Another Publishing Opportunity for Women

Women’s Novel Competition 2015 Cue the fanfares… it’s time again for our Women’s Novel Competition! This year, we’re on the lookout for novels of at least 50,000 words written for adults (and young adults) in any genre by previously unpublished women novelists. Placing in the competition can help you along the road to publishing success. The 2011 winning novel The Palace of Curiosities...

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Laurie Steed to judge SALA Short Story Prize

The Arts Council of Mansfield is going national, with the SALA  Short Story Prize. And entries are now open, so polish up those short stories and send them in! National prize – $1000 plus a mixed pack of wine from Delatite Winery and publication in SALA Short Stories 2015 Local author prize – $500 plus publication in SALA Short Stories 2015 Publication for up to 20 submissions – we’ll offer...

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Poem: Nine Sparrows (from Miniscule ©)

  Nine Sparrows         Inspired by Gary Roberts' Nine Sparrows with Newspaper In the silence of a painting, nine sparrows live far from mountain and nest. Like a toy army, they perch into the abundance  of feather and down. In the West they are vermin. In the East, they’re sentenced to rafters and eaves. There is something we fail to...

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A Prizewinner in the Family

My son at Fringe Architects has been sponsored by Midland Brick to attend the Houses Awards 2015 in Melbourne in August. We all have our fingers crossed that he will win a prize as a shortlisted entrant in the house design over 200 square metres. http://gallery.housesawards.com.au/year:2015/awardid:49/entryid:1524 ...

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I Just love the Irish! - June Holiday pics of friends

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Creative Writing with Helen Hagemann @ the Fremantle Arts Centre

Prose Workshop with Helen Hagemann, Friday 24th July. Class to read two chapters of "Far from the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy. Writing exercises and discussion will revolve around "landscapes." 1.00pm - 3.00pm: Room 3, Upstairs, FAC North Wing OOTA $20 - NON-OOTA $25 Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared...

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Franz Kafka would have laughed too!

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis ...

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Poem: Imagining the Life of an Earwig - (from Miniscule ©)

Imagining the Life of an Earwig Leave a door open long enough and an earwig will enter. The kitchen is the most popular to travel in. Among insects a decision is made (those of different species) not to touch or pass by in the hallway. An ant and earwig might come together and part, safe in the knowledge that when one leaves another arrives. It's the past meeting the future simultaneously. Whichever...

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The Task of Reading "The Golden Age" by Joan London as an e-book

Firstly, my bookshelves are overflowing and secondly, price-wise as a teacher of Prose, it's more cost effective to purchase an e-book.  I am currently 30% through The Golden Age. When you buy an e-book these days esp. from Kobo they separate out the chapters and of course the pages are, for example, Chapter 7 The Trains p.1-102. THEY DO NOT show the pages (for the whole book) consecutively...

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Manuscript Preparation

In the course of writing children's poetry and getting six poems published at Australian Children's Poetry, I have discovered great links and information about just who are Australian children's publishers. And this is all thanks to the site http://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/  as well as the hard working editor Teena Raffa-Mulligan, a writing colleague and well-known West Australian...

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Last Days & Night at Arvon, The Hurst

Clun Castle Clun Castle at a distance. The remains of this ancient building has been left in its natural state. It is cushioned by steep hillsides and hard going (if like me) you are not sure of treacherous ground. The castle is no longer occupied, but is set high on a hill and inside a hillock. History: Humans tend to be territorial beings. Battles continue to rage over control of land, borders...

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Photos from Arvon - The Hurst, Shropshire England

My Arvon Experiences - Clun Shropshire I like writing residencies. There is something unique about time spent away (esp. overseas) and being among other artists. These are people of like minds and it's always a pleasure to talk about your work and discuss common threads. Most writers will tell you that time spent at a writer's retreat is often very productive. In 2011, I spent three weeks at the...

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Evangelyne

My blog "Evangelyne" is still online. Most of the poetry, however, from my children's collection Miniscule had to come down as the manuscript will soon be sent to publishers. Fingers xxxx, You can read old poetry + new poetry on the Evangelyne blog from time to time. Also you can read earlier work on my website Helen Hagemann's Poetry & Pro...

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