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Tag: Mildura Writers Festival

Books, Festivals, Fiction, Learning, Writing process

Things of interest (to me anyway)

June 18, 2015September 10, 2025by Jenny May Ackland8 Comments on Things of interest (to me anyway)

Once more I have a raft of open browser windows across the top of my screen. I haven't made much progress on the footy scarf I'm knitting for my husband's boy. Luckily I told him it would probably be ready for next season. The reason why I'm going slowly with this project is mainly because [...]

Books, Festivals, Learning

Alex Miller & Helen Garner at Mildura, 18 July 2014

July 26, 2014July 27, 2014by Jenny May Ackland9 Comments on Alex Miller & Helen Garner at Mildura, 18 July 2014

I saw Helen Garner at two events in the last week. It's a bit exciting because before that, I'd never seen her and I'm not sure I'd even heard her voice. So it was interesting. This session at Mildura was billed as a reading, and both writers read. Apparently they arm wrestled (really?) and Helen [...]

Festivals, Learning, Reading

Ssssh, don’t tell anyone. Let’s keep it secret.

July 21, 2014by Jenny May Ackland8 Comments on Ssssh, don’t tell anyone. Let’s keep it secret.

I'm serious. I was in two minds about blogging about the Mildura Writers Festival. (Some print material had the apostrophe, some didn't. I'm making a call and going without. Just because then I don't have to slow down to put it in.) Imagine I'm whispering all of the following to you. We're in a cafe, [...]

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