The following was published in the March – May 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Wordsmith. Michelle Wright lives in Eltham, on the lands of the Wurundjeri People. Her short stories have won many awards in Australia, the US and UK. Her short story collection, ‘Fine’, was published in 2016 and her novel, ‘Small Acts of Defiance’ …
The following was published in the March – May 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Wordsmith. Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance journalist, editor and writer currently based on Kulin land in Victoria. You can read her crime fiction at patreon.com/marisa.
Discovering every detail: writing about disability During the last weekend of October, while the sun was high and bright, I boxed up my home office. In a few days I would be driving my station wagon across the state, moving from wide open agricultural plains to a small town nestled at the base of a …
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Me, FD and The Baby-sitters Club When I turned eleven, I started attending counselling sessions. Once a fortnight, I sat in a musky, windowless room of wall-to-wall child psychology books and medical journals. This was my sanctuary. For 50 minutes, everything stopped. I didn’t worry about my peers staring and commenting on my appearance. I …
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Disabled People of Colour are Erased from the Narrative The year is 2018: Me, replying from across the large oak table, ‘Yes, at Digital Writers Festival.’ ‘We just said that!’ they answered back and gave me a what’s-wrong-with-you look. ‘Sorry, I can’t hear well,’ I replied in a sheepish tone, and pointed to one of my ears. My eyes …
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It’s God’s Will Whenever a catastrophe happens, we all try to find ways to explain its occurrence to ease our mind and help us accept drastic consequences. My sudden loss of vision during my trip to Vietnam shocked people and inevitably I became a target for many quirky comments and advice. My sister and brother …
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Erasing the Scar “Why do you have a scar?” She leaned forward, prodding my stomach. It wasn’t the first time my daughter had asked about my shape or the myriad ridges etched upon the skin by the surgeon’s scalpel. She would repeatedly insist on answers, needing to know her mother. There was a presumptuousness to …
Staying Positive While Staying at Home My name is Anat Bigos. I had a traumatic car accident while driving in 2004, resulting in an Acquired Brain Injury. Prior to this, I finished my double degree studies at Monash Uni in Arts/Business (marketing) and I was looking forward to my future plans. I’d spent a year …
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Puddle Hunting “I feel sad… like the trees,” my 2-year-old says to me, looking mournfully out the window into another gusty cold winter’s day, clouds looming overhead, threatening rain. “Why do the trees feel sad, honey?” I ask. “Don’t know. They just sad” she replies. “Maybe they need us to go out there and give them a hug, hey? People don’t hug trees enough. Let’s put our jumpers …
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Author Tobias McCorkell spent the first 25 years of his life in Coburg, Melbourne. He has taught creative writing at the University of Melbourne and has authored works of non-fiction. In 2018 he appeared at the Melbourne Emerging Writer’s Festival. He is the recipient of a 2019 Varuna Residency Fellowship. ‘Everything in its Right Place’ …
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