Dandelions and Helicopters

Inside are extracts written during The Year of the Novel at the New South Wales Writers’ Centre in 2012 – a course taught by acclaimed novelist, Bem Le Hunte. The course had a classic three-act structure – each act took place over ten weeks. Act one focused on unleashing ideas and following wild fancies. Act two explored structure, allowed plots to thicken and stories to evolve. Act three was about perfecting stories and pushing for surprising outcomes. The delights to emerge are within the pages of this book – diverse tales from talented emerging Australian novelists, including Indigenous, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian and Irish stories across a wide range of genres.