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Author Archives: magdalenaball
Trauma is trending – new review/article at The Conversation
Traumata author and academic Meera Atkinson has written a beautiful and deeply fascinating piece on Bobish and trauma, as an analytical review which explores Bobish in the context of Dr Ahona Guha’s nonfiction book Reclaim. This is such a tender reading with … Continue reading
Reading on West Words
WestWords, Western Sydney’s Literature Development Board, invited me to do a reading from Bobish for their Writing Western Sydney series which they very promptly put up on their YouTube channel.
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SCWC 2023 Poetry Award longest
My poem “Pompadour” is part of the longest for the 2023 South Coast Writers + Wollongong Art Gallery award! It’s a wonderful longlist and I’m very pleased to be included. Full details of the prize and other long listed poets … Continue reading
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Blue Gum on The Eco Enthusiast podcast
I can be heard reading my eco-poem “Blue Gum” on the lovely podcast The Eco Enthusiast run by Abigail Adams. Poem is right at the end of the interview (which is well worth a listen!). https://www.theecoenthusiastpodcast.com/podcast/episode/2d1dabf2/embracing-our-natural-cycles Abigail has also made … Continue reading
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Two Writers Festivals in one busy weekend!
It doesn’t matter if you’re south or north, I’ll be in your neighbourhood. Greedy gal that I am, I’ve agreed to participate in two different literary festivals in one very busy (for me) weekend! First up is the Addi Road … Continue reading
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Poetry Says
I’ve known Alice Allan for many years – we met as co-students of the great American poetry course ModPo – a fact Alice reminded me of when we caught up in person recently on the back of a trip to … Continue reading
Interview at Australian Book Lovers!
I had an amazing interview with Darren Kasenkow at Australian Book Lovers in which we talked for rather a long time (that felt like minutes) about all things Bobish. You can go and listen to this gem (and subscribe to their … Continue reading
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Red Room Poetry Fellowship
Red Room is such a wonderful organisation. They do the most innovative things with poetry to bring it into a public view – from educational projects like Poem Forest, Mad poetry, supporting Afghanistan women through Voices in the Cage, Poetry … Continue reading
Newcastle Writers Festival 2023!
The fabulous Newcastle Writers Festival is coming soon! I might be biased but I think it’s the best festival in Australia – both intimate and exciting with a very wide range of exceptional authors and such an incredible range of … Continue reading
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Cathedral Gums at openbook
A new ekphrastic poem has been published in the exquisite Openbook magazine, published by the State Library of NSW. The poem was written for Brian Purcell’s “Cathedral Gums at Sunset” which is part of his Cathedral series. An absolute honour to … Continue reading