I’m at @RoyalSocietyVic with @HelenSnapper to hear Barbara Michinson talk about her new book ‘Madame Brussels: The Life and Times of Melbourne’s Most Disreputable Woman’ #australianhistory
Mark Smith mentioned the writing workshops he’d done with prisoners at Marngoneet Correctional Centre. The project was funded by @geelonglibrary and the published stories are available to download on @BorrowBox through Geelong Libraries #LocalWord24
@angsavage just visited our @RMIT_PWE class and it was magical. I’ve been panicking about not writing while working on Sunder/other projects.
She spoke about things in phases—sometimes we feed the community, sometimes we focus on our own work. Felt my stomach unknot ❤️
The dual timeline in Melissa Lucashenko’s novel Edenglassie was inspired by the mirroring that characterises Aboriginal cosmology and theology #MilduraWF2024
The breakthrough for Edenglassie came to Melissa Lucashenko in a dream: that it needed to be a book about love to tell the story of what happened—to contextualise the attempted genocide #MilduraWF2024
Asked what we can bring to reframing the Australian narrative going forward with truth telling, Melissa Lucashenko advises humility and curiosity #MilduraWF2024
Julie Janson at #MilduraWF2024 describes her mother bringing pramloads of books home from the #PublicLibrary. She also discovered plays at the library, inspiring her to write for the theatre #LibrariesChangeLives
The countdown to the Toondah Harbour decision has begun, and we need your urgent action!
1️⃣ Comment and let @tanya_plibersek know why Toondah is important to you
2️⃣ RT this and use the hashtags
3️⃣ Call the Minister's office
#SaveToondahHarbour#SaveToondah#RespectRamsar