Three of my poems “Ten Thousand Joys”, “Money Box”, and“Bhakti” have been published in West Bengal, India’s Creative Flight Journal. This is a peer reviewed journal in English published twice a year and available online for free here: https://www.creativeflight.in/current-issue
My poem “Tumbling into the Ocean” has been published in the inaugural issue of Splinter Journal along with work from Anthony Nocera, Brooke Dunnell, Dominic Symes, Finbar James, Frank Marrazza, George Titheridge, Hossein Asgari, Jane Rawson, Jayda Wilson, Jill Jones, Karen Wyld, KT Major, Lauren Poole, Muiz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí, Paris Rosemont, Patrick Marlborough, Ryan J Morrison, Sam Elkin, Sam Twyford-Moore, Sara M Saleh, Seamus Lonergan, Susie Anderson, Thom Sullivan, and Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes. Splinter is published twice a year, and is edited by Farrin Foster. Find out more about the journal, how to submit, read and subscribe here: https://splinterjournal.com
I’m so pleased to be a finalist in the 2025 Joanne burns microlith award along with a wonderful list of writers. The finalists in the National category are: Carolyn Abbs, Danielle Baldock, Kathleen Miriam Bleakley, Lyn Chatham, Julie Chevalier, Angela Costi, PS Cottier, Charles D’Anastasi, Jan Dean, Dave Drayton, Cassandra Duell, Anne Elvey, Susan Fealy, Claire Gaskin, Jennifer Harrison, Dominique Hecq, Hilary Hewitt, Kylie Hough, Chrissy Howe, Anna Kerdijk Nicholson, Andrew Leggett, DS Magid, Susan Midalia, Mark O’Flynn, Jane O’Sullivan, Lili Pâquet, Arna Radovich, KA Rees, Sandra Renew, Fiona Robertson, Maggie Shaply, Leni Shilton, Ariella Van Luyn.
Finalists in the Hunter category are: Joanna Atherfold Finn, Magdalena Ball, Sharon Douglas, Helen Hopcroft, Jacquelyn Leigh, Brenda Proudfoot, Deborah Van Heerkeren, Jodi Vial, Cedar Whelan, Karen Whitelaw.
Winners of both categories will be announced in late 2024. All finalists will be published in the microlit anthology, Ricochet. Find out more here: https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/2025-nwf-joanne-burns-microlit-award/
Three of my poems, “Free Association”, “Sylvia”, and “Bhakti” have been published in the 15th Anniversary edition of Live Encounters. The full issue can be found here: https://liveencounters.net/
Or go straight to my 3 poems here: https://liveencounters.net/2024-le-pw/magdalena-ball-free-association/
The lovely Johanna Fink at Yellow Shelf interviewed me about my podcast Compulsive Reader Talks:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/yellow-shelf-podcast/id1767729340?i=1000670226208
I’ll be chatting with Meg Keneally and Tea Cooper about their latest books for History Illuminated on 07 November from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Toronto Library, Toronto Library, corner of Brighton Ave & Pemell St, Toronto NSW. We’ll be talking all manner of historical fiction and the fine line between the real and the imagined. This is a free (gold coin only) event, but bookings are a must. https://library.lakemac.com.au/Events/Weaving-Fact-and-Fiction
My session on Writing Country and Connection with Sara Saleh, Rob Waters, and Susie Anderson last April at the 
Newcastle Writers Festival was recorded for their Stories to You Podcast. It’s such a joy to be able to listen back to it in the relative calm of my car. Sara, Rob, and Susie read their work beautifully and we talked candidly about critical topics like the nature of time, the paradox of words that colonise and constrict but also open portals and heal, about body and country and so much more. You can listen right here, or subscribe to Stories to You on any podcast app.
On Saturday the 14th of September I’ll be moderating a Zoom party to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Girls on Key! Time is 4pm NZ or 2pm AU EST (for other times please check world clock meeting planner – the event is open to everyone). This session featuring poets Sophia Wilson, Patricia Sykes, Nancy Holland-Schroder, and Kiri Piahana Wong, with special guest Girls on Key founder and maestro Anna Forsyth. For more details and to sign up visit: https://www.facebook.com/share/5s74NzK81NmFVqzL/
Poetry Sydney is launching their new exhibition program and the program will be inaugurated Vessels of Love 2024: love in transmission, which I was so pleased to be part of. The exhibition will include all of the poets’ works transmitted via the bar’s own Poem Phone, and their gorgeous street window gallery.
When: Launch of Poetry Sydney Exhibition Program 5pm Saturday 31 August
VOL 2024: love in transmission runs 1-30 September
Where: Knox St Bar, Chippendale.
Opening hours (to experience the Poem Phone): 5:30pm till late Friday and Saturday nights.
For more information about the project visit: https://www.thesalons.org/love-in-transmission
I’m delighted to have a poem, “A line distinguishes it” in the latest issue of Australian Poetry Journal – 13.1—‘place, nonplace’ guest edited by Sara M Saleh and Autumn Royal. I’ve been losing myself in this complex, thought-provoking issue with its beautiful cover by First Nations painter, elder and healer, Betty Muffler, More about APJ can be found at their website: https://www.australianpoetry.org/
