Shameless creator to speak at National Screenwriters Conference

British screenwriter Paul Abbott, creator of Shameless, will speak at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s National Screenwriters Conference in February 2013. Next year’s conference will carry the theme ‘What Happens Next? The Screenwriters’ Journey.”

The announcement:

The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) today announced that one of Britain’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful TV writers will head to our shores for the biennial National Screenwriters Conference at Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, from 20-22 February 2013. Paul Abbott created the multi award-winning semi-autobiographical Shameless, which is now in its tenth series in the UK as well as a second series of the US remake starring William H Macy.

“As a screenwriter, this is the one event I look forward to more than any other. Hearing the best in the business talk about their craft is always incredibly inspiring, and there are none better than Paul Abbott”, says Australian Writers’ Guild President Jan Sardi.