Thomas Hardy once said ‘A tale must be exceptional enough to justify its telling.’ I think my story is exceptional. Maybe you will think so too. Whatever one thinks I have learnt through this story the value of persistence patience positive attitude and perseverance – such precious qualities in life. There is light at ......
The idea of retelling theatre stories began with a second-hand copy of Donald Sinden’s Theatrical Anecdotes. Other anthologies biographies and histories followed. Widening circles of biblio-graphies soon spread out into earlier anthologies and accounts from practitioners within the theatre – Oxberry Bunn Wilkinson ......
‘It is poetically satisfying when gutsy is elegant and outspoken is gentle when the snake nerve writhes with realisation so that wonder is reborn accompanied by the music of new knowledge by the rewards of a past paid for and a future fortified. The maturity of these poems combined with the poet’s belief in the redemptive power ......
'The Water Cart is a sophisticated and poetic tale of transcendence above contaminated and misguided perceptions of our differences to a place where Australian hearts beat closely together; the landscape is harsh yet humanity is connected. Through the simple beauty of a verse novel Malcolm McFarlane challenges us all to ......
‘Sit quietly with these poems and you’ll come to know how stillness can come alive with blossom memory playfulness birdsong companionship prayer mystery.’ – Peter Bishop Creative Director Varuna – The Writers’ House
Born in India spent nine months of the year at school in the Himalayas started hunting shooting and fishing at an early age Richard Inwood lived life to the full from childhood. His family returned to their roots in England and he started life at sea. His adventurous life continued and he began writing. Unfortunately all his early ......
Tango is a dance of passion. It draws partners into an intimate relationship. Sofia loves to tango but as she dances she is confronted by society’s infatuation with the young and the beautiful. In the painful aftermath of a brief affair Sofia seeks to find out what she actually knows about herself and the past. She looks for answers in ......
Set at an abandoned bore-hole in South’s Australia’s Nullarbor plain this epic poem in four parts sparse as the plain itself offers its vast and solitudinous explanation of Australia.
Tim Metcalf is an award-winning poet who has for many years worked around Australia as a country doctor giving him an intimate knowledge of ......
