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Varuna, The Writers' House
Varuna, The National Writers’ House is Australia's national residential writers' house located in Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. The former home of writers Eleanor and Eric Dark, it was gifted to the Australian public through The Eleanor Dark Foundation. Due to this act of philanthropy, Varuna has become an eminent residential program for writers. Since 1989, Varuna has inspired the creation of new Australian writing and provided support for a writing community and growing alumni. Along with its Residential Program, Varuna also has a literary program, including the Blue Mountains Writers' Festival, Varuna Open Day and various workshops and consultations. Varuna is a short walk from the centre of town, and a short walk from the edge of the escarpment looking down into the Jamison Valley. In 2020, Varuna expanded its capacity to accommodate writers by building an accessible studio. This new building opens up opportunities for writers who have p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drone Shot Varuna
Drone or The Drones may refer to: Science and technology Vehicle * Drone, a type of uncrewed vehicle, a class of robot ** Unmanned aerial vehicle or aerial drone *** Unmanned combat aerial vehicle ** Unmanned ground vehicle or ground drone ** Unmanned surface vehicle or drone boat, drone ship, drone, vessel, surface drone, robot ship, robot boat ** Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone, drone sub, robot sub *** Remotely operated underwater vehicle Biology * Drone (bee), a male bee * Drone, fertile male ant Arts and entertainment Film * ''Drones'' (2010 film), an American office comedy * ''Drones'' (2013 film), an American war thriller directed by Rick Rosenthal * ''Drone'' (2014 film), a Norwegian documentary film * ''Drone'' (2017 film), a Canadian thriller film Television * "Drones" (''Beavis and Butt-Head''), 2011 episode * "Drone" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), 1998 episode Music * Drone (sound), a continuous note or chord * Drones World Tour, 2015, by Muse; sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Conservation Foundation
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's national environmental organisation, launched in 1965 in response to a proposal by the World Wide Fund for Nature for a more co-ordinated approach to sustainability. One high-profile campaign was "Save the Whales", which ended commercial whaling in Australia, following widespread protest against the huge slaughter. Another was to protect the vulnerable Great Barrier Reef by classifying it as a marine park, from which mining, drilling and trawling were banned. By 2000, ACF initiatives extended across a wide range of agendas, such as climate change, clean energy, rainforest preservation, greenhouse pollution and land tenure reform in the Indigenous communities. ACF is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organisation focused on advocacy, policy, research and community organising, with a membership of 700,000. Its president, , is Mara Bún. Origins Discussions regarding the need for an Australian conservation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Jaivin
Linda Jaivin (born 27 March 1955)''The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F–J'' Retrieved 19 December 2013. ''Note'': Jaivin has advised of a typographical error: "27 May" should read "27 March". This agrees with a statement made on her own website: is an American-born Australian sinologist, translator and novelist. Early life Linda Jaivin was born in New London, Connecticut, to a Jewish family of Russian heritage. Her grandfathers were Jewish refugees from Tsarist Russia, who emigrated to Argentina and the United States. Her interest in |
Steven Herrick
Steven Herrick (born in Brisbane, 1958) is an Australian poet and author. Herrick has published twenty-six books for adults, young adults and children. He is widely regarded as a pioneer of verse-novels for children and young adults. Herrick was born the youngest of seven children. His first published poem, written at age eighteen, was called ''Love is like a gobstopper''. He left school in year 10. He studied poetry at university, and gained his B.A. from the University of Queensland in 1982. In 1984, he moved to Sydney and spent time performing his poems in the pubs and clubs of the inner-city, often as a support act for local bands. Soon after he was approached by Mighty Boy Records to record an independent record of his poetry, titled 'The Esoteric Herrick'. This record gained airplay on alternate music radio stations and was quickly followed by the release of his second record, 'The Herrick Manifesto.' In 1994, he moved with his wife and children to his current home in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenda Guest
Glenda Guest is an Australian novelist. Her novel, '' Siddon Rock'', won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Novel. Life She grew up in Bruce Rock, Western Australia, but left that state when she was in her early 20s moving, first, to Canberra, then to Melbourne when her marriage dissolved. From there she moved around the eastern seaboard with her husband Colin. Glenda is currently living in Merimbula on the far south coast of NSW. Glenda is a strong supporter of Varuna, The Writers' House, where she did much of the writing for Siddon Rock. She teaches at Macquarie University, and Griffith University Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith .... Works *''Siddon Rock'', was the creative component of Glenda's PhD undertaken at Griffith University, Gold Coast, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Goldsworthy
Anna Louise Goldsworthy is an Australian classical pianist, writer, academic, playwright, and librettist, known for her 2009 memoir '' Piano Lessons''. She has held several academic positions, and is director of the Elder Conservatorium at the University of Adelaide. She is a founder member of the Seraphim Trio, which has toured Australia and the world since 1995. She is the daughter of writer Peter Goldsworthy. Early life and education Anna Louise Goldsworthy was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the eldest daughter of the writer Peter Goldsworthy and Helen Goldsworthy, who graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Adelaide. She began studying the piano at the age of six. At the age of eleven she was accepted into the Elder Conservatorium (part of Adelaide University), studying with the pedagogue Eleonora Sivan, to whom she attributes the fact that she is now a pianist. Goldsworthy completed her Bachelor of Music degree with honours at the Elder Conserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Frew
