Area comes alive in creative tale

SET against the colourful backdrop of the North Shore, artist Jo Josephsen captured in images the humour… [more]

Area comes alive in creative tale Area comes alive in creative tale

An Inspirational Story

How often have you wondered is it worth going on, am I ever going to get published, am I ever going to… [more]

An Inspirational Story An Inspirational Story

“Eyeballs” full of imagination and fantasy

“Eyeballs Growing All Over Me … Again” is the third short story compilation from author Tony Rauch… [more]

“Eyeballs” full of imagination and fantasy “Eyeballs” full of imagination and fantasy

Overcoming Writers Block 3

Advice for creative writes

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Surendra Nath Medh Dies

Eminent Assamese writer Surendra Nath Medhi, better know by his pen name Saurav Kumar Chaliha, breathed… [more]

Surendra Nath Medh Dies Surendra Nath Medh Dies

Strictly Shakespeare

I stumbled across this competition quite by accident but thought to myself its novel and while the money… [more]

Strictly Shakespeare Strictly Shakespeare

STOP PRESS!

June 7, 2011
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John Hewitt International Summer School 2011 (Monday 25 – Friday 29 July) Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh A Five-Day Festival of Culture and Creativity featuring talks, readings, panel discussions, performances and exhibitions to celebrate the life and work of the late John Hewitt, poet and man of letters (1907-1987). Contributors include Paul Muldoon, Dermot [...]

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Area comes alive in creative tale

July 21, 2011
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SET against the colourful backdrop of the North Shore, artist Jo Josephsen captured in images the humour and drama of a story told by her mother. Josephsen, of Killara, relished working as part of the mother-daughter team bringing the area to life in The Amazing Adventures of Claude and Albert. Author Patricia Woolfrey – Josephsen’s [...]

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Overcoming Writers Block 3

July 20, 2011
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By Michelle: When you find yourself struggling with writer’s block, try one of these writing prompts. The goal is to jump-start your writing engine so that you can begin writing your book or story. Remember to favor the concrete over the abstract, and to let your mind go where it may. Choose one a day, [...]

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The Politically Correct Ways Of Describing Ethnic Groups

July 19, 2011
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The vocabulary of ethnicity identity is fraught with peril. It is unfortunate that humans must at times distinguish between various subgroups, but it’s best to keep up-to-date on which descriptions are considered valid or acceptable among those belonging to those populations. Here’s a guide: 1. African A person of African descent. Some people so described [...]

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Overcoming Writers Block 2

July 6, 2011
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Today I offer the second in an occasional series of articles aimed at helping you overcome writers block. This involves personal memories and as such will be different for each of us. Do you have what I call a memory box? Photographs of the children when they were growing up, a marriage photograph, perhaps a [...]

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Strictly Shakespeare

July 5, 2011
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I stumbled across this competition quite by accident but thought to myself its novel and while the money may not be that big, then neither is the entry fee and well it seems sort of fun Here’s what you have to do. On the 1st of every month the contest promoters ‘Strictly Shakespeare,’ will leave [...]

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