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Category Archives: News
Write Here! Workshop on the verse memoir
Lake Macquarie’s annual Write Here program is on again at various venues around Lake Macquarie from the 16th to the 19th of May and includes sessions on everything from comedy writing to audio books, crime writing, and lots of different … Continue reading
Q&A at Books Forward
I’ve been getting review queries from Books Forward for many years. Late last year Ellen Whitfield asked me to do a Q&A for their 2024 blog series, and the published result is here: https://booksforward.com/interview-with-magdalena-ball-managing-editor-of-compulsive-readers/
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Newcastle Writers Festival!
I’ll be at the Newcastle Writers Festival from Friday the 5th through to Sunday the 7th of April. My Sat the 6th starts with Deborah Conway on her new book Book of Life at 10am (expect some music), at 130pm, … Continue reading
Hello Keanu!
Coming in April, I’m thrilled to be included, along with so many brilliant writers, in this one-of-a-kind Australian poetry anthology that brings together pays tribute to Keanu Reeves, celebrating the actor’s well-known acts of kindness, generosity, and inclusivity. More details … Continue reading
An Unshared Secret Book Discussion and Reading
On the 24th of March, after reading poetry at 8am with LitBalm in the US, I’ll be transported to Kolkata for a literary book discussion at AU EST 730pm with author Ketaki Datta and critic Saikat Majumdar That’s 2pm Kolkata … Continue reading
Lit Balm
Very much looking forward to reading poetry from Bobish with my three friends Beth Spencer, Willo Drummond and KA Rees at internationally respected, online venue Lit Balm, hosted by Cassandra Atherton. For those in the US, EST is 5pm on … Continue reading
Bimblebox 153 birds
Some years ago, I was asked to write a poem for the Bimblebox 153 Birds exhibition. The exhibition, which includes music, poetry and artwork, has been touring the country with the aim of engaging, educating and engendering people’s connection with … Continue reading
Love in transmission on the airwaves
The Love in Transmission, Vessels of Love project was featured on Eastside Arts Friday radio show, produced and presented by PoetrySydney‘s Angela Stretch, with The Salons‘ directors, Angie, Joan and Penny providing background on the project, it’s noir aesthetics, and how … Continue reading
Femasia
I am pleased to have been invited to submit a new poem to this month’s FemAsia Magazine. “Dikarya” is a type of fungi. A link to the poem follows. Dikarya
Vessels of Love is live
The Salons/PoetrySydney project of Love in Transmission is now live and I’m delighted to be one of the seven poets who have participated in this beautiful project. There are all sorts of fun, poetic, beautiful things taking place in Sydney … Continue reading