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Vagabondage – my new verse memoir out now with UWAP – and launch details

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Beth Spencer

. About two years ago I was driving to the supermarket when I had the thought ‘Hmm… what if I wrote a little book of poems about my year living in the Van?’ By the time I got home I … Continue reading →

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Notes for the Translators – poems and notes from 142 Australian and NZ poets

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Beth Spencer

    Notes for the Translators: 142 New Zealand and Australian Poets is a remarkable collection edited by the ever-creative Kit Kelen. Each poem is accompanied by a mini essay by the poet — about the poem, the references, idiom, allusions … Continue reading →

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Reading literary fiction can make us better thinkers! — more creative, more rational, and more empathic.

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Beth Spencer

  Book sculpture-The Thinker- by Daniel Lai A study by researchers at Toronto University has concluded that reading literary fiction can make us better thinkers — more able to handle uncertainty, ambiguity, open-ended situations and questions; all of which in … Continue reading →

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