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”
Insights of An Outsider
On April 23rd the Brisbane Square Library (which is funded by the Brisbane City Council) hosted three deep thinking authors to examine the theme of “the Outsider.” The event was organised by Society of Women Writers Qld Inc. , promoted and advertised by both the SWWQ (and lots of other people) and the Brisbane CityContinue reading “Insights of An Outsider”
Meeting the Sandcliffe Writers Festival Presenters: Duncan Richardson
Duncan Richardson is a writer of history, fiction, poetry and educational texts. He is an amateur historian and keen to uncover the hidden stories of Brisbane’s past. In his writing for children, he has brought bog-bodies and dinosaurs back to life and his novel Jason Chen and the Time Banana features the Great Fire ofContinue reading “Meeting the Sandcliffe Writers Festival Presenters: Duncan Richardson”
Bullimba Imaginings
If you go to Bullimba you will walk past some interesting pieces of street art. Perhaps they will make you think of a story or poem. Who is this lady? Where is she going? You will see some interesting signs if you look up. They might suggest to you a story, an idea for anContinue reading “Bullimba Imaginings”
Ten Things About Poetry and Me: J.R.Poulter/J.R.McRae
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
1.What is your earliest memory of poetry? I’m told, I knew all my nursery rhymes by heart before I went to Kindergarten. So someone, possibly my mother or maternal grandmother, taught me. My love of verse came from listening, firstly, to my father recite comic verses by Lewis Carroll and…
June Paisa Perkins 