Peggy Frew (born in1976) is an Australian novelist. Background Frew was born in 1976 and grew up in Melbourne, Australia and attended RMIT University. Works Frew's writing often explores relationships between women within an Australian setting. Published works by Frew include '' Hope Farm'' (2015, Scribe) and ''House of Sticks'' (2011, Scribe). Short stories by Frew have been included in ''New Australian Stories 2,'' ''Women of Letters: Reviving the Lost Art of Correspondence'' (2011, Penguin), and ''Summer Shorts'' (2011, Scribe). She has also been published in ''The Big Issue,'' and literary magazines ''Kill Your Darlings'' and ''Meanjin''. Frew's novel ''Islands'' was published by Allen & Unwin in March 2019. Frew's novel 'Wildflowers' was published by Allen & Unwin 30 August 2022. Music Frew is a member of the Melbourne-based indie rock band, Art of Fighting. She plays bass and vocals. She formed the band in 1995 with Ollie Browne, whom she first met while at hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delia Falconer
Delia Falconer (born 1966) is an Australian novelist best known for her novel ''The Service of Clouds''. Her works have been nominated for several literary awards. Biography Falconer is the only child of two graphic designers. She studied for her undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney and completed a Ph.D. in English Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of the novels ''The Service of Clouds'' and ''The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers'' (which was republished in Australian paperback as ''The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers and Selected Stories''). She also wrote ''Sydney'', a personal history of her hometown, for the ''Australian Cities'' series. In 2010 she was appointed a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Cobby Eckermann
Ali Cobby Eckermann (born 1963) is an Australian poet of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. She is a Yankunytjatjara woman born on Kaurna land in South Australia. Eckermann has written poetry collections, verse novels and a memoir, and has been shortlisted for or won several literary awards. In 2017, she won the international Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for Poetry. She is a two-time winner of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Book of the Year (2013, 2024), the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (2013) and Indigenous Writers' Prize (2024). She has travelled extensively, performing her poetry. Early life Ali Cobby Eckermann was born Penelope Rae Cobby at the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home in Adelaide, traditional home of the Kaurna people, in 1963. She was adopted as a baby by a Lutheran couple, Clarrie and Frieda Eckermann. She grew up on a farm, and did her schooling at Brinkworth Area School and Clare High School, in mid-north South Australia. Eckermann, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Drewe
Robert Duncan Drewe (born 9 January 1943) is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer. Biography Robert Drewe was born on 9 January 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Perth. He grew up on the West Australian coast and was educated at Hale School. He joined ''The West Australian'' as a cadet reporter. Three years later he was recruited by ''The Age'', where he became Sydney chief at the age of 21, later Literary Editor of ''The Australian''.Murray WaldrenRob Drewe: The Diviner(1996) Interview first published in ''The Australian Magazine''. Accessed: 11 October 2007 He was a columnist, features editor and special writer on ''The Australian'' and '' The Bulletin''. Drewe won two Walkley Awards for journalism while working for ''The Bulletin''. He was awarded a Leader Grant travel scholarship by the United States Government. During the 1970s he turned from journalism to writing fiction, beginning with ''The Savage Crows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegan Bennett Daylight
Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969, in Sydney) is an Australian writer of novels and short stories. She is best known as a fiction writer, teacher and critic, publishing both books of non-fiction and numerous short stories. She has also written several books for children and teenagers. She is the author of ''Bombora'' (1996), ''What Falls Away'' (2001) and ''Safety'' (2006). ''Bombora'' was short-listed for the Australian/Vogel Literary Award and the Kathleen Mitchell Award. In 2002, she was named one of ''The Sydney Morning Herald''’s “Best Young Australian Novelists”. Bennett Daylight's story collection ''Six Bedrooms'', was published by Vintage in 2015 and was shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize. Daylight also works as a Creative Writing lecturer at Western Sydney University. Having moved from Sydney, she now lives in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains with her husband Russell Daylight and their two children. Publications Novels * ''Bombora'' (1996) published by All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Cormick
Craig Cormick is an Australian science communicator and author. He was born in Wollongong in 1961, and is known for his creative writing and social research into public attitudes towards new technologies. He has lived mainly in Canberra, but has also lived in Iceland (1980–81) and Finland (1984–85). He has published over 40 books of fiction and non-fiction, and numerous articles in refereed journals. He has been active in the Canberra writing community, teaching and editing, was Chair of the ACT Writers Centre from 2003 to 2008 and in 2006 was Writer in Residence at the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia. Cormick's creative writing has appeared in most of Australia's literary journals including ''Southerly (journal), Southerly'', ''Westerly (magazine), Westerly'', ''Island Magazine'', ''Meanjin,'' ''The Phoenix Review'', ''Overland (magazine), Overland'', ''Scarp'', ''4W'', ''Redoubt'', ''Block'', as well as in overseas publications including ''Silverfish New Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
