I'm Alan Vaarwerk.
I'm editor at Kill Your Darlings, and also sometimes a writer and critic.
I was formerly editorial assistant for Readings Monthly and have provided editorial services to other companies including Ultimo Press, Text Publishing and Griffith Review.
I've delivered talks and workshops at festivals and universities, and have appeared on panels at festivals and conferences in Australia and internationally.
I grew up in northern NSW, grew up some more in Brisbane, and now live in Melbourne.
Writing
Essays and interviews
Kill Your Darlings / Wheeler Centre
Fiction and memoir
Stilts / Griffith Review
Reviews
Books + Publishing / Readings Monthly
Speaking
Panels and Conversations
Melbourne Writers Festival / Asia Pacific Writers & Translators Conference / SPN Independent Publishing Conference / Emerging Writers Festival / Digital Writers Festival / Brisbane Writers Festival / National Young Writers Festival
Workshops and Talks
Emerging Writers Festival / Terror Australis Readers & Writers Festival / Noted Festival
Education
2014: Grad. Dip. Editing & Publishing, RMIT
2010: B. Arts (Creative Writing, Hons 1), Griffith University
2009: B. Communications (Literary Studies & Creative Writing), Griffith University
Contact
alan (dot) vaarwerk (at) gmail (dot) com