Keep a diary and one day it’ll keep you
—Mae West
I have finally made good on a long-held wish to create a reading group for people in a nursing home. On New Year's Eve I sent out queries to facilities in my area, describing what I had in mind. By 4pm I had a very enthusiastic response from Glengarry in Mosman.
Today I ran my first group of four members. As the residents all have some level of dementia, the readings have to be chosen carefully. Today we read some poems by Robert Browning, Robert Frost et al, but the...
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One of the perks of studying for the Masters of Creative Writing at the University of Technology, Sydney, is the right to submit work for the annual anthology. The UTS Writers' Anthology is launched at the Sydney Writers Festival in May and is gaining in prestige every year. Around 30 stories make it into the final publication.
My short story, A Fistful of Earth, was submitted last October, along with 300 other stories, and has just been shortlisted. The editing...
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Book review of Griffith Review 38: The Annual Fiction Edition edited by Julianne Schultz published in the NSW Writers' Centre's e-newsletter Newsbite
Alicia has a course on offer in the summer term at WEA Sydney
You can find it in the Summer 2013 Catalogue
Latest reviews published as part of the NSW Writers' Centre's 366 Days of Writing
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Book review of Las Vegas for Vegans by AS Patrić published in the NSW Writers' Centre's e-newsletter Newsbite
Alicia has consulted from her company efolio since 2000. She is available for teaching and speaking engagements.
