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25.01.2022 Hello, friends! We are back from holidays and ready to kick off the year with our first meeting this week. Plans are already afoot for our 2020 @corrugatedlines events, were almost ready to launch an exciting #writing opportunity for our members, and of course theres one or two books in production. #fromthekimberleytotheworld

25.01.2022 Thank you, ABC Kimberley for sharing this news! The launch of Rani’s book was truly a bittersweet moment, but there was so much love for Rani everywhere. We should also add that the wonderful Vanessa Mills did a stellar job as MC. Photos coming soon!

25.01.2022 After sorting out a few technical difficulties we have finally published the winning entry for the Backroom Press Writing Prize on our website. Click on the link to read it. http://backroompress.com.au//first-prize-curry-by-jess-mi/ Other winners to follow shortly!

25.01.2022 There are still some tickets available for Book Whiz tonight if youre keen to test your knowledge of all things books. Event is FREE but registrations essential. We will also be announcing the winners of our Backroom Press Writing Prize tonight, so come on down if you can make it!

24.01.2022 How true it this....

24.01.2022 Introducing the Backroom Press team for 2020/21 (sans one VIP Secretary, @soretoes who was absent that day). At our AGM on Sunday seven committee members were re-elected, one stood down and one new member came on board. The committee is: Gillian Kennedy (Chair)... Joyce Hudson (Deputy Chair) Sarah Tobias (Secretary) Christine Elsasser (Treasurer) Pat Lowe Trish Pepper Vicki Carroll Sue Carroll (Welcome, Sue!) Many thanks to Deb Courtney, who said farewell this year after an excellent innings on the committee. We wish you the best, @debscourtney. X Here’s to another productive year, of taking stories #fromthekimberleytotheworld! . . . #thekimberleyaustralia #broome #broomewa #wa #westernaustralia #publishing #indiepublishing #writing #committee #books #bookstagram #writersofinstagram

23.01.2022 A special one for all the home-schoolers out there.

23.01.2022 Is this the end of the apostrophe? https://www.theguardian.com//laziness-has-won-apostrophe-s

23.01.2022 Heres a great writer-in-residence opportunity for WA writers. Entries close next Monday, 16th March. https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/initiatives/inspire-wir/

22.01.2022 It wont take long for this one to get around...

20.01.2022 Today we celebrate National Dog Day. Wed like to give a shout out to all the Backroom Press pooches: Bobby, Sid, Skipper, Ruby and Kilu! These little woofers have given kids (and their parents, grannies, etc) so many smiles over the years. Hooray for Dogs! #nationaldogday2020 #SAFEBroome #fromthekimberleytotheworld

20.01.2022 Was exciting to see the mighty termite mound featuring in an exhibition at the new @wamuseum Boola Bardip. We know #patlowe would be pleased. One of our team had the privilege of visiting the new museum last week. It was great to see so much of the Kimberley represented across all the exhibitions. Lots of familiar faces and places, including one of our own: a very young Pat Lowe, who was pictured alongside Jimmy Pike outside Buckingham Palace (when they really did meet the Q...ueen!). In a totally unrelated exhibition we also spotted Broome’s dinosaurs . . . #wamuseumboolabardip #wamuseum #fromthekimberleytotheworld #jimmypike #termites #ourfriendsthetermites #termitemound #thekimberleyaustralia #perth #wa #westernaustralia #publishing #publishinghouse #indiepublishing #smallpress #backroompress #tourismaustralia #tourismwa #kimberleybooks #kimberleystories

19.01.2022 A fabulous start to our abridged festival this evening. Looking forward to tomorrow!

19.01.2022 One of ours is in one of these piles.

19.01.2022 To read the entry which won second prize in the Backroom Press Writing Prize, click on the link below: http://backroompress.com.au/index.php/2020/08/21/50-years/

18.01.2022 These COVID days have hit us pretty hard in the sales department, but we were chuffed this evening to learn that THREE of our titles are listed in "Broomes Top Ten" list for the Kimberley Bookshop, including the number one spot! Can you guess which one? Thank you to Marie and the team for your unwavering support. We love our local bookshop! #buylocal #kimberleystories #bookshoplovers

18.01.2022 At the opening of Corrugated Lines: A Festival of Words last night we announced the winners of the 2020 Backroom Press Writing Prize. And here they are: First Prize ($500) goes to: Jessica Miller for "Curry"... Second Prize ($250) goes to: Gordon Byers for "50 Years" Third Prize ($100) goes to: Myra Kendall for "Ebb and Flow" Congratulations to the three winners! There were MANY excellent entries and we are grateful to those who submitted stories. We encourage you to do so again next year. In the meantime, Backroom Press is looking towards publishing select short pieces of Kimberley-themed writing on our website, including some of the entries from this years Writing Prize. More info about that soon. The prize money for this competition was drawn from royalties for Beyond the Lattice, by the late Susan Sickert. Suzie was a Kimberley woman and founding member of Backroom Press. Upon her death, Suzies partner Peter Weil kindly donated the royalties to Backroom Press. We aim to continue to use these funds to support Kimberley writers.

18.01.2022 Has anyone seen Bobby? We were stoked to see Baz from Kerry Anne Jordinson’s Broome classic ‘Looking for Bobby’ make an appearance at this year’s Book Week parade! #bookweek2020 Small Press Network. shared with permission.

