On this website six Albury writers bring you stories from our region — from the mountains, the farms, the communities. There will be history, cultural notes, reviews, short fiction. Maybe even some poetry. Our title, Riparian, means relating to or situated on the banks of a river. It also refers to the parts of the river that lie under the water.
Vale Dotti Simmons
Dotti at the site of the Pumphouse Maker Space, Waterworks Rd, 2018 Vale Dotti (1950-2021) Dotti Simmons passed away peacefully at home on 1st November, 2021. She was an esteemed member of the writers’ group here at Riparian, posting on Ellen Kelly, the Parramatta Female Factory, Hotel Bonegilla, Rural Australians for Refugees and the annual… Continue reading Vale Dotti Simmons
Reading the (in)land
Poetry for the Planet: An Anthology of Imagined Futures edited by Julia Kaylock and Denise O’Hagan was published in 2021 by Litoria Press. Now available from your favourite bookshop. All proceeds directed to the Conservation Foundation. Poetry for the Planet showcases the work of emerging and established poets from Australia and Aoteoroa. The first section titled ‘Country — A Cautionary Tale’ concludes with ‘Reading the (in)land’ by Sally Denshire. See pages 50-51.
This Lockdown Coffee Cup
A lockdown poem by Sally Denshire - now part of the State Library of NSW 'The Diary Files' site
The Things We Love
The Write Around the Murray (WAM) writers' festival is coming up on the 15th-18th September 2021. Ticket bookings now open.
OF BREATH AND BLOOD
A factory full of women... and untold stories... herstories...
On Joy Hester’s late portraits of girls
This poem is a response to four of Joy Hester's images of girls currently on display at Heide Museum of Modern Art.
Poetry inspired by ‘Flourish’
Sally Denshire's poem ‘A lineage of ecologies’ celebrates LeAnne Vincent's award-winning art work 'Flourish'. Vincent's Artist's Statement follows the poem.
A Web of Deceit and Half-truths
“I willingly followed Baker as she skilfully led me away from the actual killer and entangled me in a web of deceit and half-truths. … haunting.”
The Sultan’s Daughter
A new novel from Riparian author, Jane Downing. Looking for a Book Club book? Here's a question to start with: what would you be willing to give up for love?
High Above Beds of Seagrass
a poem by Sally Denshire published in 2019 in fourW thirty NEW WRITING Pearl
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