Bronwyn Birdsall is a writer, editor and digital marketing specialist.
SWEET TROUBLE is her first novel and has been selected for numerous work-in-development programs. She is currently working on a collection of non-fiction essays PERSONAL MYTHOLOGIES and her second novel.
Writing
In 2018, Bronwyn participated in HARDCOPY, the ACT Writers Centre’s national professional development program for emerging Australian writers. She was chosen from writers across the country to workshop the manuscript of her debut novel.
After a series of weekend workshops, she was one of ten participants selected for its competitive second round to receive feedback on her novel from publishers & agents.
You can see her talk more about the experience here and here. You can also read more about her writing practice in this profile with Practise Journal.
In September 2019, Bronwyn had a narrative non-fiction piece published on Primer, 'What Being A Godmother Taught Me About Love', you can read it here.
In December 2019, she was shortlisted for the Lane Cove Literary Awards in the travel writing section.
In May 2020, she wrote again for Primer about living with her mother through the pandemic.
She was previously awarded runner up in the Nancy Fairfax Writer in Residence competition and is an alumni of the Byron Writers Festival's Residential Mentorship program with Marele Day.
 Wildflowers picked on a long walk on Igm |  I wrote my novel by hand, in notebooks l |
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 #PYT in Sarajevo |  Wrote about living with my beautiful mum |
 Resting Serious Face! Papped by @lisamck |  BronwynBirdsall_Portrait18_3 |
 Fell out of an old book today - my prize |  Tonight my beloved office mate Therese l |
 That big Australian sky #eastersunday |  24 hours in Hobart!_Tips_ Cafes_ Restaur |
 Best window around |  In the ten days since this article was p |
 My friends Eli & Alex changed my life fo |  Everything smells of lavender now __rach |
 Ready for Day 3 of #HardcopyAUS - a comp |  Thought today of this sweaty Tokyo day, |
 Ridiculously dreamy set up for Day 1 of |  A weekend of speaking about books at #ha |
 Spent a humid morning talking to _practi |  Nothing to see here 🙅🏼♀️ Just another |
 17° outside, 21° in the water #thegoodpl |  “Paris is the tops!” Postcard from my gr |
 10 years ago today, Baby B at a protest |
Editing & Proofreading
While working as an English as a Second Language teacher, Bronwyn began editing and proofreading texts on a project basis. Since 2007, she's edited texts ranging from film scripts, corporate reports, Masters & PhD theses, artists' wall texts and statements, fiction in translation and non-fiction books.
Some favourite projects include:
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Subtitles for more than twenty feature and short films, mostly from Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Cinematic Rotterdam - the Times and Tides of a Modern City by Floris Paalman
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Texts for artist Šejla Kamerić
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Program & documentation for the Underbelly Arts festival
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Wisdom at the Crossroads: True Stories From the Time of the Republic of Dubrovnik and the Ottoman Empire by Vesna Miović
Digital Strategy
Since 2012, Bronwyn has worked in the digital sector. Her speciality is paid digital, with a strong track record of business growth through targeted online campaigns.
Bronwyn also volunteers for the Children's Book Council of Australia - NSW Branch, which can be followed on Instagram here, Facebook here, and Twitter here.
She will not be taking on new clients until mid 2021.