17.01.2022 This is rather grim. Publishers need to do better.

17.01.2022 Just a helpful reminder now that you dont have to get out of your p.js tomorrow to work. We know it can get confusing #backroompress #selfisolation #WFH

16.01.2022 We are getting ready to print Rani Middletons story, Me and My Semicolon; the beautiful, moving, witty and intimate account of our dear friends final year of life after being diagnosed with bowel cancer, aged just 34. Rani was a dedicated committee member of Backroom Press from 2015 to 2017. She was a lover of words and an exceptional writer. She wrote Me and My Semicolon as a blog that was read and loved by many, so it is fitting that her life and her writing can be ho...noured in book form. Pre-sales of a special hardcover edition are now available until this Friday, 31st July. Go to the link below to secure your copy. Paperback version also to be released in October. Please note: Some people (not everyone) have had a problem with the payment buttons. If you have any trouble with payment (e.g. if you are redirected to a PayPal home page rather than the checkout), please email us at [email protected]. http://backroompress.com.au/index.php/me-and-my-semicolon/

15.01.2022 Hear ye, hear ye! The Backroom Press AGM is on this Sunday. If you're in Broome, please consider joining us for tea and cake, and hear about all our happenings in 2020. If you'd like to nominate for the committee, download this document... https://www.dropbox.com//Backroom-Press-AGM-nomination-for... ...and send it back to us by Friday, 6th November. Email [email protected]. To be eligible for nomination you must be an official Backroom Press member, which involves paying a one-off fee of just $10. Joining is super easy. Here's the link: https://backroompress.com.au/index.php/membership/

15.01.2022 Theres a lesson in this. https://www.abc.net.au/mediawat/episodes/learnings/12612770

15.01.2022 This event was a gem. Its such a wonderful thing to hear friends from across the generations sharing their love of books, stories and writing.

15.01.2022 How great is this? Love this post.

13.01.2022 The street where our local bookshop sits is getting some work done. We’re relieved to hear the boab tree retains pride of place out the front!

13.01.2022 If youve spent time in the Kimberley region of WA and love writing, we have an exciting competition just for you. For our abridged version of Corrugated Line...s: A festival of words this year, Backroom Press is running a short story competition: The Backroom Press Writing Prize. There are three cash prizes to be awarded. Were looking for short stories (fiction or creative non-fiction) of no more than 2000 words with a Kimberley theme. More details on the Backroom Press website: http://backroompress.com.au/i/backroom-press-writing-prize/ Entries close on 5th July. #writingcompetition #writing #writingopportunity #kimberleywriters #fromthekimberleytotheworld #thekimberleyaustralia #broome #wa #wawriters

12.01.2022 The deadline is fast approaching to enter your Kimberley stories. Just a note that these stories should be original and unpublished. Download an entry form from our website: http://backroompress.com.au/i/backroom-press-writing-prize/

12.01.2022 Its nice to see a positive spin on our current times. Its all in the perspective and the interpretation dont you think? #backroompress #workfromhome #crazytimes #atimetoremember #readabook

11.01.2022 Christmas isn't that far off! Here's a good idea. #backroompress #readtokids #christmastime #timetogether

10.01.2022 This glowing review of The Boab Tree came through by email today. We thought wed better share it: "Thank You! Thank You! What a wonderful book from cover to cover. Ive started going through it .. reading bits, yearning over the photos, remembering boabs I have known. Tell Pat thanks and congratulations from me .. on behalf of all ex-Kimberley boab-lovers! You and BRP have brought us a miracle filled with memories!" It warms our heart to hear praise like this. Pat Lowe is a national treasure.

08.01.2022 Christmas is just around the corner. Perhaps give your boyfriend a book from Backroom Press Inc. to distract him from you bopping to the Christmas carols. (oh and perhaps a set of ear phones) #backroompress #christmastime #givethegiftofabook #christmascarols

08.01.2022 Another fabulous opportunity, this time from Magabala Books.

07.01.2022 We had a lovely end-of-year dinner and book swap in Broome last night. Thanks to the Backroom Press team and our members for another fabulous year of publishing Kimberley books. . . . #fromthekimberleytotheworld #thekimberleyaustralia #broome #broomewesternaustralia #indiepublishing #buylocal #christmasalready #bookstagram #writersofinstagram

06.01.2022 You have until midnight tonight to submit your short story for the Backroom Press Writing Prize. Go to our website for detailed submission guidelines and an entry form. We cant wait to read them!

06.01.2022 Can you relate? Examples?

06.01.2022 To read the story which won third prize in the Backroom Press Writing Prize, click on the link below: http://backroompress.com.au/index.p/2020//21/ebb-and-flow/

04.01.2022 These two smiling women need special recognition this #iwd2020. Pat Lowe and Joyce Hudson are two of the founders of Backroom Press Inc. With their friend, the late Susan Sickert, they started publishing books in 2006 with their own pooled funds (which weve since paid back!). Along with another friend, Eirlys Richards, they have lived in the region promoting their love of words for decades. They are sometimes described as Kimberley royalty and national treasures. Their combined life stories could fill many volumes (and we hope they do, one day). They are marvellous, humble women. We are so fortunate to have them in our midst.

04.01.2022 Nice work, Ava and the Literacy Acquisition for Pre-primary Students team!

03.01.2022 Huge congratulations to Magabala Books on winning small publisher of the year! So well deserved.

03.01.2022 A timely thank you gift for the host of our meeting this evening. Apparently you can never have enough

02.01.2022 In case you missed it! Here is the event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/367277021135200

02.01.2022 Calling for Expressions of Interest: We are considering offering a series of cheap and cheerful online (Zoom) sessions entitled, "The nuts and bolts of writing, grammar and punctuation", with Kimberley legend, Pat Lowe, as your guide. Proposed topics include: - Grammar basics... - Improve your vocabulary - Punctuation - Rules for writing Price-wise, were thinking something in the vicinity of $10 for a half-hour/45 min workshop. (Discount for a block booking.) If youre keen, please get in touch! And if you have any particular areas youd like help with, let us know in the comments, or drop us an email: [email protected]. Tell your friends!

01.01.2022 Any Dr Seuss fans out there? This is pretty funky. in