Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the director of SWEATSHOP: Western Sydney Literacy Movement and a doctoral candidate at the University of Western Sydney Writing and Society Research Centre. His first novel is The Tribe (Giramondo, 2014).
Huge books like The Hunger Games and The Fault in Our Stars are leading readers of all ages to this difficult to pin down genre. But what makes YA different to just A, and why choose to write in this genre? Supported by SA Writers' Centre.
Read MoreSWEATSHOP is devoted to empowering Western Sydney communities through literacy and critical thinking. Facilitating ongoing workshops and programs, SWEATSHOP is housed at the University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus.
Read MoreImmigration policy in Australia has always been a hotbed of controversy, and never more than right now. What do we, as young writers, think about the mandatory detention system?
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