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Faber is expanding its Academy programme of creative writing courses, launching the Faber Academy in Australia in partnership with Allen & Unwin in March 2011.
Edwina Johnson, former publicist for Allen & Unwin and artistic operations manager for Sydney Writers' Festival in 2006/7, will be Academy manager, with the responsibility of overseeing operations in Sydney and developing the programme.
Becky Fincham, head of Faber Academy, said: "It seems such a natural move to bring Faber Academy to Sydney, a city with such a vibrant, energetic literary community and to run the courses in partnership with Allen & Unwin, Faber's home in Australia. There is such a wealth of talent in Australia and Faber Academy is keen to nurture it."
Robert Gorman, c.e.o. of Allen & Unwin, said: "We are thrilled to launch such an innovative and groundbreaking programme in Australia. Allen & Unwin has a longstanding and close relationship with Faber and we greatly look forward to this new stage in our partnership." Allen & Unwin acts as Faber's publishing partner in Australia and New Zealand.
Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin will launch with a six-month selective course called "Writing a Novel" directed by authors Kathryn Heyman and James Bradley, and including guest seminars by Kate Grenville and David Malouf, among others.
Since its launch in 2008, Faber Academy has tutored more than 700 students, and involved authors such as Margaret Atwood, Blake Morrison and Kazuo Ishiguro.