Barry Lee Thompson

Barry Lee Thompson

  • Carpet of camellias

    Late autumn in Melbourne. The nights have well and truly drawn in, and at the moment the sun sets close to 5.30pm. Last week I noticed the camellia tree had a number of new flower buds, after months of bareness, clusters of tightly packed pinkness which overnight blossomed into beautiful large flowers, petals the colour

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  • Reblog: What I’m working on

    Earlier this month I published a blog post for Elwood Writers about the main thing I’m writing at the moment – the post can be found on the group’s website, via the link above. While you’re over at elwoodwriters.com, have a wander round, see if anything else takes your fancy. There’s plenty to dip into.

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  • Podcast: Cover to Cover, episode 510

    I forgot to reblog this Elwood Writers blog-post containing the podcast and audio file for episode 510 of Cover to Cover from Vision Australia Radio. Better late than never – fortunately there’s no use-by or best-before date on these things. The program was broadcast on Friday 2 February and features work by Elwood Writers from

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  • Radio times

    I visited the Vision Australia Radio studios with fellow Elwood Writer Margaret McCaffrey on 11 January to record material for a forthcoming edition of Cover to Cover, to be broadcast on Friday 2 February at 8:00PM (AEDT), repeated Sunday 4 February at 1:00PM (AEDT). The program’s lineup includes three pieces by Elwood Writers published in

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  • The story behind ‘Gray’

    ‘Gray’ – the fifth story in Broken Rules and Other Stories (Transit Lounge, 2020) – tells the tale of an empathetic sex-worker and a new client, an elderly man whose financial circumstances preclude any further appointments. Once their session is over, instead of leaving, the worker accompanies the elderly man to the local park, where

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