Study

I’ve found the perfect MA course to apply to. Anyone want to join me? Application criteria here.

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Found

My friend Billie found this in Melbourne. We thought we’d try writing a poem or story about cousin Lily as a shared project. Who do you think she is? She looks tired or sad. Or is she just afraid of those massive plants?
She looks like she might be sitting on a suitcase. Is she arriving [...]

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Notes on Michael Palmer reading

Back at the beginning of May I went to hear Michael Palmer read, he was lovely to listen to and had interesting things to say. For those interested in finding out more there is a great piece on Nat Rad with Lynn Freeman interviewing Michael Palmer.
I took a few scratchy notes during his public talk [...]

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Does this count?

So if I tidy up all my writing papers and poems and put them in folders and open a fresh exercise book and look at my thesis idea then come and blog it… does that count as writing? Maybe I could major in procrastination next year?

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Thinking about the writing process.

My friend Carmen and I each have a story about handbags that belonged to our dead mothers, about opening them to find a hanky with scent or a tissue with blotted lipstick. We cling to small things like these. These things are like the grain of sand in the oyster for a poet. The scent [...]

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Poetry

Okay so today is my first official writing day but I’m really just revising, a bit of a warm-up lets say. These are re-workings I’m sending off into the world, hopefully they’ll appear somewhere later this year, I’ll keep you posted. Comments welcomed!

Bang-bang
 
The bang-bang of the screen door
is the only indication she was here.
I [...]

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Writers & Readers Week Digested

All that remains: discarded ticket stubs; notes and new books to be digested over a cuppa.
I’ve put down some notes about the sessions I attended here.
For a wee potted summary - re-occurring themes across events:

Creating from the unconscious, on the edge of sense and non-sense, intuitive but [...]

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Life changes

I’m very excited to share with you that I’ve made a big decision. I’ll be taking the next 6 months off business to write!
This means you should be seeing a lot more of me and hopefully more poetry. Luckily I still have lots of craft and vintage items to photograph and tease you with!

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