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26 Feb – 5 March 2021 Wild Writing: Nature Writing Retreat @Springfield, Southern Highlands, NSW
26 May 2021 – publication day: The Book of Australian Trees
26 October 2021 – publication day The Last Woman in the World (as Elsa Johnson)
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Castlemaine State Festival
Later this month I’ll be participating the Castlemaine State Festival (22-31 March), a stunning bi-annual arts festival, which this year is focussing on sustainability, nature and rural living. I’ll be teaching a nature writing workshop on Friday 29 March. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Castlemaine, hayley butcher, inga simpson, Jessie Cole, landscape, nature writing, State Festival, tree change, writing workshop
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Re-release day
My three novels – Mr Wigg, Nest and Where the Trees Were – have just been re-released in a new format. A bit like a nice matching box set. And they’re reasonably priced, at $19.95. You can buy them at … Continue reading
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Tagged booktopia, box set, inga simpson, Mr Wigg, nature writing, Nest, new format, new release, shortlisted, Understory, where the trees were
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Little fish
I have never read a book that has articulated better exactly what riding a bicycle down Northbourne Avenue in the heart of winter feels like: of anybody, you all here tonight should appreciate how rarely Canberran experiences are reflected in the Australian literary imagination. We got one! This book accurately describes the public service as part of an interesting queer feminist plot. And among all that flotsam, Where the Trees Were sustains a universal story: one of realising things as we grow up into teenagers, and carrying those realisations into adult responsibilities. Continue reading
Shallow Crossing
The flash and gleam of light, the plop and bubble of others, below – the constant play of a world within a world that knows its own secret. Continue reading
Nature writing @ Woodfordia
So, what is nature writing anyway? It’s a question I’m often asked and one I’ll be answering this long weekend at The Planting, the funky festival at Woodfordia. The Planting began as a project to regenerate the site of the Woodford Folk festival in … Continue reading
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Tagged inga simpson, nature writing, nature writing workshop, The Planting, woodfordia, workshop
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5 May – Environmental Writing Workshop
As part of Olvar Wood’s inaugural nature writing retreat at The Escape, near Bateman’s Bay, I’m leading a workshop on the art and business of nature and environmental writing. It is ideal for those new to nature writing as well as professional writers working in … Continue reading
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Tagged clyde river, dr inga simpson, environmental writing, inga simpson, Mr Wigg, nature writing, Nest, shallow crossing, stella prize, the escape, workshop
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Nature Writing @ Reality Bites
Inga will be teaching a nature writing workshop as part of the Reality Bites Writers Festival at Cooroy Library on Friday morning, 24 October. Reality Bites is a wonderful non-fiction festival (though touches of fiction are creeping in, showing how blurry … Continue reading
BBWF: Nature Writing Workshop
I’m heading south for the Byron Way Writers Festival at the end of this month, hoping for the blissful Byron weather that the tent festival nearly always manages to delivers up. I’m looking forward to seeing Jeanette Winterson’s Keynote address on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Miller, Ashley Hay, BBWF, Byron, Byron Bay Writers Festival, Claire Scobie, inga simpson, Jeanette Winterson, Jessie Cole, Lisa Gorton, lisa walker, Maxine Beneba Clarke, ML Stedman, Mr Wigg, nature writing, Nest, robert hoge, Tony Birch, workshop, writing
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Consolations of the Forest
I’ve had a bit of a natter about cabins in the woods, solitude and rewilding – around two lovely books: Sylvain Tesson’s Consolations of the Forest and George Monbiot’s Feral. ‘Some people can dine exclusively by feasting their eyes on … Continue reading