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NorthWrite 2018
The NorthWrite 2018 programme has been planned to give participants renewed energy and drive for their writing. Our presenters are all well-known within the New Zealand writing scene and we …
Long Beard
The rain subsided though water still covered the road, washing in to the gutters. Jemmie and I were looking to make shenanigans, since the pub had forced its lights and …
Small Things
A one-hundred word story. I’m cashing today’s sales at the bank. Five thousand and sixty-eight dollars. My finger tips steal over the notes. The lady at the teller, I recognise …
Spilling the beans at Melbourne Fringe Festival LoveKills2017
It’s true. Not all love stories have happy endings. Or beginnings. Or anything that once acquired the elements of ‘fairytale feelings’. Director Noel Anderson combines Melbourne Indie writers (one of …
Dog On A Mountain
Jawa was born in Armidale NSW, taken on as a pup in my uni days. Since then has lived in the NSW country town of Culcairn, at Red Rock Beach …
Why am I the history teacher who doesn’t attend an ANZAC Day service?
History is full of many perspectives. I acknowledge, thank and honour the individuals who lost, risked and fought for their lives for Australia, the place where I was born and …
From The Tower of Song
Dear Leonard, you will continue to sing and speak to us from the Tower of Song but let me just say that I did speak to you before you passed, …
Scone Writers Festival
Courtney Collins said at the Scone Writers Festival that for writers and those alike, what you write must be worth the tree that is cut down and used to print …
A Conversation With Fire
(A 50-word story). Flames lick at the glass like a sexually deviant tongue luring me inside, even the floor boards are warming me up to it. I crawl towards the …
Watercolour Painting
(A 50-word story). I had bought the watercolour painting of the 1920s Melbourne streetscape in a downtown marketplace set at the back of an alleyway edging the very same street. …
Detective John Miller (2)
(A revised version of the 100 word story Detective John Miller, now in 149 words using the words umbrella, birthday and softly). All his life, detective John Miller had worked …
The Interrogation
I’m nervous about the questioning. They have me in this chair, a bright light in my eyes. My neck is tightening with the collar around it; I fear I may …
The Liebster Award
Believe it or not, the Liebster Award is a thing. It even has this medallion pictured below. My blogging friend over at A Z Pascoe has nominated me and so …
Dialogue in Writing
Dialogue is on my mind. I feel like it might be quite important for writing fiction. I could muse via lengthy prose about how dialogue breaks up blocks of writing, …
The Importance of Making Contact with Other Writers
It took me eight months to rock up to the Melbourne Social Writer’s Group. I was so nervous but I had to reach out – I was drowning in my …
Keep Calm and…
Audrey Hepburn And I Consider Our Assets: A Review
Darling, you must see it. In the words of director, Noel Anderson, “An Australian musical is a rare beast, especially one written with original music.” In my opinion, this home …
‘Strayan Public Holiday
People talk about how St Kilda has changed. I think about how the drugs have changed. I think about how Paul Kelly preferred Melbourne over Sydney and how I do …
Price Check! The Musical
A trolley full of laughs! Price Check! – The Musical is a new Australian musical comedy, offering some strong and independent competition to our American-dependent musical ears and eyes – …
