What Does Writing Mean to Me?

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The stories are in my heart. Everything I have experienced is a snippet. Every snippet is a micro-story. Part of a bigger story. Every word is the masterstroke of an artist’s brush. Finding the words is like choosing the right colours. When the words string together the story finds its form. Every sentence a participating picture. The pictures amalgamate and...Read More

Dropping a Stitch

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I am not an expert on Dementia, so why did I write a children's book about it? Some time ago, I attended a garage sale that resembled a deceased estate sale, but the elderly lady owner was alive and about to move to a nursing home. I sensed her pain and anguish as she watched her daughter sell items to...Read More

SHE CHOSE HOPE

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by Steve Heron OAM “Hope is wings in the wind.” In my third novel of the Bayside Blues series, Busted Curse, (yet to be published), a group of friends discover a box in a secret cellar of an old (haunted) house they are exploring. Before opening the box, Maddy jokingly says that the box might contain a curse like Pandora’s...Read More

A Children’s Book is a Compass

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By Steve Heron OAM No one is told any story but their own. –from the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. When I look back at the books I loved as a child, one that stands out is “Tootle”, a Little Golden Book. I wasn’t sure why it stood out until I reread it for the...Read More

Words in The Valley Readers and Writers Festival

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Welcome to the Words in the Valley Festival 2021, a four-day celebration of literature. While the festival has been postponed due to Covid-19, the quality remains assured. We are very proud to deliver a writers’ festival with a terrific line-up of international writers that all live locally within Western Australia The Words in the Valley festival is an event that...Read More