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This is the web-home of
Beth Spencer, Australian author writing a mix of fiction, memoir, poetry & essay, living on
un-ceded GuriNgai land.
Love to get feedback or join me on Facebook or subscribe to my occasional Substack newsletter 
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Vagabondage - a verse memoir
$22 - with free postage
within Australia
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The Party of Life -- A Pocket book of poems
from Flying Islands
- $12 posted![[The Party of Life, cover]](http://bethspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sm-edged-front-cover-Party-of-life-227x300.jpg)
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Author Archives: Beth Spencer
‘All they will call you will be… IMAs (Illegal Maritime Arrivals)’ – Woody Guthrie’s great song, Deportees, as relevant as ever
. I was reminded this week of this beautiful song, written by Woody Guthrie — Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon (The Deportees) — the heartfelt lyrics so relevant in Australia today. For this is the new regime at the … Continue reading
Posted in politics / current affairs / ecology
Tagged Asylum seekers, music, politics
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Pocket poetry series from Flying Islands Books – grab a bundle
Check out these gorgeous books of poetry from Flying Islands/Cerebus books/ASM: They are so delicious to look at and hold — and do indeed fit into a pocket. Although I like to keep mine on a shelf in my kitchen … Continue reading
Vale Neil Armstrong: memories of the moon landing
“When I was ten, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Kennedy landed on the moon and `the world’ watched with bated breath, fuzzy grainy pictures in which very little happened over what seemed hours and hours cramped five in a double desk … Continue reading
Posted in cultural history / memory, x
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