November 1, 2021

Finding your poetic voice

As a poet, a question I’m often asked is “when did you discover you could write poetry?” When I was at school, all I could write was pretty hopeless humorous rhyme so maybe the discovery was all those years ago. I remember thinking I had a...

By Leigh Hay
September 6, 2021

Planting a literary forest

Are you having trouble launching into writing? Having trouble working up the confidence to put pen to paper or let your fingers glide across the laptop keyboard? Many people write daily to Facebook or Twitter. The three-line comment is de riguer for today’s social media. Easy...

By Leigh Hay
May 2, 2019

Boxes are comfortable

I am a great fan of Australian cartoonist Judy Horacek. For me, her cartoons hit the spot every time. This month, she is featuring ‘ideas’ – thoughts, inspirations, some innovative and agile experiences and some failures. One of her cartoons features a girl inside a...

By Leigh Hay