Tag Archives: Writers’ Week
Tenderness
It’s been a funny old week at my place. I am on holidays (hooray), and it was Writers Week, one of the highlights of my year, but my plans were somewhat derailed by… my leg, which has been misbehaving. I … Continue reading
The overseers
It’s just past the first week of March, Writers’ Week here in Adelaide, and a traditional subject for a blog post – see here and here and here and here and here just for some examples. Looking through the various posts, it’s obvious that the … Continue reading
History of leaves
I have been to various Festival events this past week, and have been struck by the various ways that ‘ordinary’ people, who don’t earn a living from artistic or creative activities, have played a big part in what’s been going … Continue reading
Writers’ Week 2018 (the interviewer)
It’s that time of year again, Writers’ Week, and I have been lapping it up these past couple of days. Beautiful weather, lovely setting, great organisation, fantastic people to listen to and their books to enjoy. I have highlighted in … Continue reading
Whirling about at WOMAD, Writers’ Week and IWD
It’s been culture central this week – Writers’ Week, that began last Saturday, continued till Thursday with some great speakers and thought-provoking conversations. On Wednesday it was International Women’s Day, and a good opportunity to celebrate women in a range of … Continue reading
Gazing up through trees (at Writers’ Week)
It’s that time of year again (‘mad March’ in Adelaide, with festival, fringe, car race etc) – and today was the first day of Writers’ Week for 2017. I have my dear friend Romi with me from the UK again, … Continue reading
Crow
One of the highlights of Writers’ Week for me was Max Porter and his book ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’. He is an English writer, and his book is small and poetic, and about grief, with three characters (or … Continue reading
