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Ten locals to look for at the Canberra Writers Festival
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Ten locals to look for at the Canberra Writers Festival

Posted on 17/08/2017 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

It’s pulling some big names from around the country, but the 2nd annual Canberra Writers Festival is also presenting a selection of talent from Canberra’s own writing community. The Festival begins next week, running from Friday 25th August to Sunday 27th August 2017 in venues around town. Read on for ten locals to look for – … Continue reading →

Writers, Dreams & the Creative Process
Writing

Writers, Dreams & the Creative Process

Posted on 26/10/2016 by actwriterscentre • 1 Comment

By: Penny Hanley, Blogger in Residence Tapping into hidden creativity In dreams we find ourselves on a bridge between realities. We can tap into hidden wells of creativity, with access to wisdom not available in our waking lives. In dreams we regain or maintain our mental health as our brain files information, consolidates memories and … Continue reading →

Keeping the Dream Alive
Writing

Keeping the Dream Alive

Posted on 17/05/2016 by actwriterscentre • 3 Comments

Matthew C Lamb reflects on his place in the world as a writer, and what the future holds in his final post as Blogger in Residence. I want to be a writer. For the longest time I found this difficult to admit. I guess I thought it an unrealistic aspiration, or that I would be … Continue reading →

Canberra Poetry Scene – Part 2 “Slam” Poetry
Canberra / Writing

Canberra Poetry Scene – Part 2 “Slam” Poetry

Posted on 10/05/2016 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

Chris Kerr compares the “slam” and traditional poetry scenes, chatting to a few of Canberra’s notable poets in his last post as Blogger in Residence. [Photograph by: Brianna Laugher] This is the second of two blog posts looking at the Canberra poetry scene. The first one explored the sometimes overlooked world of Bush Poetry. In … Continue reading →

Latin verbs, letters home and Stephenie Meyer: an interview with Daniel O’Malley
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Latin verbs, letters home and Stephenie Meyer: an interview with Daniel O’Malley

Posted on 03/05/2016 by actwriterscentre • 2 Comments

Matthew C Lamb interviews author of The Rook and Stiletto, Daniel O’Malley, for his penultimate post as Blogger as Residence. [Image by: fireflyracer] I went to the same primary school as Daniel O’Malley; he was two years ahead of me. When I read in The Canberra Times in 2012 that a genre novel he had written … Continue reading →

Take Note: Q&A with Noted Festival
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Take Note: Q&A with Noted Festival

Posted on 04/03/2016 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

Find out what the brains of this year’s Noted Festival had to say when they chatted to Blogger in Residence, Chris Kerr. Noted, Canberra’s independent writers’ festival, returns for its second year from 16 to 20 March. This year, Noted will put on a literary smorgasbord of events at venues ranging from galleries to pubs and everything … Continue reading →

Fire in the afternoon: a dispatch from the capital by John Stokes
ACTWrite / Fire / Poetry

Fire in the afternoon: a dispatch from the capital by John Stokes

Posted on 24/01/2013 by actwriterscentre • 1 Comment

In the morning the people do the work of gods… The sun does not rise. Fires have been circling the city and Jervis Bay for days. Many people are remembering the last big one, the last full attack.  As are the dogs, who smell the fear, the smoke. They are howling now, no doubt hearing … Continue reading →

Finding Inspiration
Burley / editing / Insight

Finding Inspiration

Posted on 04/12/2012 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

Finding inspiration to write an article about finding inspiration is particularly hard because I’m not really a writer. I’m an editor, a die-hard reader. Along with Patrick Mullins, I edit Burley, a thrice-yearly publication of work by Canberra writers. Burley has published two issues so far, with a third in the works and submissions being accepted … Continue reading →

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