I wrote this a few years ago, but hearing the sad news about one of the great girl heroes - Chrissy Amphlett, thought I would post it. Every Girl Needs a Good Role Mole It began with a typo: ‘Lindy is a good role mole for women’. Lindy is a smart, be-suited lawyer, but the …
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Thank you to the Hunter Writers Centre and Newcastle Council for the inaugural Newcastle Short Story Prize. I've been very jealous of the poetry people with their prestigious (not to mention financially rewarding) prize, so it was good to see us short story writers finally get a go. Thanks also to Marion Halligan and Ryan …
So I finally broke my Sydney Writers' Festival hoodoo. I didn't fall off the wharf. I didn't have to push my way through the crowd to vomit in a toilet that wouldn't flush. (Unpleasant for everyone, believe me). I wasn't lying prostrate with migraine when my favourite authors were in town, and most importantly, I …
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There are many things they don't tell you: About chickens ... No one tells you that if you get chooks it will start a mini craze in the neighbourhood. Suddenly neighbours in every direction are inspired to emulate your green credentials. Call it new green, new frugalism, sustainability, who cares? Within two months we went …
Having fallen into blogging via the Meanland Meanjin - Overland gig, and after being strong-armed into twittering by the Sydney Sonnet 365 project, it behoves me to start being a grown-up and create a page of my own. So for those of you who are interested, herein lies a collection of my rants, raves and …
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