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Writer-a-Day: Kathryn Millard reading from “The Talkies”
Posted in Essay, NSW, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged Charlie Chaplin, Freud, newsreel, psychoanalysis, Vienna, writing on April 16, 2012| 2 Comments »
Writer-a-Day: Brenda Saunders reading “The Art of Travel” and “Distance”
Posted in NSW, Poetry, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged Alps, Dorothy Hewett Flagship Fellowship, Grand Tour of Europe, Nolde, Rousseau, writing on April 5, 2012| 1 Comment »
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Hello, my name’s Brenda Saunders and I’m going to read two poems “The Art of Travel” and “Distance”. They’re from my recent collection.
Writer-a-Day: Clare Strahan reading from a work in progress
Posted in Historical Fiction, Varuna Alumni, Victoria, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged Euripides, goddess, Helen of Sparta, treacherous horse, Troy, writing on April 1, 2012| 11 Comments »
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Hello, my name is Clare Strahan and I’m working on a historical fiction here at Varuna, and this is a piece from the prologue which I’m not sure will even make it into the final draft, but here we go:
Writer-a-Day: Chris McCourt reading from “The Cleansing of Mahommed”
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.
Writer-a-Day: Deb Hunt reading from “Stalker”
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…)
Writer-a-Day: Laurie Steed reading from “Family”
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…)
Writer-a-Day: Denise Davies reading from “Everest Anonymous”
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.
Writer-a-Day: Leni Shilton reading “In Search of Mint”
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…)
Poems in the Waiting Room, Australia
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…)
Writer-a-Day: Leah Kaminsky reading from “Tahirih”
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…)
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