Julie Cahill
I am of British and Irish descent, and the Blarney spills through me from childhood tales, coloured-in; daily anecdotes, wrung-out; and the hilarity of living with beasts in mammoth proportions.
Cradled as I am within a valley of whispering trees where secrets blow in from the sea, writing is now my way of life.
I have a devoted husband and supportive family. Their love fills my writing. There is little room for negativity in a life filled with joy like mine.
Cradled as I am within a valley of whispering trees where secrets blow in from the sea, writing is now my way of life.
I have a devoted husband and supportive family. Their love fills my writing. There is little room for negativity in a life filled with joy like mine.
Craig Harris
During my early career, I was involved in the dairying industry as a Butter maker. I changed to work in the oil and gas industry within the Safety and Emergency sectors. I was fortunate to have been exposed, in many ways, to many worksites. I wrote and developed many technical documents, including Emergency and Security Plans for many refining sites. These diverse backgrounds have provided valuable experience for my writing. My retirement has provided time to pursue my passion for writing and researching critical historical aspects of my books. Belonging to several writers’ groups, I have had many short stories and poetry published in group anthologies.
In 2018 I published a biography, Blue Water Warriors, based on Marsden Hordern, a World War 11 Naval Officer and navigator, who sailed in many of the Sydney to Hobart yacht races. His first race was in 1947, two years after the inception of the annual event.
The KGB’s Genius of Illusions is the first book of a series involving Soviet espionage during the space race and follows a chronological timeline. The next books in the series, the KGB’s Master of Illusions and the KGB’s Maven of Illusions have been completed, with manuscript finalisation required.
The KGB’s Maestro of Illusions is currently being penned and is approximately 30% complete.
I am a member of the Australian Society of Authors and Writers SA.
In 2018 I published a biography, Blue Water Warriors, based on Marsden Hordern, a World War 11 Naval Officer and navigator, who sailed in many of the Sydney to Hobart yacht races. His first race was in 1947, two years after the inception of the annual event.
The KGB’s Genius of Illusions is the first book of a series involving Soviet espionage during the space race and follows a chronological timeline. The next books in the series, the KGB’s Master of Illusions and the KGB’s Maven of Illusions have been completed, with manuscript finalisation required.
The KGB’s Maestro of Illusions is currently being penned and is approximately 30% complete.
I am a member of the Australian Society of Authors and Writers SA.
Lindy Warrell
Dr Lindy Warrell is a retired anthropologist who specialised in the area of myth, ritual and religion, with a focus on South Asia. After lecturing at Adelaide University for several years, she consulted with Indigenous people across Australia on land entitlement matters, family histories and in the Indigenous health sector. As a poet, Lindy writes in free verse about the outback, city life, old age, random moments and disturbing things. Her three chapbooks, 'Ol' Girl Can Drive', 'Soft Toys for Grown-ups' (2018) and 'Life Blinks' were published by Ginninderra Press and she has co-edited two anthologies: Ochre, for Ochre Coast Poets in 2014 and, in 2019, Alchemy, the 43rd Friendly Street Poets Reader.
In 2006 upon returning to Adelaide from Melbourne, Lindy was the founding convenor of a new Chapter of International PEN in Adelaide, staging the first and highly successful International Day of the Imprisoned Writer on the State Library's front lawn. She is also the founding convenor of TramsEnd Poets in Glenelg.
In her spare time, although addicted to Indian soapies and dramas on Netflix, many of which run to 40 or 50+ episodes, Lindy writes novels. Her first, entitled On Gidgee Plains, is seeking a publisher. She is currently working on High Rise Society set in Prahran in Melbourne. A third, entitled Beyond Ginza, is in the planning stage.
Lindy's Website: https://www.wattletales.com.au
TramsEnd Poets on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TramsEnd/?view_public_for=2344956522390720
In 2006 upon returning to Adelaide from Melbourne, Lindy was the founding convenor of a new Chapter of International PEN in Adelaide, staging the first and highly successful International Day of the Imprisoned Writer on the State Library's front lawn. She is also the founding convenor of TramsEnd Poets in Glenelg.
In her spare time, although addicted to Indian soapies and dramas on Netflix, many of which run to 40 or 50+ episodes, Lindy writes novels. Her first, entitled On Gidgee Plains, is seeking a publisher. She is currently working on High Rise Society set in Prahran in Melbourne. A third, entitled Beyond Ginza, is in the planning stage.
Lindy's Website: https://www.wattletales.com.au
TramsEnd Poets on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TramsEnd/?view_public_for=2344956522390720
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Ol' Girl Can Drive
Ol' Girl Can Drive is my first poetry collection. Like a lot of my poetry, it explores in free verse different places, people, disturbing moments and random things. The title comes from one of my proudest moments as an anthropologist when I was in my sixties, when a white-haired Aboriginal woman from Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory, remarked how well I drove in the bush. She said good driving showed respect for the land and the vehicle.
