In April 2008 I taught a two-day Masterclass in Fiction Writing at the NSW Writers’ Centre in Rozelle, Sydney. Taking part in the course were two women, Sharyn Killens and Lindsay Lewis. Sharyn and I have something in common – we are former Parramatta girls. And by that I don’t mean we grew up in the city of Parramatta! [...]
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You can analyse, scrutinise, examine, dissect and inspect the NRL grand final for as long as you like. Or you can read the five burning questions, with answers, right here. Was Billy Slater a deserved Clive Churchill Medal winner? While Slater put in a very strong performance, Storm halfback Cooper Cronk could consider himself unlucky [...]
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Today’s game will be one to savour but my nerves and routine will be the same as every NRL game I’ve played for the past 13 years, writes Nathan Hindmarsh. Every game day, unless a rogue child strays into the bedroom, I wake up at 9am instead of the usual 7am. Sleep is really important [...]
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A SWARM of blue and gold took over the centre of Parramatta yesterday, even dragging a 140-year-old Indian spiritual leader into the pre-emptive footy celebrations. As dozens of families clad in the colours of the Parramatta Eels slithered about Sydney’s west, a small stall in a Parramatta mall dedicated to the 140th birthday of Mohandas [...]
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While his teammates have nothing but this Sunday’s grand final on their minds, Parramatta foward Joe Galuvao has more important things to think about. Galuvao is still waiting for word from Samoa as to whether his wife Maybelle has lost family members in the deadly tsunami that struck the region on Wednesday morning. It’s no [...]
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