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Oliver Adams

Letter Review was founded by Oliver Adams, who is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing, casual academic, and guest lecturer at the University of New South Wales. Oliver Adams has had short stories published in leading literary journals such as Overland, Southerly, Seizure, and TEXT. He has had novels long listed for major awards such as the KYDUMA, has received government funding to produce plays from Create NSW and screenplays from Screen NSW, and has performed / produced professional work at major theatrical venues such as the Sydney Opera House.
Which book award do you trust the most?
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Which Book Award do you Trust the Most? Booker Prize

There are so many book awards and prizes out in the world, it’s hard to know which ones are reputable, and which ones have been created just to increase sales. There are ten or so major ones which most people would recognise, but in the English speaking world there is Read more…

By Oliver Adams, 1 year14/03/2021 ago
Is Fiction Writing Hard?
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Is Writing Fiction Hard? More Top Tips

We all want to write the best fiction we can. Sometimes it can really pay off to learn from writers who have gone before us, so that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel, and so that we can improve our writing as quickly as possible! Writing fiction is hard. Read more…

By Oliver Adams, 1 year13/03/2021 ago
The Greatest Prose Writers
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The Best Prose Writers

Novelists have been writing prose since Apuleius penned (quilled?) The Golden Ass in 2nd Century CE Rome. For thousands of years readers and critics have been trying to determine which novels represent the very best of prose. Who is the Best Prose Writer? Contenders for the title of best prose Read more…

By Oliver Adams, 1 year12/03/2021 ago
Books on How to Write Prose
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Books on How to Write Prose

OK, so you love to read. You’ve got a sneaking suspicion that you might have a novel inside, and you want to find the best keys to unlock that work. You don’t want to reinvent the wheel, however. You’re smart, and you want to hear what the best writers in Read more…

By Oliver Adams, 1 year09/03/2021 ago
Should you read screenwriting books?
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Should You Read Screenwriting Books?

There’s a book on everything nowadays, right? And it’s hard to know whether it’s worth your time to pick up the next book, or whether its just going to be more hours wasted. When the pace of everything is speeding up, we need to know whether it’s a good investment Read more…

By Oliver Adams, 1 year08/03/2021 ago

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