Review by Laurie Steed on the Writing WA website 11 September 2024
Notes of the empty grandstand When I was a child, before I had been up in an aeroplane, I was taken to the upper deck of the new grandstand on the outskirts of our town. It was a near vertiginous experience. A teetering open slope exposed to the raw elements. Rain. Ferocious gales. From my […]
Why poetry? If you ask that question, you’re already in the room. 20 years ago, Tom Shapcott told me how he once had an eye on becoming a composer instead of a writer. During his stint in National Service, he realised the economy and weight of poetry could be carried in a notebook in his […]
delivered on Friday 23 August 2024 at Gleebooks Sydney I acknowledge we are meeting tonight on the land of the Gadigal People, I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, as well as to emerging leaders. I also thank the Traditional Custodians for caring for Country for thousands of generations. Aboriginal and Torres […]