Two exciting new publications from local writers now available. Check out ‘The Slipping Place’ and ‘Secrets of the IN-Group’
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Category: Writers and writing
A view from the edge
I sit on the southern slope of Nest Hill, looking back across the Murray Valley from its very edge. This is the watershed – the northern side of Nest Hill falls into the Murrumbidgee. The view takes in the Kosciusko Main Range, south to Table Top, and out across the eastern Riverina to the western… Continue reading A view from the edge
Intriguing story set in Albury
During their journeys to become tech savvy, each member of the IN-Group in this easy-to-read novel will proceed to change their lives in unexpected ways. 'Secrets of the In-Group' pays tribute to those friends who support us to overcome challenges later in life. Co-authors Carolyn Re and Loretta Re (publishing as the Resisters) have done Albury… Continue reading Intriguing story set in Albury
Words to bring hope
a letter to the editor on the need for compassion following the Christchurch attacks . . .
Book Launch
fourW is one of Australia's longest running annual anthologies of new poetry and prose from Australian and international writers.
Tortoises and Hares
A piece by Jane Downing about an ancient story that appears in many cultures and oral traditions.
A Suit of Armour
A short story by Jane Downing, set in Beechworth around the time that Ned Kelly found inspiration for his armour. Originally published in Offset 15, Victoria University, 2015; shortlisted in The Age Short Story Competition, 2012.
“After my mother enlisted me in the Burmese Army”: A Story That Just Had to Be Told
From Bihar to Berkeley, the extraordinary life of Plum Rutherford Haet, written by Andrea Palmer of Gundowring, Victoria.
Book launch
FourW twenty-eight is this year's edition of an annual anthology of new writing and graphics from Booranga Writers’ Centre.
Worn linen covers, delicate illustrations and historical signifance: The Stanley Athenaeum collection
The old books of the Stanley Athenaeum are beautiful. Some are quirky, even a little bizarre. Others are historically significant.
