Monthly Archive for: ‘July, 2023’

Getting your kicks from ‘Backyard Footy’
By MLJ
on July 19, 2023

Getting your kicks from ‘Backyard Footy’

A superb energy flows through Backyard Footy – carrying the reader into the lives and landscapes of some footy-crazed kids. The first image sets the scene beautifully. Houses are spread across the town which has a main street made of red dirt and is framed by red hills in the distance leaving us with no doubt

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‘It was normal life. Going up in flames.’
By MLJ
on July 5, 2023

‘It was normal life. Going up in flames.’

My best strategy for combatting overwork over the last six months has been reading poetry first thing before I migrate to my desk. Here are some of the poems that most inspired me. ‘September 8, 2017’ by Kerry Greer Like Judas to himself / He took a piece of paper, / Lit it at the

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