This Darkened Damp Hall
Don’t walk this darkened damp hall, Joan I will not be left behind No longer this house a home, Joan No pleasure in here we’ll find. The old floor boards speak Each time they creak Don’t walk this darkened damp hall, Joan I will not be left behind. Don’t walk this darkened damp hall, Joan [...]
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Margaret Catchpole Her Life and Her Letters
Margaret Catchpole was a child of Suffolk, the county...
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Visible Ink Submissions 2012
Visible Ink submissions are now open for 2012. If you are an emerging artist or a writer, this is your chance to be published in our annual anthology of poetry, short stories, film/stage plays, non-fiction, photography, illustration, artwork and design. Visible Ink is currently in its 24th year of giving a platform to new Australian [...]
Want to learn more on making audio books?
Stefan is in the process of recording a novella for production as an audio book. If anyone wants to sit in on a recording session, they are most welcome you don’t even need to leave your home. As the recording is done in the US but directed from here the recording session happens over skype [...]
BEATLES ARE JUST THE TICKET FOR PLAY FESTIVAL
Beatles fans who have a way with words can show how the Fab Four have inspired them – and they could win a tasty £150 for their efforts. The Ticket to Write Festival will stage five specially selected new short plays about the group in a script-in-hand showcase to be held in Liverpool in July. [...]
ZineWest 12 – Publication and Competition – Due 31st May
ZINEWEST is an annual publication and competition for new writers who live, study or work in Western Sydney or attend a WS writers’ group (If you’ve already sent us your work, please forward this reminder to any writer who you think might like to enter) Due date: 31st May, 2012 The zine is great for [...]
Varuna Sydney Writers’ Festival in the Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains
Writers’ Walk Sunday 13th May Explore the ecology of the Blue Mountains and be inspired to write poetry as you do a leisurely walk to Katoomba Falls with poet Deb Westbury, historian John Low and a Discovery Ranger. Bookings to NPWS 4787 8877 Poetry in the Jenolan Caves on Sunday 13th May Poetry in the [...]
President’s Report April 2012
The year 2011 -2012 will go down in the history of the Hawkesbury Writers Group year of firsts. This year the some of our members stepped outside the ‘square’ and embraced technology, discovering that the electronic media has become a writer’s tool of trade and that our writing and our writer’s profile can only be [...]
Qld Literary Awards Axed
The recently elected QLD Premier Campbell Newman has decided to cancel the Annual Premiers Literary Awards. Details on this decision: (from the ASA Website) ASA Seeks Meeting with Queensland Premier Over Sudden Axing of Literary Awards The ASA is shocked and disappointed to learn of the decision of the new Queensland State Government to axe [...]
Laurie Forth Launches Book
The President of the Hawkesbury Writers – Laurie Forth launched her book “Margaret Catchpole HER LIFE AND HER LETTERS”. The launch was held on March 17 at the Hawkesbury Museum. Laurie was greeted with a full house with the auditorium full and onlookers packed out into the main foyer. On the day Laurie presented an [...]
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