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Author Archives: Angela Savage
Yarra Valley Writers Festival 2021
While the COVID-19 pandemic keeps proving time and time again that ‘The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley’ as Robert Burns would say, and the situation in states outside Victoria notwithstanding, the easing of restrictions … Continue reading
Love Letters
Nearly 10 years ago, I was contacted by a stamp collector, who’d found a letter to my father, Haydn, from his father, Les, among a bulk lot of first day covers bought at auction. I wrote about this extraordinary story … Continue reading
Posted in Family history
Tagged fathers, first day cover, gratitude, Haydn Joseph Savage, Leslie Joseph Savage, stamp collecting
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Tweeters: The Birdman’s Wife
Artist Elizabeth Gould spent her life capturing the sublime beauty of birds the world had never seen before. But her legacy was eclipsed by the fame of her husband, John Gould. The Birdman’s Wife at last gives voice to a … Continue reading
On Reading, take #2
What makes a great read? What gives books their power over us? Have you ever read a book that changed you? After being rescheduled due to Victoria’s snap COVID lockdown in February, I will be chairing the event On Reading … Continue reading
Coming soon to a town hall, library, brewery near you
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve thought of the line from the Robert Burns poem ‘To a Mouse’ in the past 12 months: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley” (often paraphrased … Continue reading
Posted in Angela Savage
Tagged Animals Make Us Human, Castlemaine, Echuca, International Women's Day, Kyabram, library
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Tweeters: Budgerigar by Sarah Harris & Don Baker
Writers Go Forth. Launch. Promote. Party. is an online community set up on Facebook by my friend and fellow Transit Lounge author Kirsten Krauth (Almost a Mirror, 2020). Kirsten established the platform up to give writers with works coming out … Continue reading
Coming soon to a library near you
What makes a great read? What gives books their power over us? Have you ever read a book that changed you? I am chairing event called On Reading with authors Kate Mildenhall and J P Pomare for Ballarat … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
Tagged Angela Savage, Ballarat, JP Pomare, Kate Mildenhall, library, reading
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(Library) Love is in the air
In the midst of a sad and difficult year in 2020, I managed to start a new job that I love, as CEO of Public Libraries Victoria. As someone who loves reading, who knows that knowledge is power, who recognises … Continue reading
Tweeters: Fly by Jess McGeachin
Welcome to ‘Tweeters’, a new series (I hope!) of monthly posts in which I write about books that feature birds in some way. I’m starting off with a picture book Fly by Jess McGeachin, shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council … Continue reading
Tagged Fly, Jess McGeachin, Tweeters
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