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Conversations with the empty page
Writing

Conversations with the empty page

Posted on 09/06/2016 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

Kabu Okai-Davies reflects on how his views on the empty page have differed over the span of his writing career. I used to be afraid of this enchanted void, the empty page; it is now a friend, a mistress and my muse. The empty page is a mirror, reflecting the enigma of my being. It gives glimpses … Continue reading →

Writing… with Kids
Writing

Writing… with Kids

Posted on 19/04/2016 by actwriterscentre • 2 Comments

Blogger in Residence, Matthew C Lamb discusses the joys and frustrations of writing when you have children.   Before I begin, an insight into my life. I was sitting down to write this blog post when there was a knock at the door of my study.* Irritation seized me. I stopped typing, stopped moving, stopped … Continue reading →

Taking 5 with Jenny Bond
ACT Writers Centre / Q&A

Taking 5 with Jenny Bond

Posted on 02/04/2016 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

We hit the fabulous Jenny Bond with five questions about her writing life, gaining inspiration and her upcoming workshop at the ACT Writers Centre.  What has your writing career involved so far? I began my professional career as a high school teacher of English, History and Drama. In need of a change after ten years … Continue reading →

Nostalgia as a Muse for Writing
Writing

Nostalgia as a Muse for Writing

Posted on 22/01/2016 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

In this essay author, Kabu Okai-Davies, explores the notion of nostalgia, drawing his background as a migrant in Australia. Last year I self-published a collection of short stories under the title of Evidence of Nostalgia and Other Stories. Since then the idea of nostalgia continues to linger in my thoughts as I write new stories and … Continue reading →

More inspiration from the archives
Writing

More inspiration from the archives

Posted on 22/12/2014 by actwriterscentre • Leave a comment

Words by Bec Fleming, ACTWC Blogger in Residence …that first sense of waking up and tasting it, feeling it, and then looking around and your whole environment’s changed—everything’s covered in this layer of red dust—it really was very unpleasant and very frightening, because it was surreal. It had never happened before, I had no idea … 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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