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TESTIMONIAL
Please pass on my thanks to Carole Lander for the excellent obituary she has written for Ian Jacobs in the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal. Ian Cash, critical care nurse and member of the Victorian branch of the Australian Resuscitation Council.
WRITING FOR CHILDREN
Please see separate page – Writing for Children
RECENT PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
Darebin Creative Writing Program 2024 – short story ‘Crossing the Line’ shortlisted and published in dSCRIBE magazine
Storm Cloud Publishing – Open House 8 (2024) – ‘When Alice met Clarice’
Clickview – Educational scripts to accompany two texts: ‘The Giver’ and ‘Wonder’
ClickView – Educational scripts – Year 7/8 Literature videos (2024)
ClickView – Educational scripts on the topic of drugs and alcohol (2023)
ClickView – Educational scripts on the topics of American History; Design Thinking (2022)
Storm Cloud Publishing – Open House 6 (2022) – ‘Royal Magic’.
Odyssey House Short Story Competition 2021 – ‘Highly Commended’ for my entry ‘Best Mates’.
Storm Cloud Publishing – Open House 5 (2021) – ‘Unfinished Business’. [This story also features in my own anthology Awakenings.]
‘Awakenings’ – anthology of short stories for adults – available from Smashwords.
Storm Cloud Publishing – Open House 4 (2020) – ‘Must be Magic‘
Link Disability Magazine (December 2019) – Love of Language (Auslan)
Link Disability Magazine (October 2019) – Lofty: A Life in Short – Ian Fulton profile
Storm Cloud Publishing – Open House 3 – ‘Erasing William’
Link Disability Magazine (August 2019) – Taking a Trip
Link Disability Magazine (June 2019) – Top Talker Ryan
Storm Cloud Publishing – Open House Anthology 2 – ‘Gone Missing’
Link Disability Magazine (April 2019) – National Disability Awards
Buzz Words (15 January 2019) – Biography of J.D. Salinger
Link Disability Magazine (December 2018) – Bringing People Together – Melbourne Fringe Festival
Link Disability Magazine (August 2018) – Lunch for a Cause – Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser
Link Disability Magazine (June 2018) – A Modern Love Story – Same-sex marriage of vision-impaired couple
BKA Architects (Sydney-based) – Tender application for council redevelopment
School Library Association of Victoria’s FYI magazine (Autumn 2018) – The Ethics of teaching Ethics
Link Disability Magazine (February 2018) – Stature of Liberty (SSPA Convention 201)
Buzz Words Magazine (15 November 2017) – My Career as an Editor (interview article)
VCAA – VCE Drama and Theatre Studies Playlist 2018 descriptors
Link Disability Magazine (October 2017) – School Days (Victorian College for the Deaf)
BKA Architecture – corporate flier and accompanying website text to promote to NSW schools
Link Disability Magazine (August 2017) – Into the Darkness (review of Dialogue in the Dark, Melbourne)
SSPA magazine (July/August 2017) – Interview with Prof Tom Shakespeare (UK disability activist) – see my blog
Link Disability Magazine (June 2017) – Keeping them Safe: Creating Child Safe Institutions [Link June 2017-Royal Commission article]
Creative Kids Tales website (May 2017) – Aiming for Perfection: As it applies to Fiction Writers
ACCESS Volume 31 Issue 1 (March 2017) – In My World: developing empathy for difference [ACCESS is the journal of the Australian School Library Association] ASLA article_March 2017_empathy
Link Disability Magazine (December 2016) – Not All Superheroes Wear Capes (Quentin Kenihan’s new memoir reviewed)
Link Disability Magazine (October 2016) – Celebrating Diversity in Children’s Fiction
Link Disability Magazine (August 2016) – profile of Catherine Brooks
June 2016 – short story ‘What’s in a Name?’ in e-book 1000 Words or Less: Flash Fiction Collection 2
December 2015 – Melbourne Polytechnic website update – writing the Creative Arts pages and working in a team of six to bring the whole site up-to-date
August 2015 (ongoing) – Mentor to author who is writing her memoir
Link Disability Magazine (June 2015) – Dance Makeover (p.35) – review of modern dance companies profiling disability
North & West Community News (June 2015) – Amazing Arts House’ – (review of shows at Arts House, North Melbourne)
The Big Smoke – 20 May 2015 (feature) – A crafty way to fight for rights
Link Disability Magazine (April 2015) – It’s Up to Us – Profile of Graeme Inness
The Big Smoke – 20 March 2015 (opinion piece) Fair’s not so Fair in Arts Funding’
North & West Community News (March 2015) – 2 articles – film reviews and short feature
Prize winner! My entry of excerpt from Another World has been included in the first Creative Kids Tales eBook available through Smashwords. https://www.smashwords.com/
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal (November 2014) – Obituary for Professor Ian Jacobs
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal (October 2014) – A Working Life – Profile of retiring nurse
Link Disability Magazine (October 2014) – ‘A World of Difference’
North & West Community News (September 2014) – 3 articles including A taste of France on our doorstep
ACCESS Volume 28 Issue 2 (June 2014) – How ethical are our schools?
