Author Archives: Lyn Reeves

A Mammoth Feat

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Judges Comments on awarding the NSW Premier’s Translation Prize to Ian Johnston: “Dr Ian Johnston’s background in medicine informs his work as a translator, as he brings the sharpness and precision of a neurosurgeon’s scalpel to the extraordinary translation projects … Continue reading →

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Travelling the Hard Road

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

The results are out – Ian Johnston has won the NSW Premier’s Translation Prize 2011!   Ian receives $30,000 and PEN medallion.  Here is another poem from Waiting for the Owl: poems and songs from ancient China. It is an extract … Continue reading →

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The Radical Politics of Nature Writing

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

This paper by Pete Hay is loosely based on a talk given on the occasion of the national Inverawe Nature Poetry Competition, May 2006. “We should write on, then, and we should do so knowing that this is no mere … Continue reading →

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Poet of the Fields

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

The poets of Ancient China were writing about their love of nature for centuries. Tao Yuanming (365-427 AD) was a poet of the Eastern Jin period and is known as the founder of pastoral poetry. The following fu poem is … Continue reading →

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Links to Places

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

The price for using a free template for your blog is that sometimes automatically generated links appear at the bottom of posts. Mostly these have nothing to do with what you are writing about, but occasionally they lead to unexpected … Continue reading →

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Shambles

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

What a great name for a bookshop! The gala opening of the new shop is on Friday 13th May 6 -7pm, and yours truly will be reading from my new poetry collection, Designs on the Body. Tom and Sally have … Continue reading →

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An Eye for Place – part one

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Haiku and photography have a lot in common. They each capture a particular place at a particular moment in time. The photographer uses a camera lens, the writer a pen, to record an image that has impressed them deeply. Ian … Continue reading →

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A Passion for Nature

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

A chance to read at Byron Bay Writers’ Festival! A new national poetry competition, co-sponsored by Byron Bay Writers’ Festival and Dangerously Poetic Press, has as its theme A Passion for Nature and Our Place in it. The prize of … Continue reading →

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Swimming the Sky

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Lyn Reeves
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Writing in the Wild

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

A nature writing retreat in the stunning environment of Denmark, WA is in the planning stages by the Greenskills Centre for Sustainable Living. It will take place from Friday to Sunday, Oct 14-16th and will include a talk and readings … Continue reading →

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