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Elizabeth Quinn

Elizabeth Quinn

Faith column: See you next week, Mum

Every Tuesday morning, I leave my 89-year-old mother with a wave, a cheery goodbye and a “See you next Monday”. It’s an act of faith we…

Aug 21, 2020

Aug 21, 2020

Elizabeth Quinn

The Long Distance Grandmother — DIY WOMAN

Being a long distance grandmother has its compensations. Every morning since corona-lockdown, I’ve woken to images of my son and his young…

May 30, 2020

The Long Distance Grandmother — DIY WOMAN

May 30, 2020

Elizabeth Quinn

Turn Off, Tune Out, Shut the Fuck Up and Read

I’m on the train to Flinders Street Station, heading for my first silent reading party and already I’m nervous. The STFU (Shut the Fuck…

Nov 30, 2019

Turn Off, Tune Out, Shut the Fuck Up and Read

Nov 30, 2019

Elizabeth Quinn

Remembering the good times

What happens when shared memories are no longer shared? When you know you will probably be the sole keeper of happy memories?

Jan 10, 2019

Remembering the good times

Jan 10, 2019

Elizabeth Quinn

The insights of age: finding your inner eccentric

There is a story in Helen Garner’s 2016 collection of short stories Everywhere I Look titled ‘The Insults of Age’. She rages against the…

Nov 27, 2018

The insights of age: finding your inner eccentric

Nov 27, 2018

Elizabeth Quinn

Whatever it takes

The transition from ‘writer’ to ‘author’ is strewn with rejection emails. I tell myself each rejection is one step closer to publication.

Oct 29, 2018

Whatever it takes

Oct 29, 2018

Elizabeth Quinn

A Kind of Faith

My 86-year-old mother is an atheist. Her garden is her place of worship; her abiding love the simple beauty of Australian native plants…

Jul 23, 2018

A Kind of Faith

Jul 23, 2018

Elizabeth Quinn

Elizabeth Quinn

Elizabeth is a Melbourne writer and blogger. She is the founder of www.diywoman.net and is an aspiring children’s and YA author.

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