Blogs about: Arnold Zable
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Writers from Victoria
Victoria's Coat of Arms (Presumed Public Domain, via Wikipedia) Over the course of these Monday musings have been occasional posts on writers from specific geographic locations in Australia… more →
Whispering Gums
Book Review: Arnold Zable's 'Violin Lessons', Text Publishing Melbourne
wrote 2 weeks ago: Arnold Zable is commonly described as ‘deeply compassionate’ and a ‘master storyteller’ with a ‘rema … more →
Following You
wrote 1 month ago: This was written to the author of Violin Lessons, Arnold Zable. It was never sent. I followed your s … more →
Talking Writing: an ebook featuring great Australian writers
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wrote 2 months ago: Talking Writing ebook, NSW Writers’ Centre I love having the flexibility to swing between free … more →
Australia: Target Of People Smugglers?
wrote 4 months ago: Asylum Seekers The controversy on Australia’s asylum seekers has yet to quiet down. The decisi … more →
Asylum Seekers in Australia: Accepted or Rejected?
wrote 5 months ago: (Asylum Seekers in Australia) Controversial migration concerns in Australia have become a political … more →
Grieving for the book: stage one=denial
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wrote 6 months ago: My (somewhat lazy) goal of writing a blog post once a week has fallen into disarray this past month … more →
Life comes before writing
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wrote 10 months ago: Gathered in the ABC3 Marquee, would-be writers and connoisseurs of the short story scribbled notes a … more →
Review: Arnold Zable’s “Cafe Scheherazade”
wrote 1 year ago: Martin, a “no-good scribbler”, makes his way to a café in St Kilda in search of a news story, but in … more →
"Alien Shores", the stories that Geoffrey Rush is calling for.
wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Alien Shores – Tales of refugees and asylum seekers from Australia and the India … more →
Remembering Tania one year on…
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wrote 1 year ago: December the 9th will be the first anniversary of the death of Tania Lienert, a very close friend of … more →
What I am Reading
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wrote 1 year ago: Words to transport me across generations, centuries, continents and viewpoints – such is the mastery … more →
The beginnings of a short story?
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wrote 1 year ago: The last Express Yourself writing workshop was held yesterday. I wrote a poem about the memories of … more →
Unravelling
wrote 1 year ago: With this poem I hope to express one aspect of therapeutic writing – ordering and processing t … more →
Monday musings on Australian literature: Writers from Victoria
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wrote 1 year ago: Victoria's Coat of Arms (Presumed Public Domain, via Wikipedia) Over the course of these Monday … more →
The Music of Migration
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wrote 1 year ago: After reviewing my second Arnold Zable book recently, I was very keen to read his latest work, Violi … more →
Delicious descriptions from Down Under: Arnold Zable on survival and stories
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wrote 1 year ago: Arnold Zable is not, I believe, very well-known even in Australia, but I think he is a beautiful wri … more →
The Streets of Melbourne
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wrote 1 year ago: When taking on Booklover Book Reviews’ Aussie Author Challenge for the second straight year, I … more →
Migration program in Australia still needs improvement
wrote 1 year ago: The migration program run by the Australian government remains to be a controversial topic in relati … more →
Australian Government left floundering on Asylum seeker policy
wrote 1 year ago: Acknowledging that more asylum seekers are arriving in Australia, the Government announces changing … more →
