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New Year creative reset

It’s time to practise radical self-compassion and care. These tips from me and creative coach Clare Travis should help you do just that.

I blew my personal reading record out of the water last year, topping out at 212 books in 2022 – far exceeding the 147 I read in 2021 (mostly thanks to 3+ months of COVID recovery and a lot of sleepless nights).

Public. Open. Space. is ‘one to watch’

2023 will be ‘the year of the home-grown book,’ Jane Sullivan writes in The Age / Sydney Morning Herald. ‘The pandemic is fading as a popular topic, but we’re still preoccupied with climate change, racism and sexism. It’s notable how many books, particularly life stories, are written by women and non-binary people.’

Surprised and delighted to find my own collection of poetry, Public.Open.Space., included on her list of standout titles you’re going to read in 2023.

Tips on managing a precarious freelance career

‘One of the first lessons I had to learn in balancing client-work with my own creative practice was that sticking to strict work days wasn’t possible,’ I wrote recently for Artshub.

Looking for allies for arts governance

From the start of 2023, I began reducing my client workload in order to write – with a focus on my debut poetry collection (Public. Open. Space, Fremantle Press), the second edition of The Relationship is the Project and my independent research into rethinking arts, cultural and for-purpose governance – which will remain my focus in 2025 as I continue to develop it into a book-length manuscript.

If my work or writing has been of value to you, I’d appreciate you joining me as an advocate, ally or accomplice from just $2.50/month on Patreon).

Field Notes: From Bundanon

“I came to Bundanon starving and dying of thirst, and it left me quenched and full.”

That would have been a familiar metaphor. The truth seems somehow smaller, though the arc remains the same.

Funding inclusion

In the wake of COVID-19, many not-for-profit organisations had to quickly adapt, pivot or completely reimagine their existing programs and fundraising activities to take advantage of new digital and remote initiatives and opportunities. And do so incredibly fast.

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)”

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