Writing & Reading & Ideas

Jun 18, 20201 min read

The death of George Floyd inspired this powerful poem by Olive Senior.CBC Books · Posted: Jun 10, 20

This arrived in my mailbox, from Joy Gordon, Toronto Canada. B for Breathe is a poem by Olive Senior. It is part of Transmission, CBC...

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Jun 15, 20201 min read

Australian politics - Pat Dodson on Indigenous deaths in custody

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/jun/13/pat-dodson-on-indigenous-deaths-in-custody-australian-politics-live?

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Jun 13, 20201 min read

Angela Davis on Democracy Now (1hr long interview)

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/12/angela_davis_on_abolition_calls_to

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Mar 23, 20201 min read

Bearing witness

Bearing witness is something I've associated with dance... sitting in a studio watching the choreographic process unfold, witnessing as...

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Feb 27, 20203 min read

FLASH BACK! Agony, Ecstasy and Nourishment

August 2018, I spent a northern hemisphere summer in Toronto, Canada visiting family and friends while soaking up the heat. Born in...

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Feb 7, 20202 min read

Waiting on the muse

Friday. I'm on the second day of a 7 day writer's retreat. Drove down on Wednesday, about 2 hrs south of Sydney, to stay in a little...

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Jan 31, 20201 min read

Transmission

On my way to work, I often listen to the Guardian books podcasts. It helps, to try anyway, to keep up with all the new books coming out....

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Jan 27, 20202 min read

How We Tell Our Stories

My Mum sent me this post it's from the RSC Website about a new play called The Whip. https://www.rsc.org.uk/blogs/whispers-from-the-wings...

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Jan 16, 20204 min read

Foragers in the landscape

A few years ago, my parents decided to escape the bone chilling Canadian winter by spending a few months on the sunny Caribbean island of...

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