Today I’m featuring another talented exhibitor at Glaskins Gallery. Please welcome Thomas Storrie. Like Tanya, Thomas found his artistic ability at a young age. At school he excelled at arts, graphics and most things to do with using his hands. He went on to complete a Diploma of Visual arts at Central Gippsland Institute of Continue reading
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Tanya Sarianti Ashworth – Parallels of artists and writers
I’ve always wondered whether artists were any different to writers in their approach to their work so I thought I’d ask one. This week I’m welcoming to my blog Tanya Sarianti Ashworth, a North Queensland artist, whose paintings, ceramics and t-shirts have found homes all over the world. She’s now also available at Glaskins Gallery. Continue reading
Brisbane News 17th Feb
Phil Brown and I had a lovely chat at the Coaldrake Bookstore in the Emporium, Fortitude Valley. Read his article on-line at Brisbane News – you’ll find it on Page 12. The photographer, Justine Walpole, is an artist!
Home away from home
This month I’ve spent 16 nights out of 28 living out of a hotel room. Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I’m a homebody and that amount of time away sits heavily on me. My answer to the loneliness that can bite at unexpected moments is to create an alternative family where Continue reading
Toni Tapp Coutts – life in the Top End (and win a copy of Border Watch!)
I met Toni through the LongLines programme at Varuna. We spent a week living in Eleanor Dark’s house along with Meg Mooney, a poet from Alice Springs, Liana Christensen from Perth and David Wright from Tasmania by way of Africa. The week was facilitated and mentored by Peter Bishop – a living national treasure! It was a wonderful opportunity to talk Continue reading
Border Watch – The Celebration
Come and help me celebrate the launch of my debut novel ‘Border Watch’ – Hachette Australia, March 2010 www.heleneyoung.com When: 5th March 2010 at 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm Where: Glaskins Gallery 22 Trinity Beach Rd Trinity Beach http://www.glaskinsgallery.com.au RSVP: By 26th February to heleneyoung01@gmail.com
Visit Kylie’s blog and win a copy of Border Watch
It’s my turn this week to be a guest on someone else’s blog. Kylie Griffin, fantasy fiction writer and contest maestro, is hosting me at her blog – www.kyliegriffin.com. Drop by and have a chat. I’m giving away a signed copy of Border Watch and, in the interest of broadening my knowledge of Australia, the question Continue reading
Phillipa Fioretti is visiting tomorrow and I’m giving away a copy of Border Watch!
To celebrate Phillipa Fioretti being my first fellow Hachette author to guest blog on my site, I’m giving away a copy of Border Watch to one lucky person! So drop by tomorrow, meet Phillipa and read about her debut release, ‘The Book of Love’.
Storm clouds do have silver linings
Hard as it is for me to imagine, because in my world every cloud has always had a silver lining, sometimes life can smack you right between the eyes. If you see it coming, it may be possible to duck and minimised the pain. If you don’t, then best case, you only get egg on Continue reading
Kylie Griffin – Emerging writer (and RWA Contest Diva!)
Welcome to my blog, Kylie. It’s lovely to have you here. Hope your Christmas and New Year were full of fun and laughter. I loved reading your blog about your goals for 2010. Thanks for the invitation, Helene! I had a lovely cold Christmas lunch with my parents here at home. Unfortunately my sister and Continue reading