North & West Melbourne News – Journalist, 2014 [3 articles in June edition]
Positive Words (May 2014 issue) – Safety First (memoir/story)
Link Disability Magazine (May 2014) – Thinking Big – excerpt from my book Little People Big Lives
The Geelong Anthology – short story (Old Friends) and non-fiction article (This Way Please)
North & West Melbourne News – Journalist, 2014 [3 articles in March edition]
Ziptales website – Imagining Other Worlds – Zipzone teachers’ blog (subscription required) See my Blog for story
Flavours of Melbourne (Favourite restaurants & bars in Melbourne) – Hopetoun Tea Rooms (review) – December 2013
The Sunday Age – Dignity of Dwarfs is a Very Big Deal (opinion piece) – November 2013
Positive Words (November 2013 issue) – Sita – Our Family Dog (memoir/story)
TheatreVibe – The Woolgatherer (theatre review) – October 2013
Little People Big Lives – Hardcopy book written and published by Carole Lander, launched 30 September 2013
The Senior Traveller – Now this Little City Went to Market (travel) – September 2013 (Click on Digital Traveller)
TheatreVibe – My Life in the Nude & Wake in Fright (theatre reviews) – July 2013
Get up and Go – Hopetoun Tea Rooms (restaurant review) – July 2013
TheatreVibe – Race & Drowning in Veronica Lake (theatre reviews) – June 2013
ProBono News Australia – On the Road with SecondBite (immersion piece) March 2012
Positive Words – shortlisted for mini-short story competition – To Teach or not to Teach – March 2012 (story on my Blog page)
Fairfax Media – Good Weekend – 2 of Us Graci and Oliver Lynch – February 2013 2ofUs Feb 2 2013
My French Life – Paris to the Moon (book review) February 2013
The Weekend Australian – Vibrant Memories of Vietnam (travel) October 2012
Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA) Journal – No Joking Matter (feature) May 2012
Kurungabaa Journal of Literature, History and Ideas from the Sea – Sail Away (short story) June 2012
The Weekend Australian – Getting Down and Dirty (travel) May 2012
Ziptales Educational Website (Australia and UK) – Mimi’s Gift (short story) August 2011
Inspire (Dept of Education magazine) – Why Rote Still Gets the Vote (feature article) July 2011
The Journal of Australian Ceramics – 1,000 Magic Bowls (feature article) July 2011
Australian Traveller Magazine (online) – One Magic Bowl (festival review) July 2011
The Weekend Australian – Meet the Steely Locals (travel) February 2011
Sunday Age, Prime Supplement – Artist in Residence (profile) November 2010
Imprint (Print Council of Australia magazine) – Obituary – November 2010
National Times (online) – Seniors are not Fuddy Duddies (opinion piece) October 2010
Sunday Age, Prime Supplement – Déjà Vue All Over Again (personal column) September 2010
Australian Nursing Journal – Working Life (profile) July 2010
Short story competition_Darebin_’Crossing the Line’ selected for publication
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