Barry Lee Thompson

  • There was an error in yesterday’s blog post about an upcoming edition of Vision Australia Radio’s Cover to Cover program. The broadcast date is Friday 7 June at 8:00 pm, and the program will be repeated at 1:30 pm on Sunday 9 June (not, as originally stated, Sunday 2 June). Apologies for the error.

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  • On the Airwaves

    Next week, Vision Australia Radio gives us another chance to listen to a favourite Cover To Cover program from its recent archives. A reading of one of my short stories is included. Broadcast times are Friday 7 June at 8:00 pm, repeated 1:30 pm on Sunday 9 June. This post was edited to correct the

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  • Just Martin

    They’d been playing for most of the afternoon, despite the cold, but as soon as the light began to fade, their mothers began summoning them inside. Time for dinner. See you tomorrows were called with cheer as one by one they left the square, until eventually it was just Martin remaining. He watched the sky

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  • I just arrived back from Writers’ Week 2019 in Adelaide (ADLWW). While I haven’t written anything (yet) about the trip myself (though there was plenty to write about), fellow Elwood Writer Jennifer and guest contributor Tony Thomas posted despatches from Adelaide at the Elwood Writers website, and their posts are shared below:

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  • What’s occurring?

    Originally posted on Elwood Writers: 2018 was an industrious and fruitful year for Elwood Writers. Among other events, we hosted and thoroughly enjoyed presenting our work at our first public soiree, in August at St Kilda Library, and in November provided the material for the Armistice Day Centenary edition of Cover To Cover on Vision…

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