As we close the door on GenreCon 2022, we’ll open a forbidden sneak peek for GenreCon 2023 that’s for your eyes only!

Join Queensland Writers Centre CEO Lori-Jay Ellis as she hosts representatives from Ingram Spark, Shawline Publishing, and Pages2U to , discussing new and varied avenues of reaching your readers.

Join Dr Andrea Baldwin for a discussion about the effects COVID-19 has had on authors and their writing process.

Quick! Pitch your manuscript to a selection of literary publishers and agents before your 5 minutes is up. Then once that’s done, move onto your next pitch. This is a great opportunity to put yourself forward, test your work in the market, and get to know important industry faces.

The most common question editors are asked about their work is ‘What exactly do you do?’ Even from writers!

In this session find out what editors can do for you and your genre, where you can find an editor and anything else you would like to know about editors and publishing in Australia.

Join authors and industry figures with a vibrant online profiles for a discussion about writers and their presence and personal brand online, and the everchanging landscape of social media for writers.

In this fascinating workshop, Dr Gillian Polack will enlighten us on her area of expertise: research into genre writing. Gillian will dive deep into representing culture in genre novels and how it shapes our cultural choices around fiction.

This special event highlights the storied achievements of our 2022 patron, with Maree Kimberley. Prepare to discover new insights into one of our most beloved genre writers!

Want to know what’s hot? Come along and listen to this steamy line-up of romance authors as they discuss current romance reader trends.

Authors will learn about how to make and publish audiobooks on the new Marketplace platform from Findaway Voices.