Sand Writers member, Jude Aquilina launched the collection at a Nigel Ford Fleurieu Poets gig in Goolwa's Old Prison Dock. Published in 2018 as one Ginninderra Press's Picaro Poets Series, this book can be purchased by enquiry here. www.wattletales.com.au for launch details. |
Soft Toys For Grown-ups
My second collection, Soft Toys For Grown-ups was launched by Veronica Cookson at Gawler's regular Poets at the Pub gig, hosted by Carolyn Cordon and Alex Robertson.
The title refers to the eponymous poem about the daze I was in, walking the city soon after my mother died. Two ekphrastic poems, 'Laughing Magpies' and 'Summer Grasses Strathalbyn' emerged from Jude Aquilina's Milang Poets group on a day out at the Strathalbyn Railway Museum. The pair were also published together in InDaily. Published in 2019 as No.75 in Ginninderra's Pocket Poets Series, this book can be purchased by enquiry here. www.wattletales.com.au for launch details. |
Life Blinks
Once again from the Dock, my latest collection of poems launched by Nigel Ford himself comes under the title, Life Blinks. The name just came to me and stuck, and I didn't know why. Later, though, I came to appreciate that it refers to how quickly life passes. Of the three, I suspect the poems in this book are lighter the closer I get to my eternal departure from the planet.
Sand Writer members may recognise one poem, entitled 'Misha'. He is a character in the book I am now working on which they are critiquing for me at meetings. Published in 2019 as one of Ginninderra Press's Picaro Poets Series, Life Blinks is directly available on line here but will probably be archived soon to make way for next year's crop. www.wattletales.com.au for launch details. |
Heather Webster
Heather and her family grow wine grapes and make wine in Langhorne Creek, one of South Australia’s premium wine regions. She enjoys growing and preserving things to eat, writing, reading, sharing good wine with friends and wishes she could play better tennis.
She serves on national and state boards for the wine industry. Her previous ventures include successful careers in librarianship, science with CSIRO and as the head of the public transport agency in South Australia. She has degrees in science, librarianship and business which she now uses to raise money for writing groups, historic buildings, river and landscape restoration.
Heather has written a novel with the working title A Portrait of Revenge which has not yet found a publisher. Her poems reflect her love of nature informed by her scientific background.
She is currently obsessed by the elements in the periodic table and has completed an exploration of the history and uses of each element in poetic form.
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She serves on national and state boards for the wine industry. Her previous ventures include successful careers in librarianship, science with CSIRO and as the head of the public transport agency in South Australia. She has degrees in science, librarianship and business which she now uses to raise money for writing groups, historic buildings, river and landscape restoration.
Heather has written a novel with the working title A Portrait of Revenge which has not yet found a publisher. Her poems reflect her love of nature informed by her scientific background.
She is currently obsessed by the elements in the periodic table and has completed an exploration of the history and uses of each element in poetic form.
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Russell Westmoreland |
Russell Westmoreland is an emerging crime writer who self-published his debut novel, The Grave At The Top Of The Hill in 2019. Recently retired, Russell immersed himself into researching the history of Goolwa, a town at the mouth of the River Murray and once the largest river port in Australia. From there, his imagination created a story spanning a century and a half, blending fact with fiction.
Meeting Scottish author, Peter May at Adelaide Writers’ Week inflamed Russell’s passion for crime fiction and inspired him to begin the 85,000-word journey to create a readable novel. He particularly enjoys developing an intriguing plot with a credible twist and researching the technical components that make a tale believable.
The Grave At The Top Of The Hill is currently out of print but is available as an e-book through Amazon
https://www.amazon.com.au/GRAVE-AT-TOP-HILL-ebook/dp/B07KY4NBL6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+grave+at+the+top+of+the+hill&qid=1604460655&sr=8-1.
Russell is now working on a sequel entitled Still Waters, also based in Goolwa and hopes to publish it early in 2021.
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Meeting Scottish author, Peter May at Adelaide Writers’ Week inflamed Russell’s passion for crime fiction and inspired him to begin the 85,000-word journey to create a readable novel. He particularly enjoys developing an intriguing plot with a credible twist and researching the technical components that make a tale believable.
The Grave At The Top Of The Hill is currently out of print but is available as an e-book through Amazon
https://www.amazon.com.au/GRAVE-AT-TOP-HILL-ebook/dp/B07KY4NBL6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+grave+at+the+top+of+the+hill&qid=1604460655&sr=8-1.
Russell is now working on a sequel entitled Still Waters, also based in Goolwa and hopes to publish it early in 2021.
Follow Russell on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/TGATTOTH
https://www.facebook.com/rustyswordspublishing