Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Great Read

The Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013 is in full swing again this year. My article about the fabulous way individual readers and reader-reviewers can undertake to improve the lot of women writers in Australia, (and have a good time doing it), is now published online.

The wonderful AWWC website includes vast number of suggestions for your reading pleasure, and reviews you can peruse at your leisure. There is also a rationale for why the challenge is necessary.

Read the full article on Weekend Notes here.

Eli Wolfe to Serenade Cororooke

Eli Wolfe's national tour will stop in the pretty rural settlement of Cororooke next month. Carolyn Theatre at Red Rock Arts is the venue for the show which will spruik the offerings of Wolfe's latest EP, 'Perfect Moment'.

My wrap on the show is now published by Weekend Notes. You can read the full article here.

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INK-credible Art Exhibition

It's INK-credible!

Artists living and working in Australia are invited to submit their work to INK-credible, an exhibition to be held in Cororooke, Western Victoria this coming June.

But you'd better be quick - entries close next month.

To find out more, read the article on Weekend Notes here.
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8 Ways Into a Spiritual Easter

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So you think the offerings of Easter are limited to easter eggs, warmed buns, and few days off?

Here are eight events to consider in Melbourne this Easter season whether you be religious or otherwise.

Read the article on Weekend Notes here.

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Review: Other Desert Cities (MTC)

Couched in real-life events affecting Republicans Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and James Oughton, Other Desert Cities not only explores family politics, but the complexities inherent in families addicted to preserving a public image.

Jon Baitz’s explosive script has the audience eavesdropping on the family reunion of Senator Lyman Wyeth, his wife Polly, their grown-up children Brooke and Trip, and Polly’s sister Silda. When Brooke, a writer, reveals she has written her account of the most painful chapter of the family’s history, all hell breaks loose.

Other Desert Cities will be audio-described on Tuesday 2^nd and Saturday 6^th April, and captioned on Saturday 13^th April.  Get along if you can. Read the entire review

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Review: At Last - The Etta James Story

Photo: Chrissie Francis

Thunder and lightning may have been the talk of the town in Melbourne on Thursday night (21st), but inside the packed Athenaeum Theatre Vika Bull and The Essential R&B Band were whipping up a storm of their own.

Electrifying and down right seductive singing by Ms Bull is the centre piece in a narrative concert focused on the life of music’s ‘original bad girl’, Etta James. 

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Bull’s is a supreme voice, charged with passion and underwritten by technical brilliance. It’s only a matter of time before Vika Bull is declared a National Living Treasure. In the meantime, I’m hanging out for the CD release. Continue reading

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Minuscule - Not So Small in Cororooke

The only thing small at Minuscule, is the size of the art work.

In this community art event to be held at Red Rock Regional Gallery in Cororooke, exhibitors are required to complete their piece on a 7inch by 5inch canvas by March 24th.

Canvases are provided with entry forms, and there are primary, secondary and adult categories.

Five hundred artists in Western Victoria will have their masterpiece hung on the walls for six weeks.

What artist wouldn't relish the chance to do that!? Read about it here.

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Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013

Well it's on again, and I'm up for it.

The Australian Women Writers Challenge seeks to confront head-on the raw deal female authors in Australia get. The statistics speak for themselves. Never mind the fact women are the ones most likely to read books, and to purchase books for themselves and others. Women writers in Australia (and elsewhere) are far less likely to be reviewed in literary journals and newspapers, or anywhere for that matter, thereby missing out on a significant marketing and publicity tool.

Don't believe me? Read this for the hard cold facts.

Anyhoo, I am pledging to read at least four books by an Australian woman, and review three of them. The reviews will appear on this blog and enjoy links from the AWWC site.

Why not join up yourself? Women and men, girls and boys can sign up, and can register as a 'reader only', pledging your own level of involvement. Visit the AWWC site here.

Off the the shops now to buy I Came To Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington. I'd be delighted to receive your suggestions for my further reading.

Read my reviews from 2012