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Hi, I’m Chris McCourt and I’m reading from my novel “The Cleansing of Mahommed” which is being published by Harper Collins in April 2012.
Posted in Fiction, HarperCollins, NSW, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged cleanliness, godliness, panic, Puritol, soap, writing on March 28, 2012| 2 Comments »
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Hi, I’m Chris McCourt and I’m reading from my novel “The Cleansing of Mahommed” which is being published by Harper Collins in April 2012.
Posted in NSW, Semi-autobiographical self help guide, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged middle-aged spinster, retribution, self righteousness, writing on March 27, 2012| 6 Comments »
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“My name is Deb Hunt and I’ll be reading from the first chapter of Stalker.
Stalk a man when you’re 15 and he’ll be flattered, stalk him when you’re 50 and he’s likely to call the police. If I’m not careful I’ll be spending my 50th birthday behind bars. (more…)
Posted in Poetry, Victoria, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged Blue Mountains catchment, Govett's Leap, high wind, insomnia, Kedumba River, Megalong, writing on March 26, 2012| 4 Comments »
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Hi, my name’s Warrick Wynne. I’m going to read some postcard poems inspired by my stay at Varuna. Some of these were published in Bluey magazine.
Posted in Fiction, Varuna Alumni, Western Australia, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged family break up, father, interlinked collection, mother, writing on March 25, 2012| 3 Comments »
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“Hi, my name’s Laurie Steed and I’ll be reading from my story “Family” which is from my interlinked collection You Don’t Belong Here. (more…)
Posted in Poetry, Western Australia, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged cubicle wall, farmer, LESO, Ngarrindjeri Bones, school uniform, Smoke, writing on March 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Hi, I’m Nandi Chinna. I’m going to be reading two poems from my book Our Only Guide is Our Homesickness. (more…)
Posted in Fiction, NSW, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged Base Camp Everest, fear of heights, genetic legacies, giraffe, sexy, slow blink rate, writing on March 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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“Hi, I’m Denise Davies and I would like to read from a work in progress entitled Everest Anonymous.
Posted in Poetry, Victoria, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged charcoal trees, cloud-shadows, fire, furrowed soil, stars, still children, termination, writing on March 22, 2012| 1 Comment »
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Hi, I’m Kristen Roberts. I’m going to read two poems from my manuscript in progress. The first is “Termination”. (more…)
Posted in Northern Territory, Poetry, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged desert, dust, famine, homeless landowners, struggling, wasteland, writing on March 21, 2012| 1 Comment »
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Hi, I’m Leni Shilton. Today I’m going to read “In Search of Mint”. It’s taken from Fishtails in the Dust – writing from the Centre. (more…)
Posted in Poems in the Waiting Room, Poetry, Varuna Alumni, tagged Craig Billingham, Deb Westbury, Ivy Alvarez, Leah Kaminsky, Mark O'Flynn, Mary Ryan, Michelle Cahill, PitWR, poetry cards, Tim Thorne, writing on March 20, 2012| 4 Comments »
It was with great pleasure, and pride in the talent and generosity of our alumni, that Varuna launched Poems in the Waiting Room, Australia at the Dr Eric Dark Memorial Dinner on Saturday 10th March, 2012. (more…)
Posted in Short fiction, Varuna Alumni, Victoria, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged cybersurfing, faith in the profession, hocus pocus herbs, lungs, The Pen and the Stethoscope, witch doctor, writing on March 20, 2012| 1 Comment »
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“My name’s Leah Kaminsky and I’m reading from my short story “Tahirih” which appears in The Pen and the Stethoscope issued in the United States as Writer, M.D. (more…)