Creation Stories:
Online Conversations about Creativity and Craft
Hosted by AWMP Director, Kathryn Heyman
The process of wrestling with a story teaches you how to wrangle your own creativity. It teaches you more than how to write, it teaches you what’s possible.
The Australian Writers Mentoring Program hosts free online conversations with acclaimed writers, focusing on the problems they encountered writing their first and sophomore books, and how they solved them.
These sessions focus on craft skills, creative problem and creative self-management. If you’re interested in creativity (or reading!) these short conversations are inspirational.
And there’s a giveaway for one ticket holder at each event.
The conversations are free, online and short (half an hour). If the time doesn’t work for you (or if you miss the live session), the session will be recorded for you to access after the event.
Upcoming event: Creation Story with Mark Haddon
Our next conversation is on Tuesday 20th January, when AWMP Director and acclaimed writer, Dr Kathryn Heyman will be in conversation with bestselling author and mentor, Mark Haddon.
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Creation Story with Mark Haddon
Date: Tuesday 20th of January 2026
Time: 8pm Sydney time AEST
About Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novels The Red House and A Spot of Bother. His novel The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction and is the basis for the Tony Award–winning play.
The author of a collection of poetry, The Talking Horse and The Sad Girl and The Village Under The Sea, Mark has written and illustrated numerous children’s books, and has won awards for both his radio dramas and his television screenplays. He teaches creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and lives in Oxford, England.