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by Samuel Wagan Watson 2:23AM I probably don’t need to shake-it for another couple of hours.  I’m flying out at

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An enormous thanks to Fiona McFarlane for her inspiring posts. This month, our blogger is Samuel Wagan Watson. His bio

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by Fiona McFarlane It’s been a pleasure to blog for Southerly, and now I’m going to end my month with

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by Fiona McFarlane In my last post, about Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa, I spoke a little about fables –

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by Fiona McFarlane It’s family lore that, on my paternal grandmother’s side, we had an ancestor who lived in Samoa

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by Fiona McFarlane There’s been a bit of heated discussion, recently, about the public role of a writer, some of

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by Fiona McFarlane Christina Stead was born in Rockdale, Sydney, in 1902. Rockdale is a few stations along the Illawarra

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A huge thanks to Justin Clemens for his excellent posts. This month our blogger is Fiona McFarlane. Her bio is

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