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distain

Your contempt for my feelings

broke something inside – no, not

my heart, it was my soul…  You

judged me harshly, unworthy –

beneath your regard. In total

disgrace, I slunk away to heal.

I needed to breathe deeply,

to absorb the pain, swallow

before wearing silk again…

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2011

ART:  Jessica McCallum

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Reading Ireland Month is off to a great, somewhat incestuous start!

People are really excited about this

In the first week of this year’s Begorrathon, we’ve had book and film                                       reviews; we celebrated Irish success at the Oscars; and sadly, we bid a final Feck! to Father Jack.

Some highlights from our participants:

You can read all the Reading Ireland Month posts here.

Don’t forget to link up  your posts at either our inlinkz website or our Facebook page, and when sharing them,be sure to tag them #irelandmonth16 or #Begorrathon16

Happy Begorrathoning!

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Within the first ten seconds of the Red Billabong trailer we see a shot gun, an army, a giant fucking monster tearing apart a car, a passionate embrace, a character struggling in dark water, a bloodied carcass, more shooting, and a beautiful horse. But it doesn’t stop there…

We’ve been teased an action-packed, heart-pounding, first look for the last week and the Red Billabong team has delivered with today’s release of the brand new trailer which gives us our first look at the film’s mysterious monster.

“I can’t recall a fully realized computer generated character as a ‘lead’ in an Australian film before. I don’t think it’s been attempted.” Says writer/director Luke Sparke. “Our VFX team will be working furiously all the way up to the cinema release. We also used so many practical effects, daring stunts and huge sets. There’s so much in the film that isn’t in the new trailer. There…

Interview by Nicole Melanson ~

Brooke Davis grew up in Bellbrae, Victoria, and now lives in Perth, where she works as a bookseller. She holds an Honours degree from the University of Canberra and a PhD from Curtin University, both in the field of creative writing. In 2015, Lost & Found, her first novel, received the ABIA Award for General Fiction Book of the Year, the ABIA Award for New Writer, and the iBooks Fiction Book of the Year. It was also short-listed for the Indie Awards Debut and the ABA Awards Book of the Year, and long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. Lost & Found will be published in twenty-eight countries.

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