Varuna Varuna, The Writers House Blog

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above)  Hello, I’m Stephen Measday and I’m reading from my novel Send Simon Savage. ‘This is why you are at this school,’ Captain Cutler said. He swept his arm to indicate what lay before them. Simon stepped off the...

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) Hi, this is Kathryn Millard and I’m reading from “The Talkies”.   I stand outside Berggasse 19, Vienna reading its brass plate: ‘Prof. Dr. Freud 3-4’. The founder of psychoanalysis moved in not long afte...

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) Hello, my name’s Brenda Saunders and I’m going to read two poems “The Art of Travel” and “Distance”. They’re from my recent collection. The Art of Travel                Grand Tour of E...

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) Hello, my name is Jenni Mitchell and I’m reading a poem I wrote while working as an artist in residence on board the Hurtigruten coastal steamer in Norway. Aurora 1 And the night sky has to be just right. Dark clear, [.....

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) “Hello, I’m Carmel Bird and this is a true story about my dog. It’s a tale of mystery, money and the supernatural.   A few years ago when I was living in the city I felt the need for a companion [...]

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) Hello, my name’s Adrian Robinson and I’m going to read three poems today. Two of them come from my book which was published by Five Islands Press in 2007. That book was called The Slow Country. The first poem is ca...

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) Hello, my name is Clare Strahan and I’m working on a historical fiction here at Varuna, and this is a piece from the prologue which I’m not sure will even make it into the final draft, but here we go:   [...]

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) Hi, I’m Chris McCourt and I’m reading from my novel “The Cleansing of Mahommed” which is being published by Harper Collins in April 2012. Mahommed was warming to Puritol.  What it lacked in fragrance it compensated for in supe...

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) “My name is Deb Hunt and I’ll be reading from the first chapter of Stalker. Stalk a man when you’re 15 and he’ll be flattered, stalk him when you’re 50 and he’s likely to call the police. If I’m not careful [...]

Click on the arrow above to listen  (In emails: click on the title above) Hi, my name’s Warrick Wynne. I’m going to read some postcard poems inspired by my stay at Varuna. Some of these were published in Bluey magazine. Blue Mountainalia 1. Fourth Day of High Wind. Atmospheric, impressiv...