Christos Tsiolkas: The act of writing itself teaches you how to write

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Christos Tsiolkas is a judge for the 2022 SBS Emerging Writers' Competition. Source: Getty Images

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In the first episode of season two of The New Writer's Room, Caitlin and Sarah speak to Australian author and SBS Emerging Writers' Competition judge Christos Tsiolkas about his creative process and his best pieces of advice for aspiring writers.

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