By Jennifer Ann Davies, NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser It was in the midst of “Mrs Wiggins Wartymelons” and the pandemic… …just as Ralphie the adopted goat was pruning the rose bushes, the whisper first
Queensland’s extraordinary and prolific Poet and Author, Stefanie BENNETT haspublished over a dozen volumes of poetry, a libretto and a novel. She has tutored in The Institute of Modern Languages (James Cook University); acted as
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser A Reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…the person who never reads lives only one. George R.R. Martin Leslie HURTIG, Artistic Director for the 2019
Friendship, Laughter, Hope, Humour, Memory, and Listening all help us to create a LANGUAGE RICH ENVIRONMENT in which CHILDREN are less vulnerable – in which we have immunised them against poor language and literacy. Friendship!
By Jennifer Ann Davies, Arts and Letters Adviser There seems to be, wherever one looks, strong interest in the stories and images of the past. Most, represent the ideas of the times, as well as
By Jennifer Ann Davies, NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser HISTORY, STORIES AND IMAGES CONNECT AND PROTECT: Something indelible gently nudges; alarmingly confronts; echoes, whispers or deeply touches us and enters our world, with every story,
The sound of laughter is life-affirming! Jennifer Ann Davies, NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser, shares why.
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser POETS, PERFORMANCES, PUBLICATIONS, POSSIBILITIES… The distinguished Australian Poet and Human Rights Advocate, Judith RODRIGUEZ, passed away on 22ndNovember 2018, aged 82. Judith had once said
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser “O tempora! O mores!” Oh the times! Oh the customs! (Latin) History opens up like a landscape for us to see through forgotten windows. Musee des