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  • Cover of the book Portable curiosities by Julie Koh
    Book Reviews

    The best Australian books that 7 Australian writers loved in 2016

    January 2, 2017 / 1 Comment

    I wanted to write about some of the best books by other Australian writers that I had read and been blown away by during 2016. And then I thought – why not ask them who they read in 2016 that was amazing AND an Australian author? So that then I could have a list of books to then go read myself in 2017? So I did. I yelled out into the Twittersphere: Australian #writers: what was the best book by an Australian that you read this year? I want to write a blog post & will link back to you. — Marisa Wikramanayake (@mwikramanayake) December 24, 2016 And true enough, over…

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    The Paper House by Anna Spargo-Ryan

    The Paper House by Anna Spargo-Ryan

    May 25, 2016

    Marianne de Pierres' Glitter Rose

    February 6, 2014

    Real men do read – they just don't let the sexy, geek goddesses know.

    February 6, 2013
  • 365/333 The Oliver Standard Visible Writer No 3 by Rachel via Flickr
    Competitions,  Events,  Work Opportunity,  Writing

    July 2016 Writing Calendar

    July 1, 2016 / 5 Comments

    I decided to put this calendar for the month of June together on a whim. And then people loved it. So this is the monster list of everything even remotely writerly and literary that is going on in Perth and WA in the month of July 2016 from today onwards. So a few quick answers to questions: Will this list always be on this site? MEAA WA is keen to cross-post/host/something along those lines. This will also be cross-posted at Emily Paull‘s site. And possibly on DWOA once we tweak a few things. Can you compile a list for Victoria and Melbourne? Not at this point – no time to spare.…

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    Competition: African-Australian short stories

    June 2, 2016

    Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop

    January 25, 2014

    So who won the Australia Day Book Giveaway?

    January 30, 2013
  • Plan B by Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr
    Updates

    The writing plan for June

    June 3, 2016 / No Comments

    It’s June today. A June day, today, let’s say since June began the day before yesterday. On this June day my TBR is neither pile nor stack, it is a scatter instead, in bags, on shelves, across the floor, under laptops and beds. It’s also not To Be Read but rather like quantum, a mix between the two, some To Be Read but some also read already so To Be Reviewed. I need a plan. 

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    Why my brain has no space and why I have no time

    May 11, 2016

    2013's very odd resolution list

    January 4, 2013

    Diverse and need a writing group?

    October 23, 2016
  • Writing

    The Gap by Ira Glass

    May 16, 2016 / No Comments

    For those moments when you despair that what you are creating isn’t as good as you hoped it would be: Video by David Shiyang Liu, found via a group on FB, thank you my darlings.

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    All my worries as a WOC writer

    May 13, 2016

    Diverse and need a writing group?

    October 23, 2016

    Inspiration (or is there a muse?)

    April 6, 2011
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Literary Journalism

    The Australian Women Writers’ Challenge 2016

    January 11, 2016 / 1 Comment

    So in case you didn’t know, I often volunteer, and often fail (sorry Elizabeth) at rounding up and discussing what people have read for the Australian Women Writers’ Challenge in the genres of non fiction and short fiction and poetry. Occasionally, I interview authors for podcasts as well. The Challenge aims to get people reading more books written in all genres by Australian female and female identifying writers and to promote their work since we seem unable to rely on mainstream media to do a good enough job of doing so with no gender or racial bias involved. This year we hope to introduce a bingo card element to the…

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    AWW 2013: Interview with author Marj McRae

    January 17, 2013

    Marianne Delacourt’s Sharp Shooter

    April 2, 2015
    A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr

    Capering criminally with the challenge: what I read for Australian Women Writers 2013

    January 3, 2014
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Competitions,  Projects,  Updates

    So who won the Australia Day Book Giveaway?

    January 30, 2013 / 4 Comments

    Who won the haul? That’s what you want to know right? What haul? This haul! Which I have to say is a pretty amazing haul. But what I found amazing were your comments. Thank you guys. It was really interesting to see what your favourite poems were and the reasons why as well. So while my cat ponders which one of you is lucky enough to win (or is distasteful enough that she doesn’t swallow the piece of paper your name is written on), let’s see some of your poetry favourites. KathArine (who does spell her name like that) kicks us off with Robert Frost: “Nature’s first green is gold,…

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    Eleni Konstantine's Snoop

    February 13, 2014
    A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr

    Capering criminally with the challenge: what I read for Australian Women Writers 2013

    January 3, 2014

    AWW 2013: Marion Halligan's Murder On The Apricot Coast

    February 7, 2013
  • Updates

    2013's very odd resolution list

    January 4, 2013 / 2 Comments

    This being the start of 2013, of course everyone is talking about New Year Resolutions. In fact, come December 1st everyone starts ruminating on this topic. And then of course there is a lot of angst over what one hasn’t done yet and that horrible nagging feeling that somehow you are running out of time to do X, Y and Z and therefore be happy. So in the interests of preserving some sanity here, because let’s be honest, me being me, I have very little sanity or so people tell me, let’s do this differently. What was 2012 like? Well, lets see. It was unexpectedly social at points – in…

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    Where you will find me in October 2018

    October 11, 2018

    New project: Guys Read Gals

    February 18, 2013
    Marisa Wikramanayake will be appearing at two sessions at the Digital Writers Festival this year.

    I’m in the Digital Writers Festival this year!

    October 28, 2016
  • Poetry,  Projects,  Writing

    On pens, paper and meaning

    November 17, 2012 / 1 Comment

    I have a sudden irresistible urge to buy pens. That gush with ink with colours seeping into white woven fibres on the page. Paper was meant to be written, scribbled, scrawled, drawn on, meaning overflowing arbitrarily declared boundaries. Everything ever present or absent on a page means something, and contributes to a larger idea and even more amazingly, can be wrought so that the exact intended idea is conveyed or so the reader is free to dream beyond convention. Someone go buy me pens. Because there is paper here. – Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Poetry,  Projects

    Weekly news roundup AND Britain's National Poetry Day… combined!

    October 5, 2012 / No Comments

    Note: News events listed below are as they happened on the morning of Thursday, 03 Oct 2012 prior to debates, apologies and anything else really exciting. It takes awhile to think up rhymes. I give students a news quiz each week and today I couldn’t decide whether to post the quiz and some of the odd answers or a poem for National Poetry Day in Britain (despite the fact that I am neither located there or a citizen) so you guys got both. Enjoy. If anyone can come up with a title that would be awesome. —- This week the Health Department got their anatomy wrong, They mislabeled the ovaries…

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    On pens, paper and meaning

    November 17, 2012
  • Updates

    Eureka Street has published my poetry

    November 4, 2009 / No Comments

    Eureka Street, an online magazine, based in Australia has just published Marisa Wikramanayake's poem "Manners".

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    Cat asleep on a wall - Photo by Iván C. Fajardo on Unsplash

    Why I really need to take a week off for rest right now

    February 17, 2021

    I need your help!

    April 17, 2012
    Plan B by Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr

    The writing plan for June

    June 3, 2016
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