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Australia Council grants for the unseasoned professional

Australia Council grants for the unseasoned professional

It came as quite a shock to me that there are writers out there who dedicate a set amount of … More

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I don't quite know how I feel about Three Women. I do love my Lady Writer knee rug my sister made me for Christmas though. #currentlyreading #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #crochet #bibliophile

Dark pink magnolia 💕 #berlin #flowers #flowerstagram

Long January shadows at the pool in Schoneberg. If you are coming to Berlin, even in winter, bring your bathers - the indoor pools are pretty good, although lanes aren't such a priority and everyone just kind of swims along their own invisible ley line. But if you can let go of that they are a good way to burn off all the 🥨🌭 🍺 and 🌮 #berlin #visitberlin #stadtbadschöneberg

Went to Futurium yesterday which is an optimistic centre dedicated to the future, just opened in Berlin. These booklets were in both English and German 😍 so I read them all. Mostly, I can report, the future will (should?) be about harnessing digital technology and our growing awareness to make life possible and bearable on a planet that needs us to cut it some slack. More food grown locally, using the most efficient varieties. Less waste (Already in Germany there are public fridges where you leave unwanted food if you are going away, and restaurants cooking solely with discarded food). A sharing economy, as the Buy Nothing movement grows. Buildings designed with renewable bamboo or trees (cradle to cradle architecture, where materials biodegrade). Much less meat. Fungus instead of Styrofoam (already being developed by Ikea). New buildings created from old ones. And robots! Caring for us when we get old, which is slightly scary. And much much more. It's an inspiring place and free - if you are in Berlin well worth a look #berlin @futuriumd #zerowaste #currentlyreading #bookstagram

Just got back to Berlin after three weeks at home, mostly spent watching my kids play with their cousins, going to the beach, seeing old friends and inhaling the familiar gum leaf smell of a hot Perth summer. But the bushfires were ever present on my parents' TV, a constant reminder that on the other side of the country, people and wildlife were having a very different summer. Babies born in smoke filled theatres. A magpie singing a fire engine siren. Wild camels wrenching air conditioners from walls in search of water. It's almost too much to take in and I feel so sad for the people who have lost their lives, loved ones and homes, the kids who will inherit this disaster, and for Indigenous Australians and native wildlife who have lived here for thousands of years and left such a gentle mark on the land. All anyone can do at this point is hope and work for change. So, as part of #authorsforfireys I would like to offer my time and experience as a writer and editor, offering constructive feedback or just another set of eyes on works in progress, for a donation. And for three WA authors looking to enter the Hungerford in 2020 (which I was shortlisted for in 2018, and will publish the resulting novel with @fremantlepress next year) I can offer a beta read with feedback on your manuscript and suggestions for improvement for a donation receipt. Head over to Twitter or DM me for bids. This beautiful @overlandlitmag cover is by artist and writer @matt.chun

City Beach being fabulous

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