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The Handmaid’s Tale is no longer a dystopian future.
It was some years ago since I read the Handmaid’s Tale and at the time was astonished at Attwood’s perception of the tiny step it would take to go from reality to the dystopian future of a completely patriarchal society. And here we are with the US taking away women’s rights to their own bodies. […]
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Lane Cove Literary Awards, An Anthology, Book Launch
What a lovely evening the launch of the Lane Cove Literary Awards, An Anthology was. It was well attended and very well catered for. The team at Lane Cove Library really know how to do it. The award has been running since 2014 and in 2021 received 590 entries. I was very honoured to be […]
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Paperwork Perpetuating Violence
As I read yet another report detailing the psychological damage, I suffered five decades ago as a child living in domestic violence, a news flash pops up on my screen. Domestic violence takes another life. The scant details, A 21-year-old woman died of severe wounds inflicted by a man known to her while small children […]
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Love Objects
Love Objects (Allen and Unwin) Emily Maguire’s 2021 novel is about a subject close to my heart. Mental health. Mental health affects most people during their lives, either personally or as a repercussion. Shortlisted Miles Franklin author, Emily, has Aunty Nic replacing her distant family with random objects. Items Nic finds on her way home […]
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3rd March, 2022
3rd March 2022 Well, it’s March and I’m only just posting my first blog in 2022. Peter and I had a healthy dose of covid over the silly season. We managed at home with no after-effects but that doesn’t explain why this blog has taken three months to write. After the excitement of November’s post, […]
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Lane Cove Literary Awards 2021
Impatience, my husband tells me, is one of my worst faults. Unfortunately for him, I’ve had to wait close to a month to share the news that I won First Prize in the Lane Cove Literary Award for memoir. Hearing of the news was cliche. Yes, I went weak at the knees, my head swam, […]
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Lane Cove Literary Prize Short list
I’m so excited to announce that the extract ‘Only Skin Deep’ from my memoir, The Girl in the Striped Jumper, has made the short list of the Lane Cove Literary Prize. Lane Cove Literary Awards 2021 The Lane Cove Literary Awards is a prestigious national writing competition organised by Lane Cove Council that recognises writing […]
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Don’t accuse baby boomers of being uncourageous.
When I read E Quinn’s article in the TND on Gender Parity and giving women a voice, the highlighted text; ‘It’s this kind of courage we baby boomers would do well to emulate,’ demanded a response from another baby boomer. I grew up during a time when wives were legally the possession of their husbands. […]
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Thank you for working toward an equitable and inclusive society
Having just completed a final draft of Simon Goes to Camp, I was hoping the story would no longer be as relevant, having written the last draft in 2018. That’s me looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses. My book follows Simon at Camp with his school. He receives ridicule for his intellect and his autism. […]
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Australian Refugees.
I have read my fair share of WWII novels and watched the odd movie, but I never thought I would actually come to understand how it feels to be separated from your loved ones for months on end with no idea when we’ll be reunited. For the past seven months my husband and I have […]
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Eila Jameson-Avey 