Creative writing
Key resources
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)Very useful gateway to journal articles in literature and linguistics.
- Oxford BibliographiesA collection of discipline-focused, online guides to essential literature across a broad range of subjects.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowA large multidisciplinary database. Over 160 subject areas are covered extensively including business and economics, health and medical, social sciences, news and world affairs.
- Women Writers ProjectA particularly great source of work from under-examined female poets of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
- Dotlit: the online journal of creative writingDotlit is an online journal of creative writing and featuring a mix of fiction, poetry, digital stories, creative non-fiction, reviews and scholarly essays.
- Fourth genre: explorations in nonfictionFourth Genre is a journal devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction.
- Modern fiction studiesMFS publishes theoretically engaged and historically informed articles on modernist and contemporary fiction.
- New writing: the international journal for the practice and theory of creative writingNew Writing publishes both critical and creative work – offering a forum for debate, as well as an avenue for the publication of the best stories, poems, creative non-fiction and works for the stage or for the screen – in all their contemporary varieties.
- Bookbird : news bulletin of the International Board on Books for Young PeoplePrint copies are available in the Bendigo Library in addition to the online subscription.
- Australian Book ReviewOne of Australia’s leading cultural magazines publishing reviews, essays, commentaries and new creative writing.
- Australian PoetryA national poetry body that supports and promotes Australian poets and their poetry.
- Australian Society of AuthorsDedicated to advancing and protecting the interests of Australia's literary creators
- Writers VictoriaA leading provider of information, resources and skills development to support Victorian writers.
Inspiration
- The Roland Collection on LiteratureStreaming videos of authors in conversation about their writing and creative process.
- 11 talks from authors11 TED talks from authors discussing writing practices and storytelling techniques.
- Creative Writing Now - story startersStory starters and creative writing ideas to kick writer's block to the curb