04 PM | 20 May

#WordStorm14 Revving Up [#geekgirl] [#liquidpage]

“I welcome you to celebrate the 2014 WordStorm Festival, a biannual event that inspires, stimulates and engages audiences in the rich contemporary stories of our communities.

WordStorm in 2014 welcomes over 70 distinguished writers from across Australia including 40 writers from Alice Springs, Borroloola, Darwin, Katherine and Tennant Creek regions.

I would like to extend warm congratulations to the new team at the NT Writers’ Centre for showcasing the true strength and diversity of the NT’s literary community by presenting a program that is relevant, challenging and fun.

Hon Matt Conlan MLA Minister for Arts and Museums”

Follow the Event using #WordStorm14 on Twitter and Instagram, and follow the social media feed on Storify.

02 PM | 30 Oct

“…think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.” [#geekgirl]

[Via Explore]
“You showed that it is not necessary to be unhappy, even while one is clear-eyed and undeluded about how terrible everything is. Somewhere you said that a writer — delicately you added: all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. (You were speaking of your blindness.)”
– Susan Sontag‘s unspeakably beautiful letter to Borges