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Category Archives: Angela Savage
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
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Tagged Animals Make Us Human, Castlemaine, Echuca, International Women's Day, Kyabram, library
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#LiteraryCritters for wildlife conservation
In a new epic #literarycritters project, I’m getting behind the launch of a forthcoming book, Animals Make Us Human, edited by Leah Kaminsky & Meg Keneally, to be published next month by Penguin. Animals Make Us Human features the work … Continue reading
Dealing with the unfamiliar in Lockdown #2
Melbourne emerged from a 10-week lockdown designed to ‘flatten the curve’ of COVID-19 infections on 1 June 2020. Life was starting to resemble something akin to normal, when a friend commented over (a socially distant) lunch that she felt like … Continue reading
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Tagged books, COVID-19, crochet, knitting, Literary Critters, lockdown, Melbourne
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Some news
It’s mid-winter and Melbourne is in lockdown again due to a second wave of COVID-19 infections, making it an odd time for announcements. But here goes: I have a new job. After nearly three years as CEO of Writers Victoria, … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Savage, PLV, Public Libraries Victoria, Writers Victoria
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Literary Birds: A competition
To mark World Wide Knit in Public Day (yes, it’s a real thing), I’m running a little competition that combines my love of reading and writing with my love of knitting, crochet and birds. I’m calling it Literary Birds and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aoife Clifford, Australian birds, black cockatoo, Carrie Tiffany, competition, galah, kookaburra, Lia Hills, rainbow lorikeet, Tara June Winch
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A novel virus
When I first starting reading about the emergence of a ‘novel coronavirus’, my first thought was, ‘What? Books can get it, too?’ To think, only weeks ago, I was able to make light of it. Since then, the virus now … Continue reading
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Tagged books, cancellations, COVID-19, festivals, Kirsten Krauth, writers
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Yarra Valley Writers Festival 2020 Program
I’m thrilled to be part of the program for the inaugural Yarra Valley Writers Festival, to be held in Healesville from Fri 8 – Sun 10 May. The star-studded festival line-up includes Tony Birch, Helen Garner, Alice Pung, Christos Tsiolkas, … Continue reading
Reading Bingo 2019
It’s that time of year again: time to play Reading Bingo. For newcomers to this blog, Reading Bingo is a framework I use for reflecting on my year of reading. It’s a friendlier format for me than a ‘Best of…’ … Continue reading
2019 Literary Events In Review
Inspired by a tweet from my friend and fellow author Lee Kofman, I thought I’d tally up my literary events for 2019 in the interests of record keeping. I haven’t included events I attended primarily as part of my day … Continue reading
