Busybird Publishing

24/12/2024

24/12/2024

Have you ever felt intimidated by the prospect of readings classics? There’s a reason for that, and, no, it’s not a “you problem”.

In our latest blog post, Wednesday intern, Jo, reflects on her time studying popular fiction in an academic context and reinforces the importance of giving genre fiction and the authors behind it the same respect as texts in the literary canon.

The past few years of my life have been spent knee-deep in a literature degree. Countless hours have been dedicated reading and studying literary fiction, from Wilde to Woolf to Joyce. I’ve read the…

17/12/2024

Our Tuesday intern Cristina Sirianni didn’t know what to expect when she took up an internship here at Busybird. She is now learning and growing in waves. Check out her experience with us so far in the new Busybird blog!

“You need to write a blog. It can be about anything.” Those were the infamous words spoken, yet I still didn’t know what to write. I went through many examples and tried to come up with ideas…

16/12/2024

Happy Birthday to Kev Howlett today!

14/12/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Narelle Wyrsch, Yolande White, Petra Costa, Ruža Bučak-Dabić

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community, fans

12/12/2024

As a reader, have you ever felt disconnected from others or judged for no good reason?

In Busybird’s latest blog, Thursday intern, Rebecca Cannizzaro, debunks some of the factors that impact our reading habits from a young age, and explores how they shape our future!

If you are a reader, more often than not you are judged. Judged by society. Judged by those close to you. Judged by yourself. As a young reader discovering the beauty of the written word…

10/12/2024

How's this for a feel-good story?

Thanks to Saimon Boyle for sharing this!

An 8-year-old boy by the name of Dillon Helbig is an aspiring author who put his own handwritten book in his local library – now it has a waiting list.

05/12/2024

Our recent Monday intern, Amanda McMahon, is already an experience editor working in the industry, but she undertook the internship to learn more about production.

In this blog, she gives you an insight into what the final draft of manuscript should look like, and offers tips on how you can improve you work before moving onto editing.

Artists often remark that the skill of a good artist is knowing when you are done. The same applies to a book. Regardless of whether it is a novel or a work of non-fiction, knowing when a manuscript…

27/11/2024

Ever wanted to do something so much that you just don’t do it? Wednesday intern Sheridan talks us through her constant battle with writing, or lack thereof, in the new Busybird blog!

My first thought is that what I’m about to say is a rather universal experience, or at least universal for those of us who cling so tightly to the identity of “writer”. Maybe I’m hoping the experience…

21/11/2024

WOW, what a night as we almost wind up 2024. We had Open Mic No106 which was also the Busybird Christmas break up last night and we had the best night all gathering, eating, laughing, connecting and then hearing some amazing readings and performances. Thank you to all who came, dressed up, brought food and helped the night be a great way to finish the year off with a lot of the Busybird family together in one place all having fun. Here are some snippets from the night, the dress-ups were awesome and congrats Ellen for winning the hamper of BB goodies. Ok, let's finish off the year and go start 2025... hopefully big things to announce soon at Busybird :-) Stay tuned.

20/11/2024

Tonight:

Christmas Party
6.00pm
Bring a plate

Open Mic Night
7.00pm
$5.00 entry
No bookings required
Come read your material or just sit back and watch!

FANCY DRESS: dress in the way that best exemplifies you, be that high society, a dream vocation, an alter ego, or however else you desire!

19/11/2024

Thinking of writing a book? Want to self-publish? They're not all nice guys out there. Here's a cautionary blog!

Recently, Ballarat-based self-publisher, Shawline Publishing, collapsed amid rumours of impropriety. Various news outlets, such as the Sydney Morning Herald, the ABC, and the Ballarat Courier…

18/11/2024