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Melbourne… ‘The Party of Life’ launch in December

Thank you to all who came to the Sydney launch at The Friend in Hand in Glebe (click for photos — great bunch of people!). Big thanks to Bernard Cohen for the launching (video available soon), and to Claudia Taranto, … Continue reading Related Posts:New! — ‘The Party of Life’ — come…Pocket poetry series from Flying Islands Books – grab…BooksEventsNotes for the Translators – poems and notes from 142…

The Dismissal 40 years on: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser and the age of right wing political entitlement

Lest we forget what ‘entitlement’ really means with regard to the Right in Australia. Here’s Gough Whitlam’s famous words on the steps of Parliament House 40 years ago — after the scheming and illegal actions of his opponents manipulated parliament … Continue reading Related Posts:Why I think funding for Literature and the Arts in AustraliaVale Nelson Mandela: on freedom, forgiveness and peaceSix years since I left my home and garden in Creswick to…The Two Wolves: feeding hate and fear in Aus...

New! — ‘The Party of Life’ — come celebrate the launch

Andif you can’t make the Sydney launch and you’re on the Central Coast – send me a message for the address and come along for a small launch-drinks at my house in Terrigal on Thursday 19th November at 6 for … Continue reading Related Posts:Vagabondage – my new verse memoir out now with UWAP…Notes for the Translators – poems and notes from 142…BooksPocket poetry series from Flying Islands Books – grab…Shop

Thank you to Perth bookclub who read and raised a glass to Vagabondage!

A big thank you to a bookclub in WA who chose Vagabondage for their book to read this month and sent me a photo! “Thumbs up and bottoms up from our bookclub! A great discussion starter, with particular mention of … Continue reading Related Posts:Book club discussion notes now available for VagabondageBook ClubsShopVagabondage – my new verse memoir out now with UWAP…Vagabondage Christmas pressie offer

Writing a memoir in fragments – Workshop on the Central Coast NSW

I’m presenting an afternoon workshop at Wyoming on the Central Coast (75 min from Sydney) on writing memoir in fragments on 27th Sept 2015, if you’d like to come along or know anyone who might be interested. It’s hosted by … Continue reading Related Posts:EventsVagabondage – New!About BethVagabondage – my new verse memoir out now with UWAP…Poetry – Things in a Glass Box

Six years since I left my home and garden in Creswick to live in a campervan…

In 1999 I created a new file which I called ‘Project Home Base’. I was tired ofrenting. And while I loved share-housing, I was by then forty, had an array of chemical and food sensitivities, and it was becoming harder … Continue reading Related Posts:Vagabondage – my new verse memoir out now with UWAP…BooksOn wrinkles, grey hair, ‘pertness’, beauty and…Happy new year!Slash and burn time for arts, writing and drama at ABC-Radio

Louisa May Alcott, Transcendental Wild Oats & Little Women at the Memoir Club Classics night

I am delighted to have been asked to choose a ‘classic memoir’ text to discuss at the Sydney Memoir Club in Randwick on Tuesday the 28th July – to which you are all invited. I’ve chosenLouisa May Alcott’s 1873 humorous … Continue reading Related Posts:EventsFiction – How to Conceive of a GirlEssays, etcIn Praise of Men in Frocks: Vale Brian Crossley – Mrs…Why I think funding for Literature and the Arts in Australia

Why I think funding for Literature and the Arts in Australia is a smart investment

Well here’s my submission to the Senate enquiry into Arts funding which is due in tonight by midnight. Posting it here as it expresses some of my thoughts on funding and writing. Thank you to everyone who sent in their … Continue reading Related Posts:Please consider sending your thoughts on new work &…Slash and burn time for arts, writing and drama at ABC-RadioAbout BethVagabondage – my new verse memoir out now with UWAP…PhD

Please consider sending your thoughts on new work & Arts Funding cuts and changes to the Senate Enquiry

Just getting together my submission which you can read here to the Senate Enquiry into the Impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the Arts which closes at midnight tonight… and wondered if you might like to … Continue reading Related Posts:Why I think funding for Literature and the Arts in AustraliaSlash and burn time for arts, writing and drama at ABC-RadioThe Climate Change Authority is calling for submissionsVagabondage – my new verse memoir out now with UWAP…Vagabond...

The Two Wolves: feeding hate and fear in Australia

. This little story is so relevant for us at the moment, as our psychopathic* right winggovt continues to feed its favourite wolf (fear, hatred, distrust, greed) in the hope of frightening people into believing that it alone can control … Continue reading Related Posts:‘All they will call you will be… IMAs (Illegal…Vale Nelson Mandela: on freedom, forgiveness and peaceSurvival Day, Australia, January 26thFlying on a cinders track: reading in a digital age and the…Reading literary fiction can...