.

How do I write a review that people will actually want to read? What makes a good interview? How do I present the facts without my audience preferring to sleep? All that AND a chance to be published in Nanoworks, the dedicated TiNA zine.

Sharp-witted commentary with nothing but a stack of magazines, scissors, binder medium and stickers! DAg ARt are ready to divulge the secrets of their success. Have your say on celebrity gossip, breast augmentation, and current events, then stick your say on stuff.

Editors, Publishers, Curators, and Cool-Kids-In-The-Know talk out their classic writing faux pas. Find out how editors chop, why your work was dropped: the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of developing a relationship with the peeps in charge.  From pitching articles to delivering on deadline: this one is a must.

The nails are well and truly in this coffin. Hell, the worms have probably set in. Come light a candle and contact the dearly departed with some old friends. Lament: Mourn: Resuscitate: Student Media, This Was Your Life. BYO candle.

Does Meanjin misunderstand you? Overland drive right by? Voiceworks shove its fingers down your throat and tinker? Wet Ink wait until your work is long dry? Come and meet the new class of literary magazines, as scrutinised by a panel of booksellers, writers, sceptics, and the editors themselves.

Because Newcastle University has a rotating stage, and because that rotating stage demanded it, WRIRON CHEF pits food writer against food writer in a stainless, steely war of wills. They can mouth off on the page, but can you eat it off the stage? Watch, squirm, swallow the results.

So you've dabbled in mini-masterpieces and now everyone’s wanting you to beef up, go BIG. How do you begin piecing together research? How does a novel happen? Writers discuss how they bridged the gap between ‘Uh-oh’ and ‘Opus’.