Writer-a-Day: Tamara Pratt reading from a crime fiction work in progress

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“Hi, my name is Tamara Pratt and I’m reading from a manuscript that I’ve been working on while staying at Varuna with Marele Day for Crime Week.

Writer-a-Day: Sheryl Gwyther reading from “Fangus Fearbottom”

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“Hi, I’m Sheryl Gwyther and I’m reading from my Junior Fiction work-in-progress, FANGUS FEARBOTTOM.”

Chapter 1
I crouch on my window sill above the twilight garden. The mango tree branch is a long way off, the garden path a drop below.
Doubt sends a shiver up my spine. I don’t know anyone else who’s tested the Fourth law of the Great Vampyre Reformation of 1812.

Writer-a-Day: Péter Zilahy reading from “The Last Window Giraffe”

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“Hello, my name is Péter Zilahy and you’re going to hear a short excerpt from my novel, The Last Window Giraffe.

Writer-a-Day: David Spitzkowsky reading from “Fantasy”

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“Hi, my name’s David Spitzkowsky. I’m reading a piece of short fiction called “Fantasy”.
You want to hear my fantasy?
Here goes: I just disappear into Canada. Since I was eight years old I wanted to do that. Must’ve been the trip to Niagara Falls, all the old photos of those crazies coming over the edge in barrels. After I get way up into the Yukon I stop at this little roadside cafe. The woman behind me won’t stop smoking. I get asthma you know.
‘Would you mind, I’m sorry, I just…asthma…’ Oh holy shit. It’s Joni. It’s Joni Mitchell.

Writer-a-Day: Meg McKinlay reading from “Cleanskin”

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“Hi. I’m Meg McKinlay and I’m going to read two poems from my collection, Cleanskin. Both of these were inspired by travels with my young daughter past a cemetery near our house in Fremantle, Western Australia.

Writer-a-Day: Michael Giacometti reading from “Elijah Upjohn, public hangman”

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Hello, my name is Michael Giacometti and I’m reading an excerpt from Elijah Upjohn, public hangman.

Hanging is a fine art and not a mechanical trade. Is not a man an artist who can painlessly and without brutality despatch another man?

- Charles Duff, A Handbook on Hanging

Writer-a-Day: Craig Billingham reading 3 poems related to public transport

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“Hello, my name’s Craig Billingham. I’m going to be reading 3 poems today, all of which are in some way related to public transport. The first poem is called: “The Fan”.

Writer-a-Day: Eleanor Limprecht reading from “Koel”

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“Hi, I’m Eleanor Limprecht and this is an excerpt from a novel that I’m writing called Koel.

The Wednesday of mothers’ group Rachel always thinks: I don’t have to do this. Nobody is making me go. But if she didn’t, it would be worse. This is her chance to see other mothers, other babies, and to open up the tiny world that she exists in with Lola for an hour or two. The early childhood nurse has left them to their own devices but the woman’s judgemental eye lingers. None of the mothers are quite honest with one another.

Writer-a-Day: Roanna Gonsalves reading from “The Skit”

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Hello, my name is Roanna Gonsalves and today I’m going to read an edited extract from a short story in progress called The Skit. Lynette, is an Indian student in Sydney and has written a skit. She’s just mustered up the courage to read it out  to her group of friends:

Writer-a-Day: Tracey Sorensen reading from “Port Badminton”

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“Hi, my name’s Tracy Sorensen.
This is from a work in progress called Port Badminton. This piece is written in the voice of entomologist Dr Harry Baumgarten.