Stories that matter
May 10, 2017
One of the purposes of my blog, Treefall Writing – and indeed why I write at all – is to ‘create a gap for invisible stories to flourish and be heard’. It’s why I chose to research and write about war widows in my first book, Many Hearts, One Voice. It’s why my current work-in-progress […]
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April 22, 2017
Will you be commemorating Anzac Day on 25 April this year? I have written elsewhere about why I do choose to acknowledge Anzac Day, as well as the recognition that the occasion is problematic for some. In part, I said: ‘There has not always been room for those whose experience or understanding has deviated from the legend. Yet, […]
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November 29, 2016
If you wandered through Kings Park on Monday 21 November, you may have noticed a large group gathered around the Flame of Remembrance. Perhaps you even wondered what the occasion was, since Remembrance Day has come and gone. It’s likely you didn’t know that most of those present were war widows, although the Governor of Western […]
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November 22, 2016
Asta Lander is a Perth artist and creative mentor, whose exhibition, Monkeying Around, opens at the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts on Friday 2 December 2016. Asta has worked as a school art specialist, volunteer art therapist, a primary and ESL teacher, and a school chaplain, but says she ‘skirted around’ her artistic self […]
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November 1, 2016
I have a social media rule: don’t friend someone on Facebook unless you know them in real life. I made an exception for poet and artist, S. Nagaveeran – or Ravi to those who know him. I ‘met’ Ravi after his poetry was shared online, and while he was still in immigration detention awaiting the […]
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October 26, 2016
Home
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Home. That was the single word I intended to post on my Facebook page, as we waited for our luggage to appear on the carousel. We’d just landed after a fabulous trip to Italy, a mix of holiday and family reunion. I’d loved the time away, but it was also good to be home. Then […]
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July 21, 2016
You’ve most likely heard the names Kate Cebrano, Frankie J. Holden and Amanda Keller, who were among those recently recognised in the 2016 Queen’s birthday honours list. But you probably haven’t heard of Edna Richardson, who was on that same list. Now in her eighties, Edna Richardson has spent the past twenty years visiting war […]
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