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June Perkins (taken by Heidi Den Ronden)

“June Perkins is a writer and multi-arts-creative of Papua New Guinean and Australian background now living in Brisbane.  She published photography, documentary, and stories with ABC Open between 2011-15 and has a PhD in writing empowerments.

She is a university writing tutor, blogger and crowd funded Magic Fish Dreaming, publishing it with her own press, Gumbootspearlz Press. In 2016 June won an ASA writing mentorship for picture books and is now pitching work.

However, Gumbootspearlz Press is building partnerships with others to create storytelling and arts projects to foster unity in diversity, optimism, peace and opportunities for youth and has great potential to be developed further.”

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Welcome to the blog.

I blog literary events, interviews with creatives, life in Queensland,  progress on my writing projects, and the writing process.

Looking forward to your comments.

Please respect all copyright for this work. If you want to make use of something you need my prior written permission. See COPYRIGHT HERE.

I may not be the relevant copyright holder in all cases (reblogs).

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Please respect all copyright for this work. If you want to make use of something you need my prior written permission. See COPYRIGHT HERE.

I am a member of the following:

Profiles at   

Write Links 

Just Write For Kids

SCWIBI

Australian Children’s Poetry

Australian Society of Authors

Creative Kids Tales  

 

You can also find me at

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Magic Fish Dreaming 

Educate Empower, Workshops, Illumine and other News

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Magic Fish Dreaming

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Another review is now available for people wanting a preview of Magic Fish Dreaming.

To read it visit Educate Empower Blog  I just love this review because it gives such a great list of suggested uses of the book and the honest responses of a few young readers.

Educate Empower blog is an absolutely beautiful blog, full of inspiring book reviews, and wonderful in that it looks at the educative potential of each book for the parent who loves to not only entertain their children but have teachable moments.

I am so happy that they reviewed my book.

Currently I am working on a plan for the last few months in the lead up to Christmas.  I’ll let you know when and where that means Magic Fish Dreaming is traveling to outside of Brisbane !

Helene and I are excited to announce that we will be running two workshops…

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New Poetry Collection in Development

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Ripple Poetry

Delighted to have a new collection of poetry for the bicentennial year, almost edited. These were some of the comments back from Beta readers. They also offered some great constructive critique as well to improve the work. I thank them so much for their time, guidance and beautiful words.

Will be sharing some of these poems for the first time in public on the opening night of Illumine

Comments on June’s new collection

I enjoyed the stream of consciousness.  Some of the poems reminded me of Rabindranath Tagore’s work. I related to the references to Holy Spirit and reference to Joseph in poems like Art as a Gift of the Holy Spirit and Dear Artist.

Very deeply felt and flowing verse, reminding me of thought patterns in the Eastern spiritual tradition. The Poetry Bird / Swirling, Almost Something / Prince of Peace / The Dreamer each struck a…

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Standing Tall

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I will not tolerate any online trolling or bullying in my social media spaces.

Today in one of my facebook spaces someone posted something quite offensive.

I will report, block and delete such comments and think such people who do such things should be utterly ashamed of themselves.

You will not stop me creating my stories, art and events with your nastiness.

I like to keep all the spaces I contribute online in kind and safe places for people to chat and talk in.

All the best to the people who truly treat others with respect no matter where and when they meet them.

I have worked for ten years to create these spaces and stand tall to online bullies and trolls.

Please stay out of my spaces, and leave my friends, family and community alone.

Minaira Fifita

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Introducing Minaira Fifita. Another of our collaborating artists for Illumine.

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Minaira Fifita is a visual and performing artist whose artwork is grounded in her Polynesian and Celtic roots and nurtured by her faith in the unity.  She grew up in the island nation of Tonga. The Baha’i faith and her family are very important to her and all of her siblings are artists.

Minaira has won various art competitions, including one for the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. She has found galleries to exhibit her work in both Australia and Tonga and  continues to receive commissions.

After graduating, the World Bank commissioned her to illustrate some stories for a teaching programme in Tonga. With the money from this work she was able to make payments towards her student fees. She also had the opportunity to work with well-known New Zealand artist Robin White, assisting on a collaborative tapa work with her sister, Ruha Fifita.

She continues to paint and contributes…

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World is Mirage – June Perkins

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Portion of photograph on canvas, ‘World is Mirage’ by June Perkins

This piece is inspired by the following words:

” Know ye that the world is like unto a mirage which the thirsty one thinks to be water; its water is a vapor. . .”  (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)

“Verily I say, the world is like the vapor in a desert, which the thirsty dreameth to be water and striveth after it with all his might, until when he cometh unto it, he findeth it to be mere illusion. It may, moreover, be likened unto the lifeless image of the beloved whom the lover hath sought and found, in the end, after long search and to his utmost regret, to be such as cannot “fatten nor appease his hunger.” (Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 328-329)

To see the whole work, do join us at Illumine October 6-8.  Booking Link

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