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While my theatre career hangs out to dry like washing on a line in a gusty Melbourne wind, I look to my lockdown to-do list. First: get the jab. Mass vaccination hubs are opening up for my age group, so I book in for Friday. A week away. What to do until then? Luckily, the

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Simon Rowell’s journey from self-publishing to a book deal with Text Publishing

I’ll start at the beginning, but will not linger there long. When I was around fourteen, buoyed by a sense of grandiosity fed by a healthy dose of hormones, I decided I wanted to be a writer. A beret-wearing, hipster-before-there-were-hipsters type of writer. What genre or style I couldn’t say, which should tell you that

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Ingrid Laguna on leading an inspired writing life

Ingrid Laguna is the Education Advisor for the Melbourne Writers Festival and the author of four books – a memoir and three novels for young readers. ‘Songbird’ was given Notable recognition by the CBCA and shortlisted for Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of the Year Award. ‘Bailey Finch Takes a Stand’ is her latest release. Ingrid

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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’

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International Day of People with Disability: Fiona Murphy writes for Creative Control

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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International Day of People with Disability: Tully Zygier writes for Creative Control

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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International Day of People with Disability: CB Mako writes for Creative Control

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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