this story is in Eureka Street, religion section, photograph by Eva Rugel The first time Jack came to church he baptised himself. The font was new, the water inviting, and he dunked his 10-year-old head right in. The sea-blue glass font had recently been installed in the foyer on a sculpted piece of redgum. The …
Andrew Hamilton is consulting editor at Eureka Street and has written a review of my new collection, Tender, stories that lean into kindness. I feel honoured by his reading and placement of the book within a larger tradition. You can go to the review here.
I can’t quite believe I got to be a part of this project, but like magic Shannyn Higgins appeared and invited me in. It’s a blind date, 25 writers provide a fragment of writing, 25 artists respond. On Opening Night Friday August 30, 6 – 9pm the exhibition is unveiled at KSR Art Bar, Rialto …
Duality – a blind date between writers and artists. Read More »
“Probably people know the room is going to be discussing something of division. Presumably people have a predictable set of outcomes in their mind. “I bet you this group or this person will say the following thing.” And they might even have their responses primed and prepared for the thing that they’re predicting. I’m always interested in how we find the courage in the room for something unexpected and surprising to be said.” Pádraig Ó Tuama
Hard to believe the launch of Tender was just over a week ago. A joy to have poet and peace maker Pádraig Ó Tuama in the room with his beautiful lilting voice and delicious humour. Thanks to the 120 people who came and listened with lovely presentness, the atmosphere was memorable. People also purchased with …
When you’ve listened to a story with anticipation, there’s a kind of deflation if you’re told what to think about it.
‘Tender’ brings together 60 stories Julie Perrin has written in one lovely-to-hold-in-your-hand book.
I wrote this piece after hearing Leigh Sales interviewed at Adelaide Writers Week last month. I loved her book, ‘Any Ordinary Day’ and was captured again by the way she spoke it. Most of all the surprising impact a Jesuit priest called Steve Sinn had on her understanding of the task of ‘accompanying’. Sales had …
