- My response to a Catholic school asking me donate to their fete.
Dear Nicola,
Thank-you for your email asking me to donate a ‘voucher, product or service’ to the Holy Virgin Mary Primary School fete.
Unfortunately I am unable to help as, unlike you, I do not support wealthy powerful international child sex rings. Supporting a corrupt organisation that promotes misogyny, homophobia, racism, violence, discrimination, sex negativity, body shaming ...
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Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health
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Psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen and comedian Catherine Deveny combine forces to demystify the world of mental health. Providing an insider perspective, they share their personal experiences of mental illness and unpack the current knowledge about conditions and treatments. What do we know? What don’t ...
Read more - Big Fat Announcement!
NEWS! Nelly Thomas, comedian, columnist, writer, author, broadcaster, cracking sheila and genius is CONFIRMED as our guest speaker for our June Gunnas Weekend Writing Retreat! Clare Bowditch was our guest speaker for the March retreat and the November retreat speaker is about to be announced!
I’m BESIDE myself with excitement. She will be joining us after ...
Read more - Ten Reasons You Should Get An Electric Bike
I’ve just purchased my third electric bike in three years. Last week I bought a Velectrix Electric Bike from Velo Electric Fitzroy North. It’s such a ripper every time I go to ride it one of my housemates has nicked it.
(Update! Four years on I am now on a Kalkhoff Endeavour)
Bear’s TLDR review of the new bike, ‘Easiest ...
Read more - My thoughts after running my first Gunnas Weekend Writing Retreat
For all the hopes, dreams and excitement woven with stress, lack of sleep, constant worries of things you may have missed or forgotten and things that could go wrong, the day after a successful big project is the best drug ever.
It’s like walking down the mountain in the sunshine with a coffee in one hand ...
Read more - Gunnas Winter Writing Festival
People in Melbourne hibernate during the winter so I’ve decided to give people a reason to get out of the house with my Gunnas Winter Writing Festival.
Four special one off classes to celebrate the very best season for creativity. Winter.
Gunnas Journalism With Michael Lallo (focus on interviewing)
Gunnas Sci Fi With Marianne de Pierre (fantasy and ...
Read more - Pushy Women Number TEN!
After nine gangbuster sellout shows all over Australia Pushy Women is back in 2017 to celebrate The Women’s Ride with a sizzling line up of town bikes, lady riders, pedal pushers, lycra ladettes, fixie hipsters, BMX bandits, dykes on bykes, step through ladies women who don’t ride AT ALL.
Sunday March 26
Trades Hall Carlton
4pm-6pm
LINE -UP JUST ANNOUNCED
Kitty Flanagan – comedian, ...
Read more - Use Your Words!
A Myth-Busting, No-Fear Approach To Writing.
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Want to write? Got a memoir, novel, screenplay or blog in your back drawer? Need to get ‘unstuck’? This is the magic pill you’ve been looking for.
Read some lovely things about the book here, here, here and here, a fab piece about the launch and check out the launch photos and audio ...
Read more - Pushy Women Melbourne Comedy Festival 2016
Pushy Women Number Eight!
After seven gangbuster sellout shows all over Australia Pushy Women is back in 2016 as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a sizzling line up of town bikes, lady riders, pedal pushers, lycra ladettes, fixie hipsters, BMX bandits, dykes on bykes, step through ladies women who don’t ride AT ALL. Also Pushy ...
Read more - Love Party Day. No God. No Government. No Marriage. Just Love.
On March 6th 2016 Sparkle and Bear (Catherine Deveny and Anthony Artmann) had a Love Party, a wedding with no god and no government. We were in love when we were 18 (1987) and fell back in love 23 years later in 2010.
Bride? Groom? Wedding? Yes.
Wife? Husband? Marriage? No.
I was a 90 kilo, 47 year old bride in ...
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Dear Nicola, Thank-you for your email asking me to donate a ‘voucher, product or service’ to the Holy Virgin Mary Primary School fete. Unfortunately I am unable to help as, unlike you, I do not support wealthy powerful international child sex rings. Supporting a corrupt organisation that promotes misogyny, homophobia, racism, violence, discrimination, sex negativity, body shaming ...
