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July 1, 2021
Surface ripples: Tank Water cover reveal
THE COVER OF my debut novel Tank Water is ready to share with the world! Created by Kim Lock, lead designer of MidnightSun Publishing since 2013, this cover stood out from the group of samples I was sent, and didn’t need much tweaking at all. Life-giving water captured in tanks comes from rainfall, so the … Continue reading Surface ripples: Tank Water cover reveal →
June 21, 2021
Live phantom caught on camera!
I RECENTLY FRONTED a music hall; an old-school, East-End-of-London line up of rollicking romance replete with all the requisite roister-doister of an era long gone. How did this happen? Well, truth be told I tried to get out of it. Twice. It had been fifteen years since I’d trodden the boards of any theatre and … Continue reading Live phantom caught on camera! →
Phantom caught on camera!
I RECENTLY FRONTED a music hall; an old-school, East-End-of-London line up of rollicking romance replete with all the requisite roister-doister of an era long gone. How did this happen? Well, truth be told I tried to get out of it. Twice. It had been fifteen years since I’d trodden the boards of any theatre and … Continue reading Phantom caught on camera! →
June 9, 2021
Ceramic flair in the high country
AN EXHIBITION OF new ceramic work will open at Glen Innes’ creative hub The Makers Shed in June, featuring the work of local ceramicist and potter Anita Stewart. Stewart has regularly exhibited work at The Makers Shed since the venue opened in 2018, and is well-known to locals as part of the Glen Innes Pottery … Continue reading Ceramic flair in the high country →
May 16, 2021
Tank Water in the Pipeline
IT FEELS LIKE a lifetime ago that I embarked on my dream to write a novel and have it published. In fact it is… in 1988 I received the first of many rejections over three decades, for a Young Adult novel I wrote when I was 15. If anyone had told me I would wait … Continue reading Tank Water in the Pipeline →
February 25, 2021
Reflections of autumn in Glen Innes highlands
A JOINT exhibition of paintings and leadlight panels by two longstanding Glen Innes artists is set to open in March. Painter Tanya Robertson-Cuninghame and leadlighter Greville Wilton are creative icons of the New England region, and their new show ‘On Reflection’ is at The Makers Shed, Glen Innes, throughout autumn. “The theme of this body … Continue reading Reflections of autumn in Glen Innes highlands →
November 23, 2020
‘Solstice’ shines a new light on summer
“In this exhibition I hope to share a lighthearted and fresh perspective on the familiar.” – Cecilia Smith A TRIO of painters feature in the latest exhibition at New England’s arts marketplace The Makers Shed, Glen Innes. Showing until the end of January, 2021, ‘Solstice’ includes new works by Peter Champion, Marianne la Cour and Cecilia … Continue reading ‘Solstice’ shines a new light on summer →
October 8, 2020
(Another) year of independent reading
WHILE the world has been distracted by a pressing pandemic, a small group of readers in the northern NSW New England region committed to reading and discussing a range of independently-published books, and now they’re getting ready to announce the pick of the crop. This is the second year the High Country Book Club based … Continue reading (Another) year of independent reading →
September 30, 2020
Meet the country writers boosting a festival’s word count
“It’s like living on a writer’s retreat and I love it.” AUSTRALIA’S rural heartlands are renowned for cultivating works of literature, and in the northern NSW region of Glen Innes the second annual High Country Writers Festival is busy fostering wordsmiths ahead of its final sessions on Saturday October 24. It’s also getting help from … Continue reading Meet the country writers boosting a festival’s word count →
September 2, 2020
Perseverance key to Powell’s pottery
THE natural environment of the New England region, and the mindfulness of daily work in the clay studio during the COVID-19 pandemic, were influential in a collection of new ceramic work by artist Max Powell of Glen Innes. The exhibition ‘FormWork’ will fill The Makers Shed with an array of pieces throughout spring. According to … Continue reading Perseverance key to Powell’s pottery →
