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Last year I wrote about a week-long retreat in the Blue Mountains with the four writing friends I met on my first Varuna residency back in 2016. We repeated the retreat this year; same house in Katoomba, though slightly later in the year, after the clocks had gone forward, so the weather was more springlike.…
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I just entered three stories into the Fundación César Egido Serrano Microfiction Contest. The deadline is midnight tonight (Spanish Peninsular time), so there’s still time to get your three (or fewer) stories in to the running. Each story can be no more than 100 words (not including an optional title). Stories may be written in…
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My contributor copy of the latest issue of American Writers Review has arrived in the post. I started reading it this morning, and became so absorbed I forgot all about the pot of coffee on the stove! It’s such a beautiful book. I’m thrilled to be a part of it. Find out how to get…
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On Cover to Cover tonight, Elwood Writers pays tribute to founding member Jennifer Bryce, who died in April. Join Helen McDonald, Margaret McCaffrey and myself with presenter Tim McQueen at 8pm Melbourne time. I’ll be talking about how I first met Jenny at a literary event in 2007, and reading her beautiful and moving short-story…
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Barry Lee Thompson 