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25.01.2022 FAWQ June Open Meeting, Information for Writers Video 3 https://youtu.be/wxcKvVvOrso

25.01.2022 Young Adult Fiction at it's best, by Australian Author Verity Croker. Jilda's Ark. When Jilda embarks on a cruise with her mother and twin sister, Rosa, she ha...s no idea of the ordeal she'll face. Feeling unwell, Jilda stays in her cabin while her mother and sister go ashore to explore a Fijian island. Jilda emerges to find the ship has been commandeered by a group determined to use it to transport refugees away from the island nation of Levy Archipelago, which is flooding due to climate change. Conditions on the ship deteriorate quickly due to overcrowding. The refugees grow restless with no idea of where they're heading, and they mourn the loss of their animals they had to leave behind on the islands. Alone and afraid Jilda finds an ally in Jade-along with feelings she's never experienced before. But will the relationship forming between them end when Jilda admits she has a boyfriend? Learn More about Verity and her books https://australianauthors.net.au/author/vacroker/

23.01.2022 It took 51 years , but today I learned what a contronym is.

22.01.2022 In February 2021, FAWQ will publish a Covid19 Special, featuring short stories and poetry submissions from all interested parties. Details for submission are on the attached flyer. Or visit our website https://fawq.com.au/february-scope-covid19-special/

21.01.2022 View the Inaugural Maureen Freer Literary Awards on our You Tube Channel.

20.01.2022 We are looking for original work. Most importantly, we want original ideas. Type: Fiction Length: under 5,000 words... Pay: $.20/word for the first 1000 words; $.01/word for any words over 1,000

20.01.2022 Great experience for me listening to all the other speakers and interacting with the audience. I hope at least some of those who attended will be inspired to speak next year.

19.01.2022 Thank you to everyone that has bought the book so far its been an overwhelming response and I really hope you enjoy it. Dont worry Ive got plenty more go to anthanna.com/shop to grab yours. Thanks again.

19.01.2022 Hope youre ready to talk about story, structure, and language. Margaret Atwood's online MasterClass on creative writing is now live. www.masterclass.com/margaret

18.01.2022 Calling all passionate poets from the aspiring to the experienced! Entries are NOW OPEN for our Bush Poetry Competition! You can choose to recite your favourite bush ballad or an original piece. ENTER NOW at www.ekka.com.au/competitions/agriculture/bush-poetry/.

17.01.2022 I have never heard of contronyms but I found this interesting...

17.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS AND RECOMMENDED AUTHORS of the FAWQ 2020 Maureen Freer Literary Awards

16.01.2022 FAWQ June Open Meeting, Information for Writers Video 1 https://youtu.be/IrXB9fCuRHU

15.01.2022 Dear Members, Please find attached a link to a Creative freedom course which will be held online, starting on the 23rd November for 40 days - Liberating Your Creative Spirit to Live an Inspired and Meaningful Life. This is a 40 day online course designed for you to meet your creative spirit. Each day you will receive an email with an audio file which will have a topic for the day followed by a writing exercise and a drawing exercise.... Eleanor O'Rourke is the author of 40 Days 40 Nights, Breakdown, A Rebel's Take on Depression and The Freedom Project. If you are interested, please check out the link. http://www.eleanororourke.com/the-course/creative-freedom/

15.01.2022 Learn what it takes to become an author Live training from two published authors Learn how to write, publish, and market your book the right way.

14.01.2022 When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when t...he nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem. And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet. Cranky Old Man What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see? What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me? A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise, Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes? Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply. When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!' Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do. And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe? Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will, With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill? Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see? Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me. I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still, As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will. I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother, Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet. A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap. Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep. At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own. Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home. A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast, Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last. At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone, But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn. At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee, Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me. Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead. I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread. For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own. And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known. I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel. It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool. The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart. There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart. But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells, And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain. And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again. I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast. And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last. So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see. Not a cranky old man . Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!! Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too! PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM! The best and most beautiful things of this world can't be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart! Alive After View More Photos & Inspiration: http://www.facebook.com/AliveAfter/photos The Survival Social Network... http://www.AliveAfter.com/welcome ~

13.01.2022 A number of FAWQ members are among the featured books. All are outstanding reads.

13.01.2022 Add your Writers' Group details to the "Writers' Groups Queensland" website today. Give easy access to writers looking for a group to join around Queensland. https://writersgroups.com.au/ It's Free!

12.01.2022 Read this insightful interview with prolific Australian Author (Brisbane) Jim Reay. Jim talks about his love of writing, his inspirations, his process and has some sound advice for emerging authors.

11.01.2022 What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. Salman Rushdie

11.01.2022 Got a manuscript lying around? Dust it off and enter it in the 2020 Unpublished Contest! Includes: Young Adult, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Mystery / Thriller, Literary, Outsider / Experimental, Nonfiction. https://buff.ly/37K4eo5

10.01.2022 Don't miss this new book from Australian Author - Rosalie Webb. "Y Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Was a country girl ready for the harsh life of the YWCA Richmond...? Doery House, the YWCA hostel at 353 Church Street, Richmond, Victoria, should have been a home away from home for teenage girls from the country, residing there in the late 1960s. Alas this was nowhere near reality. As the story unfolds, the villain behind the walls and the hidden secrets become apparent. This book details many of the stories occurring during a three-year period between 1966 and 1969. They are all based on fact. The story is interwoven with daily life in the rag trade, the evolution of Richmond, the politics of the Vietnam War, multiculturalism, the gangland wars, and gender attitudes. Find out more about Rosalie and purchase her book here https://australianauthors.net.au/author/rosaliewebb/ See more

10.01.2022 We are proud to show off our spectacular new festival logo!

10.01.2022 Congratulations to the winners and place getters of the inaugural Maureen Freer Literary Competition. I look forward to reading your entries in SCOPE.

07.01.2022 In 2021 FAWQ in conjunction with USC Moreton Bay and Moreton Bay Regional Libraries, will be staging our centenary Readers and Writers Festival over two weeks from 18th June to 4th July There has never been a better time than now, to take up membership of this iconic writers group and become a part of the literary future of Queensland. Click Here to find out how.https://fawq.com.au/membership/

07.01.2022 Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland Presents An open, online Zoom meeting. Included is an online presentation by Dr Indrani Ganguly, Writer and FAWQ Com...mittee Member on Female Characters in Historical Novels The Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland (FAWQ) Invites all interested people to an online meeting on Saturday 22 August 2020 at 2pm on Zoom with Dr. Indrani Ganguly discussing Female Characters in Historical Novels.

05.01.2022 "A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, s...tupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralysed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded, nonplussed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, astonished, overwhelmed, horrified, numbed, speechless, and perplexed." See more

03.01.2022 FAWQ June Open Meeting, Information for Writers Video 2 https://youtu.be/rTrht-3wNK0