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On rates and reparations: a personal approach

In 2019, my partner and I bought a house in Adelaide, our first small piece of ground. But with the excitement, anxiety, paperwork, money story and moving boxes came a serving of white colonial guilt and responsibility that we hadn’t experienced with our previous apartment in the sky. Continue reading “On rates and reparations: a personal approach”

The new #SAArtsPlan: a (draft) response

Artists, arts workers and audience members are being encouraged to have their say on the arts in SA. Continue reading “The new #SAArtsPlan: a (draft) response”

Reading and writing in 2018

2018 was another huge year of reading and writing… Thanks both to my looser, freelance lifestyle and judging of the Territory Reads Awards, I once again re-set my personal best record to 147 books read over the course of the year (averaging just under 3 books a week – not counting literary journals or children’s books).

A year of working differently

Can anyone tell me where 2018 has gone? Somehow, more than a year has passed since I relocated to Adelaide and returned to my consultancy practice. Continue reading “A year of working differently”

The numbers don’t add up: MPA Framework response

Responses to the Major Performing Arts (MPA) Framework consultation paper are due by 5pm (AEDT) Monday 26 November 2018. Whether you’re an artist, arts worker or audience member, have your say for the sake of our sector. Continue reading “The numbers don’t add up: MPA Framework response”

A poet in Hong Kong (2018 AsiaLink Creative Exchange)

Reflections on six weeks in residence at the Hong Kong Arts Centre. Continue reading “A poet in Hong Kong (2018 AsiaLink Creative Exchange)”

Major Performing Arts Framework survey – have your say

Responses to the Major Performing Arts (MPA) Framework survey are due by 5pm on Thursday 9 August 2018. Whether you’re an artist, arts worker or audience member, have your say for the sake of our sector. Continue reading “Major Performing Arts Framework survey – have your say”

Reading and writing in 2017

Phew. What a readerly/writerly adventure 2017 turned out to be. Thanks to my four-month Reading and Writing Sabbatical, I screamed past my previous personal-best record and ended the year with a whopping 105 books under my belt (averaging just over 2 books each week – not including repeats, journals or children’s books). Huzzah.

Books about #ModernAustralia

As usual, in the lead-up to Invasion Day, I’ve been revisiting books to recommend that provide a better reflection of life in contemporary Australia (by which I mean the last 20 years) than a national(istic) holiday on the worst possible date.

2016 in reading and writing

OK, the results are in. The spreadsheet has been updated. And just short of last year’s personal best, it looks like I averaged 1.4 books a week over the course of the 2016 reading year, finishing 72 in total (not including repeats or literary journals).