This year has been a time of hills, hoorays and highlights. The first hill was health challenges March to May, but later in the year, I was able to go to the gym for three months exercise physiology to strengthen my shoulders and knees. My second hill was that I couldn’t sit my Lantite, Numeracy, untilContinue reading “Hills, Hoorays & Highlights”
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Reading at Volta
I look forward to reading at October’s Volta, with Lesley Synge and Sarah Temporal. This will be at the Brisbane Square Library, October 6th 6pm. PERFORMERS/POETS Dr June Perkins aka gumbootspearlz was born to a Mekeo mother and Australian father. Her work has been featured at Baha’i International Community, Story Factory, Red Room Poetry & severalContinue reading “Reading at Volta”
Book Week With the Students from Higaturu Oil Palm International School
Originally posted on Magic Fish Dreaming:
Work from the students of the Higaturu Oil Palm International School which became a class anthology, Escape to Wonder A recent week of Book Week workshops via zoom, at Higaturu Oil Palm International School, was wondrous. Students were willing to imagine and open their eyes to a sense of…
Returning to Motherland 1#
I never expected that my first trip back to Papua New Guinea, since I moved to Australia as a one year old, would be in my fifties and via zoom and would be working with writers based in three different countries. Yet, none of us knows our future, and so it was that the lastContinue reading “Returning to Motherland 1#”
Fractured Fairy Tales and Ridiculous Rhymes
Ta, da! Cover reveal! Preorder HERE. Wonderful anthologies, from Anthology Angels, are produced annually, and proceeds go to a different charity each year. This year Anthology Angels are ambassadors for Walk for Prems and profits from the anthology will be donated to Life’s Little Treasures Foundation. I have contributed a ridiculous rhyme this year, inspiredContinue reading “Fractured Fairy Tales and Ridiculous Rhymes”
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