Alison Edwards Master Class Recording

Alison Edwards Master Class Recording

From International Writers' Collective by International Writers' Collective

February 8, 2025 · 57 min

About this episode

Australian author Alison Edwards discusses her debut novel and shares insights on writing and publishing.

Australian novelist Alison Edwards gave a master class for us on 8 February 2025 in Amsterdam. The class focussed on her debut novel Two Daughters (Atlantic Books Australia, 2024), the story of two young women from very different backgrounds and opposite sides of the world whose lives intersect in a way neither could have predicted. Alison began her fiction writing journey with the Collective and large portions of Two Daughters were workshopped in our courses. She spoke with IWC instructor Jennifer van der Kwast about: the ins and outs of writing your first novel—from building your skills to finding the time and the motivation to keep going, the challenges of writing in dual perspectives, tips on getting a literary agent, lessons from working with an editor, and what she wishes she had done differently in hindsight.   ABOUT THESE TEACHERS Alison Edwards was born and raised on the south coast of New South Wales. She studied journalism and international studies before obtaining a PhD in linguistics at the University of Cambridge. She is now based with her family in Amsterdam, where she works as a translator, editor and sometime academic. She took her first Level I course with…

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Guest: Alison Edwards

Topics covered

  • writing
  • novel
  • dual perspectives
  • finding an agent
  • working with an editor

Keywords

  • Alison Edwards
  • Two Daughters
  • writing tips
  • dual perspectives
  • finding an agent
  • editor lessons

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Books & works: Two Daughters

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