Former paramedic Kylie Edwards had never written before she enrolled in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Personal Storytelling for Veterans and First Responders course. By the end of it, she believed she could write a memoir. “This has changed my life and given me back my voice!” she says. “The course
This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Lady with the Dog by Carrie Tiffany. An elderly woman brings home a new dog from the pound, but as her memory falters, the boundaries between past and present – and even the dog’s own identity – begin to dissolve. Illustrated
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