With just two weeks until the conference starts, we're getting the last bits of the organisation tied up. Assessments If you have...

Well here they are folks, the first round of presenters confirmed for this year's conference.

More editors, more bootcamps, more news

Dates for CYA 2022

With one big week behind us and another about to kick off, today is your last chance to book for the CYA 2021 online conference for...

Week one done and dusted.

Booking is still open for CYA 2021

See who's on the 2021 CYA Success Panel

By Jo Sandhu At this year's conference I'll be talking about Dialogue. We can learn so much about our characters through their...

Entering the world of publishing as a new writer can be pretty overwhelming – thrilling yes, but....

Be patient with your work by Sophie Hamley

This is my home office in which I write. It looks messier than it really is…most of the time.

Some things to think about before Felicity's session Building on ideas on Saturday, 24 July 2021at CYA 2021

We all missed so much in 2020. Find out how Deborah Abela managed to deal with missing the kid lit world.

Christopher Raja writes about how writing his novel and a memoir made him feel and the desire to run away and disapper.

CYA Conference was featured on Reading with a chance of Tacos today – it’s an awesome podcast for writers! We hope you’ll find the time...

She's going to be presenting a session about Killer Conflict on Sunday, 11 July. running a bootcamp on Saturday, 10 July, for writers of...

We're super excited to announce that Matt Stanton will be presenting on Saturday, 24 July 2021, 9:00 am AEST. Matt is a bestselling...

Editor updates Bookings are now open for Rowena Beresford from Yellow Brick Books on the 3rd July, and Michelle Madden from Penguin...

Bookings for the first round of assessments and bootcamps open 16 December.