LOCAL books for Christmas

We have so many talented West Australian writers – buy a book by a local for Christmas!

#WAWriters  #SCWBIWestAust  #MegMcKinlay  #MarkGreenwood  #WendyBinks  #GabrielEvans  #MarkGreenwood   #NormJorgensen  #DianneWolfer  (…to name a few!)

 

 

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The Beatles & The Isley Brothers : Twist and Shout!

Another excellent posting… thanks.

The Immortal Jukebox

The War is over.

The Good War.

The Korean War.

That’s enough for any generation to cope with.

Time to settle down.

Go to College or back to the job that’s been waiting for you.

Get Married.

Have a bunch of kids.

Paint the fence.

Mow the lawn.

Wash and polish the car.

Watch Television.

Breathe easy and when the dreams come open the window and stare at the Moon.

It’s good to be alive when so many lie dead in foreign ground.

What more could you want?

Well it seems Junior wants something more.

Something more.

Now, he can’t really put a name to it.

Except it ain’t hearing stories about how grateful he should be.

Grateful he doesn’t have to fight in a war.

Grateful he lives in a land of the free.

Grateful for these fine, fine, times.

He wants a new story to tell.

He doesn’t…

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“Film Stars Don’t Die”

Gloria Grahame tenderly remembered by Peter Turner:  READ THE GUARDIAN STORY

 

#GloriaGrahame  #PeterTurner  #DavidPuttnam  #FimStarsDon’tDie  #HollywoodStory  #DownsideOfFame

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Screenwest announces Seph McKenna as new Chief Executive Officer

Congratulations. Seph McKenna and Screenwest.

Cinema Australia

Seph McKenna

Screenwest announces Seph McKenna as new Chief Executive Officer Screenwest Chair Janelle Marr has announced the appointment of Seph McKenna as the new Chief Executive Officer of Screenwest.

“I am delighted to announce that Seph McKenna has accepted our offer of appointment for a five-year term,” Mrs Marr said.

Mr McKenna, the current Head of Australian Production at Roadshow Films, has been appointed after an extensive recruitment process, involving a local, national and international search – the first non-government CEO appointment under Screenwest’s new corporate structure.

“Seph represents the next generation of screen sector leadership in Australia and will bring a wealth of film investment and production experience,” Mrs Marr said.

At Roadshow Films he is in charge of over 100 million dollars’ worth of production and local feature film projects and prior to this held positions at Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies in…

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‘So you want to be a poet…’ Brian Kirk

READ THE FULL ARTICLE:  https://www.writing.ie/tell-your-own-story/so-you-want-to-be-a-poet-after-the-fall-by-brian-kirk/

Purchase the book directly from:  Salmon Poetry  ~ Brian Kirk

#SalmonPoetry  #BrianKirk  #AfterTheFall  #NewPoetry  #Poetry

 

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