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Onwards

January 8, 2012January 10, 2012Caroline GardamComments Off on Onwards

A swim in the ocean, hours in an empty house glimmering ahead, kind and encouraging words in the response below… I am ready to work! So long, Internets. I shan’t pass this way again today.

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A little like this

Very old QCC invitation from the 1970s
Environment Writing

QCC: A 50 year history of Queensland Conservation Council

March 25, 2021October 18, 2021Caroline Gardam

In 2019, Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) celebrated a milestone — Queensland’s peak environment body turned 50. To commemorate the event, I researched and wrote a (reasonably brief) QCC history. It took a lot of willpower not to let the research take over! Fascinating information is hidden in the hundreds of boxes of documents held at […]

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Travel writing is a tough slog

September 9, 2016Caroline Gardam

Been working on a couple of speculative travel pieces following a lovely recent European break. I wrote one and I can’t think of any publication that would even consider picking it up, so here she is here: Monolithos.

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Work in progress. Slow progress.

January 6, 2012January 10, 2012Caroline Gardam

Writing a novel is surely making me a better reviewer. And a kinder one. This process is hard. Without the time luxury to write in large chunks, I fit in hours or two when I can. Which has produced not quite 20,000 words in just under a year. Already I am sick of the thing: […]

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    • Abrahamson, Eric, & Freedman, David H. A Perfect Mess: The hidden benefits of disorder
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