Hadamar…House of Shudders
Review of ‘Hadamar’ by Jason K. Foster. Big Sky Publishing. 2019 This is a work of historical fiction based on events that occurred in Nazi Germany from 1938-1945. It begins in 2017 ...
Books in Homes
Last week I had the privilege of attending two local schools as part of the Books in Homes programme. Books in Homes Australia is a charitable foundation that provides books-of-choice to children ...
Be brave and take risks
It all began during one of Jen Storer’s Live Scribbles rounds. She asked us to consider a mantra for the year ahead. I had been happily writing each day, posting blogs and enjoying being ...
When the Moon is a Smile
Review of ‘When the Moon is a Smile’, written by Teena Raffa-Mulligan with illustrations by Amy Calautti. Published by Daisy Lane Publishing 2019 https://daisylanepublishing.com I am always ...
The Golden Ticket!
In 2015 I completed a Picture Book course on line with Cathie Tasker, through the Australian Writers’ Centre. I was not new to writing as I had been writing for adults for some time and ...
Inspiration
Two years ago I stood in front of this magnificent Horse Chestnut tree in the Royal Gardens in Prague. All the trees had plaques and a number. A story began to grow in my head and I wrote quite a ...
Poetry ‘There is nothing lost in love that can’t be found again in poetry.’
I recently re-discovered a book of poetry by Carol Ann Duffy, titled Rapture. She won the T.S.Eliot Prize for this volume in 2005. It can be read like a novel, from start to finish and is an ...
Meditation
I happened to tune into Radio National Art Show this week and heard Ed Ayres interviewing Tony Costa. He had just won the Archibald prize with a portrait of artist Lindy Lee. She is seated in a ...
Bunnan Campdraft
Bunnan is a small town about 10kms from our farm. It used to have a school, a post office, a store and a pub . But now the centre of life is the Campground and Sports club. There used to be a ...