by admin | Mar 15, 2018 | Guest Blogger, Women Writers
A Pearl Called Marj ‘Always keep a pole handy.’ This from Marj Wilke, a woman who is to the Society of Women Writers of Queensland what Alan McGilvray was to cricket. ‘A light one,’ she adds, ‘but long enough to hang onto when you’re up a ladder.’ It turns out that...
by admin | Jun 12, 2017 | Guest Blogger, Women Writers
My Journey with Writing My journey with writing began with reading. I had always felt comfortable with words and language and read voraciously from a very young age, working my way through most of the classics before I was a teenager. In my mid-teens, I knew I wanted...
by admin | May 27, 2017 | Women Writers
On Wickham Terrace, in what used to be the specialist medical precinct of Brisbane, stands the historic Inchcolm building. These days there are medical practices in the precinct, but other businesses have replaces some of the older businesses. Medical Centre I...
by admin | Nov 27, 2016 | Women Writers
The Alice Literary Award was the inspiration for a presentation at The End Room of the Brisbane Square Library. While a little late starting, the panel session was most interesting. Laurel Daniels set the tone with readings from the works of each of the panel...
by admin | Nov 7, 2016 | Women Writers
Marilyn Hume is one of the many women writers who has chosen to disguise their gender by changing their name, or in fact hiding it. By writing as M K Hume, she has received greater success than she believes she would have otherwise. I have not met Marilyn Hume...
by admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Women Writers
SWWQ Member Mary Mennis left Brisbane yesterday (October 31st) on the Pacific Aria. with her husband Brian. They will go to PNG; Alotoau where there is a Canoe Festival and the opening of a Museum. Then they will go on to Kitaya, Trobriands, Rabaul, then to...
