So I've got this new book ...
Who Comes Calling?
(published by WAPP)
It's got all the old favourites like "Bumboat Cruise on the Singapore River", "Searching for Words", and (of course), "Home".
It's also got plenty of the new favourites like "Still Searching", "Catching the L-Words", and "In Memory of Katrina Miles".
Reviews
"As I approach mid-life, and continue to write about the unique experiences of women, I am ever more aware that my entire life has been absolutely nothing like the lives of men ... In her elegant, mature poetic voice, Lo articulates this multifarious experience by examining herself in a great array of roles, including homemaker, wife, mother, friend, teacher, daughter, child, Christian disciple, justice-seeker and revenant, to emotionally moving effect"
—Esther Ottoway, "A Series of Mirrors", Rochford Street Review
"Many Australians may be reluctant to read poetry from a Christian point of view, yet Lo’s writing is entrenched in spiritual searching and questioning that draws in the reader, much like the work of contemporary poets Mary Oliver and David Whyte [...] This collection asserts Lo’s position as a writer, mother, feminist and person of faith, asking us to see and embrace her as a multifaceted artist. "
—Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Artshub
"It is [...] glimpses of these different kinds of love, familial, divine, transcendent, love of art and love of community that ultimately give this collection its otherworldly glow."
—Judith Huang, Mascara Literary Review
"This collection is the work of thirty years and is particularly redolent of the very female experience of domestic life, not as bliss or boredom but a full life lived with tenacity and struggle [...] powerful and unflinching."
—Lisa Collyer on Substack
" ... reflects on transnational diasporic experiences [...] agilely switches between places."
—Caitlin Maling for Cordite Poetry Review
"well worth reading and re-reading."
—Jackson for Westerly
Proud mama moment watching my daughter read #poetry at @chillijamopenmic
You have the best metaphors @citrus_turpentine 🌟
Everyone else was amazing too, but I confess to a bit of parental bias here.
Proud mama moment watching my daughter read #poetry at @chillijamopenmic
You have the best metaphors @citrus_turpentine 🌟
Everyone else was amazing too, but I confess to a bit of parental bias here.
Standing Still in a Hurricane ...
Congratulations @lynnettelounsbury and team @avondale_uni for this lovely little anthology that tests the idea of stillness-in-chaos.
Thanks for inviting @sheridaninstituteperth
to be part of this.
Really pleased to see our student work in this, as well as a poem of my own.
#anthology #studentwork #creativewriting
Standing Still in a Hurricane ...
Congratulations @lynnettelounsbury and team @avondale_uni for this lovely little anthology that tests the idea of stillness-in-chaos.
Thanks for inviting @sheridaninstituteperth
to be part of this.
Really pleased to see our student work in this, as well as a poem of my own.
#anthology #studentwork #creativewriting
And just like that, our youngest child has finished school ... feeling proud of this young man ... but also a little bit sad this phase is over
#emptynest
#proudparents
#graduation
And just like that, our youngest child has finished school ... feeling proud of this young man ... but also a little bit sad this phase is over
#emptynest
#proudparents
#graduation
Hanging with cousins and kids at the Albany Weavers Exhibition at the Shipwreck Museum.
Nice work @lynleygouldthorp
#shipwreckmuseumwa
#fremantle #handwoven #tradcraft
Hanging with cousins and kids at the Albany Weavers Exhibition at the Shipwreck Museum.
Nice work @lynleygouldthorp
#shipwreckmuseumwa
#fremantle #handwoven #tradcraft
Calling all mothers! This is poetry for you ...
The Motherhood Collective and Soul Reserve are proud to present "Mother Tongue":
⭐️ 60 minutes of powerful poetry and music performed with verve!
⭐️ Lullabies, in/fertility, babies, teens, empty nests
⭐️ Every emotion from joy to anguish
⭐️ Sat 28 Sept 6:30 - 7:30pm at The Blue Room Theartre (Studio Room)
Featuring: Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Asha Rajan, Carly Blenkhorn, Melissa Domiati, Miriam Wei Wei Lo and Lakshmi Kanchi.
Tickets here: https://blueroom.org.au/events/mother-tongue/
Limited seating, book early to avoid disappointment!
Thanks @wapoets and @theblueroomtheatre for supporting this event!
@nataliednapo
@melissa.domiati.poetry @asha_rajan_writer @carly_beth11 @soulreserve
#mothers #poetry #perthisok
Calling all mothers! This is poetry for you ...
The Motherhood Collective and Soul Reserve are proud to present "Mother Tongue":
⭐️ 60 minutes of powerful poetry and music performed with verve!
⭐️ Lullabies, in/fertility, babies, teens, empty nests
⭐️ Every emotion from joy to anguish
⭐️ Sat 28 Sept 6:30 - 7:30pm at The Blue Room Theartre (Studio Room)
Featuring: Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Asha Rajan, Carly Blenkhorn, Melissa Domiati, Miriam Wei Wei Lo and Lakshmi Kanchi.
Tickets here: https://blueroom.org.au/events/mother-tongue/
Limited seating, book early to avoid disappointment!
Thanks @wapoets and @theblueroomtheatre for supporting this event!
@nataliednapo
@melissa.domiati.poetry @asha_rajan_writer @carly_beth11 @soulreserve
#mothers #poetry #perthisok
Spring #hailstorm in Beaconsfield ... closest we ever get to snow!
#perthweather
Spring #hailstorm in Beaconsfield ... closest we ever get to snow!
#perthweather
Huge congratulations to @danitreweek ... Winner of the 2024 Australian Christian Book of the Year!
Some of the judges` comments: "This is a work of tremendous scholarship and intellectual acuity.
Treweek demonstrates that in church history, biblical exegesis and Christian theology, singleness has the same eternal significance as marriage ...
Treweek presents us with a vision of the church that is far more inclusive and faithful to Scripture."
#christianbookprize #christianbooks #christianreading
Huge congratulations to @danitreweek ... Winner of the 2024 Australian Christian Book of the Year!
Some of the judges` comments: "This is a work of tremendous scholarship and intellectual acuity.
Treweek demonstrates that in church history, biblical exegesis and Christian theology, singleness has the same eternal significance as marriage ...
Treweek presents us with a vision of the church that is far more inclusive and faithful to Scripture."
#christianbookprize #christianbooks #christianreading
Wonderng who will win?
The Sparklit Australian Book of the Year Award ceremony is on tonight (Thurs 22 Aug). 7:30pm AEST which is 5:30pm AWST.
To win some books, register for the livestream here https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1153975?
Or go to @sparklit_australia and register via the link in their bio.
#bookprize
#christianbooks
#christianbookprize
Wonderng who will win?
The Sparklit Australian Book of the Year Award ceremony is on tonight (Thurs 22 Aug). 7:30pm AEST which is 5:30pm AWST.
To win some books, register for the livestream here https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1153975?
Or go to @sparklit_australia and register via the link in their bio.
#bookprize
#christianbooks
#christianbookprize