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autumn crocus
My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
March 31, 20150

From the hard earth

In my garden, there is a patch of brown dirt that is unremarkable. My irrigation line doesn’t extend here so the earth starts to dry out in summer. By February fissures...

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The Curious Scribbler
Asylum Seekers & Refugees
March 26, 20150

Harmony Day Celebrations

Last Sunday, at the Migration Museum in Adelaide, Anette and Zaid demonstrated how to make Injera, an Eritrean/Ethiopian flatbread. They have kindly agreed to share...

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Book progress update
March 20, 20152

Unfinished business

“You’ll send me a copy, won’t you?” said Mr Malcolm Fraser to me as we stood at the door of his office, high above Collins Street in Melbourne. I...

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man and woman on theatre stage
Book progress update
March 18, 20153

Ancient civilisations meet

When I drove across Adelaide for my first interview with Sabah and Lamia from Iraq, I had fanciful ideas about 5000 years of Chinese civilisation meeting 5000 years of...

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glass chess pieces
Book progress update
March 12, 20151

The American invasion and chess

“The circumstances in our country are very difficult; this difficulty comes from the Americans invading my country because everything was destroyed after the invasion....

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My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
March 4, 20150

Creative non-fiction

Creative non-fiction is a genre defined by what it is and what it is not. It is creative; it is not fiction. What is the opposite of fiction? Fact? But if I say that I’m...

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