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Ian Reid

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Ian Reid is a writer and education consultant who lives in Perth, Western Australia. Born and raised in New Zealand, he has spent most of his adult years in various parts of Australia, with periods in the USA.
He has taught creative writing and literature in several universities and is the author of a dozen books, including non-fiction (mainly on literary and historical topics) and poetry, but his main focus now is on writing narrative fiction. His fourth novel, A Thousand Tongues, was published in Sept 2019.

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Poetry to light you up

On Friday April 12th the venerable Lane Bookshop will be hosting an evening of Neon Poetry Readings in association with Claremont’s Luminous Street Festival.

I’m pleased to be one of the invited readers, in the bright company of several other poets – including Lucy Dougan, Tracy Ryan, John Kinsella, Annamaria Weldon, Dennis Haskell and Josephine Clarke.

It would be good to see you there!

Venue: Lane

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“Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.”
― Ian Reid

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“I’m glad we don’t know everything.”

“You’re glad?”

“That we don’t know all the answers, that we can’t explain it all, like space. Maybe we’re not supposed to know all the answers. Questions are good. They’re better than answers. If you want to know more about life, how we work, how we progress, it’s questions that are important. That’s what pushes and stretches our intellect. I think questions make us feel less lonely and more connected. It’s not always about knowing. I appreciate not knowing. Not knowing is human. That’s how it should be, like space. It’s unsolvable, and it’s dark,” I say, “but not entirely.”
― Ian Reid

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“Soms is een gedachte dichter bij de waarheid, bij de werkelijkheid, dan een handeling. Je kunt alles zeggen, je kunt alles doen, maar een gedachte kun je niet veinzen.”
― Ian Reid, Ik denk dat het voorbij moet zijn

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