Amanda Curtin (celebrated author of ‘Elemental’ and ‘The Sinkings’) has written this post about the disgraceful cut backs to the Premier’s Literary Awards. It is so important that we continue to fight for the recognition, validation, celebration, and financial support of writers here in Western Australia.
writer & author
A Life Unfolding
Travel photos, memoirs & letters home...from anywhere in the world
Beats Stumbling Around in Silence
mostly poetry, partly peculiar.
Learning to tell the Truth of and to one's own Soul.
and peculiar ponderings...
Exploring adoption, race, & social justice
Adoptee Search
adoptee and identity issues
Adoptee, rematriated.*
Reflections of a transpersonal psychotherapist
Following a tangled thread.
The Adaptable (Adopted) Expat Mommy
Sojourning to find the real me.
Because of course race and culture matter.
Promoting Adoptee Identity Civil Rights Since 1974
Kim Coull 
I’ve only read three Australian authors, but I’ve loved all three. Hope her article makes a huge splash. (“Elemental” is like a book-long lullaby.)