Category Archives: Writing

More in the Decadence corridor

Hi Folks, It seems I can’t help myself. With only a couple of weeks left of my exhibition, I’m still drawing on the walls. It’s fun to ‘sneak’ in and add some more, though I do wonder if any of … Continue reading

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Subconscious Shenanigans

This Dreams of Verdant Decadence installation consists of two parts: the flowers etc. in the vault itself and scribbled black drawings and text in the corridor outside. My stated aim was that the richness and profusion of shapes and colours … Continue reading

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Writing About Place Workshop

This workshop is one of the many fabulous events occurring as part of PUNQ @Pop-Up North Queensland – PUNQ https://www.facebook.com/punqfestival $50 per person | 2hrs | 8 participants | 18+2-4pm Sunday 1 August 2021 Discover how words can reveal hidden … Continue reading

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Poetry & Print

Over a three month period this year, I wrote over thirty poems as an adjunct to my print exhibition, Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence. I’ve inserted one page I designed with both the image and the accompanying poem. When writing I … Continue reading

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Jailbait

Graeme’s third novel, Jailbait, is now available at amazon.com. To find out more about the book and to read the chapter go to his blog site at Graeme Buckley Author Blog

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Write Cafe Residency Program

As you can see from the poster, I’m one of the writers hired by Townsville Writers & Publishers Centre to take part in their Write Cafe Residency Program. They were funded by a Copyright Agency Cultural Fund grant. To find … Continue reading

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Townsville: a portrait.

The unkind call it Brownsville. They forget the sound of the rain drumming on the roof, the water running down the footpaths, streaming along gutters, gurgling down drains. They forget how it rains day after day and how the plants … Continue reading

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Stillness Defined in Art

Geoffrey Smart on an ABC documentary, screened on the 27th November, quoted T. S. Elliot’s ‘still point’ and discussed the value of the written word as opposed to music as opposed to painting. He said it wasn’t until he realized … Continue reading

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Where the Gods Dance

As I drive over Rooney’s Bridge, the moon’s golden face smiles across the mangrove tree and mudflats, emphasizing their absorption of light. The mudflats, however, eagerly await the dancing tread of the gods. I’m sure if I left the huddle … Continue reading

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Vignette Twilight

The traffic lights are on red for the cars coming from every direction. Even the train lights are crimson. To the west, the dying orange glow of the sinking sun colours a sky not yet turned indigo. The lights change … Continue reading

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