The Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is one of Australia's most respected short story competitions and generous too with the first prize winner being awarded $7000. Elizabeth Jolley was awarded many coveted prizes for her books and stories throughout the 1980's and 90's. She didn't publish her first book until she was 53 suggesting she was … Continue reading ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
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Multiple Futures
I have a little obsession with time travel stories and stories that play with the idea of knowing the future - because if you knew the future what on earth would you do with that knowledge? Is it possible to change the future? If you did change it, how would you prove it? What if … Continue reading Multiple Futures
Tell a Fairy Tale Day
The 26 of February is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day. No point in resisting. We all know by now that fairy tales began as oral stories and have grown and changed with the times and for the audience. Some people feel Disney has taken the dark soul out of the oral tales but I … Continue reading Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Story and song #4 Hilltop Hoods
I have my son to thank for introducing me to Australian hip hop music. I dismissed all that rap crap because of some stigma associated with Gangsta Rap. I don’t even know what that is. But my son, being the obsessive that he is, when he in to something he is totally engaged and nothing … Continue reading Story and song #4 Hilltop Hoods
The Long Lost Story
I'm so excited. I got a new bookshelf. It is a one of a kind thing someone has cobbled together from bits and pieces. I got it cheap from the local charity shop. But, that is not why I am excited. In clearing away the old dodgy chipboard shelf that I plan to burn, I … Continue reading The Long Lost Story
Mad about all genres
Some people have a favourite genre to read or watch - I have never been able to choose. It seems to me that the best of any genre is amazing. It would be like deciding to only eat chocolate when it has caramel inside. What about the turkish delight, or the coconut, or the strawberry filled … Continue reading Mad about all genres
more bloody football…
I am not sporty. I have come last in every race I have ever run/swum. However, I live with a sports mad man, so it only seems polite that I take a passing interest. For instance, I will not get up at 3am to see just how much the All Blacks will trash Georgia by in the … Continue reading more bloody football…
Every wine has a story
I recently spent a weekend on the Granite Belt in an amazing house overlooking Stanthorpe. For me, the story of Stanthorpe is that growing up it was just another country town. One where some of the kids of I went to boarding school with lived. To go there for a weekend was a silly idea. … Continue reading Every wine has a story
Robots replacing humans
Somewhere in the media recently, on TV I think, I saw a story about computers writing news articles. Apparently when given and article written by a computer and an article written by a human being, the human beings cannot tell the difference. The examples given, as I recall, were sport reports, and no I could … Continue reading Robots replacing humans
When a story is a song #3 Space Oddity
I thought this week I would continue to be inspired by space. When I was 15 I played this song over and over, it is a wonder the girls in my dorm didn't smash the tape to smithereens. What I did not know until today was the song was originally released in 1969 just nine … Continue reading When a story is a song #3 Space Oddity