Anita Heiss Blog

  My first experience as co-pilot with Roger Crouch I recently had the most wonderful experience attending the Channel Country Ladies Day (CCLD)   in Noccundra. I most likely would neve...

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Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Dameyon Bonson to my blog with a poem about something significant to him. Please read his intro below to understand context, and share with others you thin...

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   As part of being part of the Channel Country Ladies Day (blog to come) I spent 24  hours in the town of Quilpie , experiencing the best the locals had to offer. My gratefuls for my time t...

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In recent weeks with my broken toe hindering my exercise routine (I haven’t been able to run since August23) I have gained weight. But as I was writing this, I came to realize it’s no...

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Adele Blair is the Director of Blair Lifestyle and we met as part of the Women in Focus conference in Port Douglas recently. What was interesting about our first words on the shuttle from Cairns...

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Photography by Becky Bligh Last week I had the pleasure of being an invited speaker at the 4th annual Black Women Strong Conference hosted by the Yarrabah Community. The two-day event i...

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Bantam 2012RRP: $32.95 Anita Heiss is an impressive Aboriginal writer and intellectual. She’s worked in many genres including social policy and politics as well as ‘chick lit’ (whi...

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I’m pleased to welcome today’s guest blogger Alexx Stuart , whom I met at the recent Women in Focus Conference (see blog below!). I attended Alexx’s Health and Well-being workshop and it r...

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Pic courtesy Women in Focus Two weeks ago I attended the CBA’s Women in Focus Conference   in Port Douglas. The day I received the invitation to participate I was grateful, intrigued...

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It is 2013, and it is 150 years since the first South Sea Islanders were brought into Queensland to work as indentured labourers   on plantations that were part of the opening up of the new...

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When I started this gratefulness blog, I religiously sat down of a night and easily found five things to document and be grateful for in my day. I still can, I just haven’t been, and for that ...

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Today I am excited I can welcome to my blog the first of the wonderful connections I made at the #womenCAN conference in Port Douglas recently. Hosted by the Women in Focus   team of the CBA, t...

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As part of my wonderful few months in Brisbane, I had the pleasure of doing a writing residency at St Peter Chanel in The Gap. During my time there I worked with the entire student body fro...

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This is a belated blog but I didn’t want to let the experience of the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival   pass without me expressing my gratitude. This fabulous video shot by Tim Eddy truly c...

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  Today I’m thrilled to have the lovely Lisa Walker  guesting here at my blog. Lisa and I met for the first time at the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival; we were on opposing teams at the Ste...

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   Fab cast of Whitsunday Voices! This is a blog of absolute, from the bottom-of-my-heart, unconditional gratitude to all the team who recently looked after me at the Whitsunday Voice...

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  Airlie Beach from the Coral Sea Resort! I’m not going to bore you with how difficult the writing life can be, you know, not having paid work for months on end, having to be away from...

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I had the good fortune and fun experience of meeting the lovely Annabel Smith  at this year’s Perth Writers Festival. We were on the same team for the Stella Prize Trivia night (that's us...

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  Brisbane by night is absolutely stunning! BY RIVER OR ROAD: I’ve been in Brisbane three months and I still wake up excited every day! I remain obsessed with the river and can’t beli...

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 Jacob with other young leaders at the QIYLP in Brisbane I was in a dark place in my life! I lost many significant people in my life in various ways, such as manslaughter, suicide, multipl...

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As we kick off NAIDOC Week around the country I feel incredibly positive about what is happening and what is possible for the future of our mobs. I choose to be a half-glass full kind of gir...

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 Last week I had the great pleasure of meeting Kayannie Denigan at the QLD Indigenous Youth Leadership Program at Parliament House, in Brisbane. From the stage I asked the future leaders if...

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--> I’m so grateful for the opportunity to visit schools as an author, sharing my love of books, the writing process and the importance of reading. Some of my visits are paid gigs, some of...

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  MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN: One of the highlights of my time here in Brisbane since arriving six weeks ago has been attending the opening night of Mother Courage at the QLD Perfo...

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