Julie Sprigg: The Privilege of Telling Other People’s Stories
Welcome to Writers in the Attic for 2021 and kicking off the year is WA writer Julie Sprigg. Julie talks about turning the journals she wrote while working as a physiotherapist in Ethiopia into a memoir. Writing about a country and culture that’s not our own and...
Donna Mazza: A Desk of One’s Own
I’m thrilled to have Donna Mazza as my guest in the attic this week. I’m sure all writers will relate to her post about writing desks and rooms, as we all yearn for a place to write that’s beautiful and tranquil. But this story is also about...
Thuy On: Documenting Life In Poetry
Most of the writers who visit the attic are novelists, so I’m very happy to welcome a poet as my guest this week: Thuy On. Today, Thuy writes about changing course from critic to poet, and how documenting a particularly turbulent period of her life became a...
Suzanne Moore: Writing Mothers – Living in The Place Between
Writers in the Attic is back for 2020! I was actually planning on taking a break while I finished my second novel, but Covid’s thrown all our 2020 plans into disarray! Authors rely on book tours, writers’ festivals, library talks, workshops and book clubs...
Holden Sheppard: Finding the Courage to be Visible
Holden Sheppard is a dear friend of mine and I’ve long admired and respected his writing, so you’ve no idea how proud I am to share this post for Writers in the Attic. Although I had an inkling of Holden’s journey and I’ve seen some of the ups...
Portland Jones: Why I Run
My friendship with today’s guest began back in 2014 when we were both shortlisted for the TAG Hungerford Award. Her book, Seeing the Elephant, was later published by Margaret River Press. Its poignant story and the lyricism and beauty of the prose have stayed...
Mildura Writers Festival and the Tina Kane Emergent Writer Award
I returned home around midnight on Sunday after spending four wonderful days at the Mildura Writers Festival. I should clarify that while I’ve returned physically to Perth, my mind, and heart, are still in Mildura. The festival was one of the most special...
Kali Napier: Getting Personal
My guest author this week is Kali Napier. I can’t remember exactly when Kali’s path and mine first crossed, but over the past six months or so we’ve become friends as our books are being released within a month of each other. There’s nothing...