| Starts 25 May 2024 |
Learn how to self-publish your own book, in both printed and electronic formats. Ideal for authors who want their work read but don't want to waste a year or two getting rejected by agents and publishers, or ripped off by vanity press scams! Do you just want to publish your family memoirs or autobiography in a professional quality hardcopy book, either soft or hardback? Only need a couple of copies? POD, or print on demand allows anyone to desktop publish and within a few weeks a real, live book will arrive on your doorstep! You could be your own publisher and have your book printed and delivered! Once you know how, you can do it over and over gain. If you want to sell your book then we will set you up with your very own Amazon Author account: sell your book around the word for real income!
| Starts 15 June 2024 |
Learn how to self-publish your own book, in both printed and electronic formats. Ideal for authors who want their work read but don't want to waste a year or two getting rejected by agents and publishers, or ripped off by vanity press scams! Do you just want to publish your family memoirs or autobiography in a professional quality hardcopy book, either soft or hardback? Only need a couple of copies? POD, or print on demand allows anyone to desktop publish and within a few weeks a real, live book will arrive on your doorstep! You could be your own publisher and have your book printed and delivered! Once you know how, you can do it over and over gain. If you want to sell your book then we will set you up with your very own Amazon Author account: sell your book around the word for real income!
| Starts 29 June 2024 |
Writing your memoirs will lead you into emotionally difficult territory. However it can also be a therapeutic and beneficial experience demanding emotional honesty and bravery. How much of what you write will be the truth? And how do you select what to write about? Be prepared for a complex journey of self-discovery and soul-searching. In “Writing Your Memoir,” we discuss how to choose a subject, plan, focus, and begin a memoir. We will also discuss what makes for good subjects in memoirs, the differences between an autobiography and memoir and address the idea of self-disclosure.
| Starts 18 May 2024 |
Learn how to self-publish your story. This course looks at all facets of publishing such as editing, illustration, web sites and much more.
| Starts 22 June 2024 |
Do you have the urge to write but not sure what? With the help of an award-winning author and through a series of writing exercises, we will explore various areas of creative writing from short stories, popular fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir, poetry. We will focus on how to jump start your imagination, why not all ideas make for great stories, plus discuss plotting, characters and structure. As the title says, it’s a bootcamp, so come prepared to write every lesson!
| Starts 6 May 2024 |
This course focuses on the fundamentals of academic writing starting from the preliminary stages of understanding the task, identifying target audience, style, grammar, summarizing, synthesis and structure to the different stages of planning and drafting an essay or a report. It also gives insight into the ethics of writing including referencing.
| Starts 10 May 2024 |
This course intends to provide a broader perspective on the different types of literature in the world and how literary work has been shaped through cultural landscapes. Selected American, European Asian and Asian Australian literary texts will be the focus of this course. Choosing to read a range of short stories, novels, plays and poems will sharpen critical thinking skills and become a platform for students to be aware of the diverse socio-political and economic concerns addressed through literature in different time periods. The texts will be complemented with various critical theories drawing from postcolonialism, gender studies, science studies and cultural studies.
| Starts 8 May 2024 |
The old saying, “Content is king,” is as true today as ever. High-quality content is still one of the most valuable assets to a business. How do you reach more people and spread the word about what you do? In this course, you’ll learn how to tap into that gold mine of content in new ways to promote your business and generate leads. It will show you how to save time and effort by repurposing your blog posts into a book and turning your book into an online course.
| Starts 8 May 2024 |
Family history is more than just names and dates on a tree, it’s also about telling the stories. Even the most mundane details of your ancestors’ lives can be turned into an interesting narrative that you will want to share with your family and a wider audience. In this course, you will plan your project, find inspiration, discover how to use resources and timelines, and finally learn where and how to share your ancestors’ stories.
| Starts 5 June 2024 |
Family history is more than just names and dates on a tree, it’s also about telling the stories. Even the most mundane details of your ancestors’ lives can be turned into an interesting narrative that you will want to share with your family and a wider audience. In this course, you will plan your project, find inspiration, discover how to use resources and timelines, and finally learn where and how to share your ancestors’ stories.