Monthly Archives: January 2012

What it takes to write a novel

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Sophie Cunningham's most recent book is actually non-fiction, MelbourneÂ

Before Christmas I got to meet Sophie Cunningham at Newtown SC to talk about writing novels for artsHub.

She’s taking a six month course at the Allen & Unwin Faber Academy from April to September which would be fabulous to do.  Now all I have to do is follow her advice and write that damn novel!

You can read the article I wrote about our chat on artsHub: What it takes to write a novel

Extracts from Sophie’s novels are available on her website: www.sophiecunningham.com

Writing a Novel with Sophie Cunningham
Course dates: 18 April – 26 September 2012
Venue: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Course Fee: $5,950 (inc. GST)
Maximum of 15 students
For more information visit: www.allenandunwin.com/faberacademy/

Change management in the arts

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Margaret Hansford, Partnership Solutions

I first heard about Margaret Hansford when I did an interview with The Song Company (for the article Building a Better Arts Business), who recommended her as a great person to talk to on the subject of managing change in a not-for-profit or arts organisation. It took a few months for me to finally catch up with her and I’m so glad we did. Margaret was so giving of her time and what she had to say about how organisations should think about managing change processes was illuminating. Not rocket science but surprising how rarely organisation even recognise that change is something that can be managed, communicated and planned effectively.

You can read the article on artsHub here: Change management in the arts