It's official - the Australian Writer's Marketplace Online site is up and running, as well as the blog, Speakeasy.
Parts of this great new space are subscription based, however the blog is open to all comers to read.
This version of the print Australian Writers' Marketplace, the bible of Australian writers looking for all tools of their trade, is produced by the Queensland Writers' Centre.
There are forums on the site which will be put to good use tomorrow, as the inaugural AWM Online Writing Festival (9am-8pm, AEST), featuring guests from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, goes to air.
The program for tomorrow can be found here - Darren Nash and Kate Forsyth's editorials will be available on the blog, but other sessions are limited to subscribers, with a special minimum subscription available of $19.95.
According to the press release for this venture, ABS statistics show that 556,500 Australians engage in writing as a creative or leisure activity; 185,500 Australians have paid involvement in writing; and more than 5,000 manuscripts cross the desk of an editor or publisher in a year. And I promise myself a visit to the Australian Bureau of Statistics online tomorrow, to winkle out that report for closer inspection - sounds like an awful lot of creativity's going down there per capita. I also hope to get some lurking done around the Online Writing festival forums, for reports back here later in the week. We'll talk again.
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