So this has been a week of longing to creatively write and being busy with so many other tasks. I have the longing of this girl staring into the banana field. My finished novel and books are somewhere in the distance. But now I need to use that longing to walk into that path andContinue reading “Pacing Yourself – When Creatives Get Busy”
Presenting at Sandcliffe Festival: June’s Preparations
Last year when I was running my kickstarter campaign I came across the Sandcliffe Writing festival whilst online, and it looked kind of cool because it was concerned with diversity and was in Brisbane. I emailed them to let them know I thought their festival looked great and to say I had a book comingContinue reading “Presenting at Sandcliffe Festival: June’s Preparations”
Meeting the Sandcliffe Writers Festival Presenters – Schools: Gregg Dreise
Gregg Dreise is a gifted storyteller and musician, and he features the didgeridoo and guitar in his performances at schools and festivals. He is a descendant of the Kamilaroi and Yuwalayaay people of south-west Queensland and north-west New South Wales. He is the award-winning author and illustrator of Silly Birds (winning awards and beingContinue reading “Meeting the Sandcliffe Writers Festival Presenters – Schools: Gregg Dreise”
Meet the Sandcliffe Writing Festival Presenters: Sheryl Gwyther
Queensland author, Sheryl Gwyther writes novels, chapter books, short stories and plays for children, and Flash Fiction for adults. In 2002 and in 2009, Sheryl was awarded two Australian Society of Authors Mentorships to work on her novels-in-progress. Secrets of Eromanga was published in 2006 and the second, Sweet Adversity is in the hands ofContinue reading “Meet the Sandcliffe Writing Festival Presenters: Sheryl Gwyther”
Lest We Forget – The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels
My mother tells me my grandfather was one of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels. That’s all I know of the story so far, apart from what is in the Australian War Memorial Records, and written by the army or historians. There is so much history that could have been written but might forever be lost. SoContinue reading “Lest We Forget – The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels”
June Paisa Perkins 