Lorraine Marwood
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June 2008
Lorraine's latest book 'Ratwwhiskers and Me" is due to be released in July by Walker Books
Here is the web page address for a peek at Ratwhiskers on the Walker site http://www.walkerbooks.com.au
Lorraine has just successfully completed three days of poetry workshops using her own inspirational methods at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Schools in Melbourne.
*Published in New York!*
Lorraine was asked to choose an art work that represented Australia and to write the accompanying poem. Lorraine chose Sidney Nolan's 'Ned Kelly' to explore. This is a book of poems written for children from artworks in many countries around the world. It was a pleasure to be asked to contribute and what a glossy paged sumptuous book it is!
A review of this poetry book features Lorraine's poem, look up the link below.
July 2007
'The Girl Who turned into Treacle' was released by Penguin as part of its Aussie Nibbles series.
April 2007
Check out Lorraine's blog site
In August Lorraine participated in a May Gibbs Literature Trust residency in Adelaide. Here she wrote her next book "Starjumps" which is to be published by Walker Books and due for release in the Autumn of 2009.
Here are the websites in Adelaide
http://www.maygibbs.org.au
http://www.maygibbs.org.au
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards (8/09/2006)
- Lorraine travelled to Gunnedah where with Claire Saxby again judged the Dorothea Mackellar poetry awards for 2006. Judging 11558 entries from 777 schools around
Check out this website to read the winning poems from primary and secondary schools around
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Lorraine wrote the teachers' notes for the colour theme/topic for the Dorothea Mackellar awards for 2007. Check out the site and have a go at the techniques.
http://www.dorothea.com.au/index.cfm?page_id=1005
Poetry workshops for schools
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While in the Gunndeah region Lorraine took workshops in Narrabri, Narrabri West, Gunnedah, Gunnedah South, St.Xaviers Gunnedah, Mullaley and Dubbo South Public schools.
(4/10/06-6/11/06)
- Lorraine has also completed poetry and creative writing workshops in Kangaroo Flat cluster here in
Upcoming publications
- "Starjumps" to be published by Walker Books due to be released in the Autumn of 2009
My second collection of children's poetry, "that downhill yelling", was launched on 12 November 2005 in Bendigo, Victoria.
"that downhill yelling", Publisher: Five Islands Press, ISBN: 174128 094 X 
Here's what Jonathan Shaw, Editor of School Magazine, New South Wales has to say about the collection:
"Football, cows, bikes and geese; hillsides and long grass, books and the history of Bendigo; the classroom, the laundry, and even the freeway; the poems in this book visit all of these with infectious joy. If I ever use the phrase downhill all the way again, it will inevitably have a new, exuberant meaning."
Imagine reading 15,000 poems!
In July 2005 Lorraine was part of a two judge team, with her friend Claire Saxby, which has done just that. The Dorothea MacKellar poetry award is one of the biggest poetry competitons Australia wide for primary and secondary school aged children.
The judges, Claire Saxby and Lorraine Marwood with poet Anne Bell
Powering into Poetry
Want to know some of my Lorraine's secrets as a poet? You can now access her writing poetry e-course online at http://www.fasttrackwriting.com/