2013 ~ Helen Hagemann

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Lucas North, writer - in Memorium 1973-2013

Cockman House, Wanneroo (scene setting) The following is an excerpt from Lucas's novel "The Population of Loss" - you can hear him read by clicking "open" and then "ok". His novel is currently with the publishers, Penguin Group. Lucas North reading part of Howe Hawley's Journey (wait for Firefox's page to load Windows Media Player) The Population of Loss by Lucas...

VALE TO MY PARTNER: LUCAS NORTH

Lucas North: 1973 - 2013 - writer, poet, novelist, editor, car restorer, skater. To my dear Lucas, my partner for 12 years. I will miss you terribly, but will remember all the good times we had together, our literary talks, our readership of our work, back and forth. I will always remember your sense of humour and how you always tried to make me laugh. I will always...

Helen Hagemann: of Arc & Shadow to be a High School Text

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Poem for the Day: Hawkesbury Letterboxes

Hawkesbury Letterboxes In a deep gumtree valley along a Hawkesbury River Road messages come from within an array of canny letterboxes. The mailman knows that today and every other day, on this side of the mountain, his hands will guide silent voices into several slots. The mailboxes are fashioned at home as personal monikers or simply with the letters RMB. Others...

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Birthday Celebrations

Family Birthday Picnic We spent a gorgeous day on the river yesterday (16th November) celebrating two birthdays, mine and my son's, although mine had passed, and his was yet to come on 30th November. And to mark the occasion my family gave me this great travel book (Eyewitness Travel). It has a large map inside of the City of Barcelona, transport maps and all the history...