by Indrani Ganguly | Mar 15, 2023 | Members' Blog
Indrani Ganguly Once it was called Maiwar Home of the peacemaker platypus Steering warring beasts Towards peace and reconciliation. Now it’s the Brisbane River A slippery bendy brown beast I think I’m in one place Then discover I’m in another. First Nations, convicts,...
by Trudy | Aug 16, 2022 | Members' Blog
TrudyJuly saw 75 attendees enjoying a sumptuous high tea at the Cambrian Centre in Booval. The tables were scattered with ladybugs and butterflies, and bundled, old, and precious books bound with scarves and ties performed their role as elegant centrepieces. ‘Gladys...
by Virginia Miranda | Apr 27, 2022 | Members' Blog
Virginia MirandaGod made man because he liked to hear a story – so say the Africans, and the richness of worldwide mythology proves God chose wisely. My favourite Mythological writer runs the Westcountry School of Myth in Dartmoor. Martin Shaw wrote The Lindworm, Fox...
by Mocco Wollert | Mar 28, 2022 | Members' Blog
Mocco WollertGetting Published By Mocco Wollert How do I get published? The answer is simple, and I will give it at the end of this article – please no cheating and looking at it first! Some people tell me that they do not care whether their piece is published or not....
by admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Members' Blog
New Year – New Start for Goals Do you start the new year with some goals? We used to call them “resolutions” but that terminology is fading. I am sure many of us start the new year with some key things to achieve. Writers do! Perhaps it is to...
by admin | Mar 15, 2018 | Members' Blog
A Pearl Called Marj‘Always keep a pole handy.’ This from Marj Wilke, a woman who is to the Society of Women Writers of Queensland what Alan McGilvray was to cricket. ‘A light one,’ she adds, ‘but long enough to hang onto when you’re up a ladder.’ It turns out that...