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Local author Danielle de Valera’s collection of short stories: Dropping Out: a tree change novel-in-stories (https://goo.gl/FtL0zz) has just been shortlisted for the Woollahra Digital Literary Award (http://bit.ly/DLAwool). A simulacrum of someone you know might be found in one of the stories. Q Q Q Q
Just north of Grafton in Ulmarra there’s an unusual local newspaper called, appropriately enough, The Local Rag. A sign on its picket fence promotes its services with refreshing honesty: ‘Ulmarra’s leading newspaper, the major suppository of district news since 2013. Phones hacked, minorities vilified, vested interests served, elections fixed, inducements (bribes) tolerated.’ We don’t believe the paper has a website but you can avail yourself of its excellent skillset by calling 6644 4031. Q Q Q Q
Disturbingly the 2017 Sensis Social Media Report advises us that social media
John McCormick’s photo of Gia-Fu Feng on the beach in the early 80s, part of our cultural heritage. Brunswick Valley Historical Society has commissioned local filmmaker Sharon Shostak to make Mullumbimby’s Magic – the culture of the 70s–80s, following on from the success of Mullumbimby’s Madness – the legacy of the hippies. A crowdfunding campaign is underway at http://bit.ly/mullmagic, and rewards are on offer for generous donors. See more of John’s unique historical record at John W McCormick Photographer on Facebook.
usage while on the toilet is now ‘normal’ for 14 per cent of the population. It is more common among men (17 per cent v 12 per cent women) and 18–29 year olds (29 per cent). Perhaps it has even replaced reading newspapers
and novels as the chief cause of delay in access to the fam-
ily toilet. Find out more if you dare at sensis.com.au.
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The crowdfunding to pay for publishing an art-table book of works by local photographer Sean O’Shea is closing in on its target with only ten days to go. Sean’s extraordinary shots of dolphins, sunrises, sunsets, birds, and people around the Shire beaches have drawn Facebook views from millions of people worldwide, but all that online viewing doesn’t pay for his time and beach tucker. And it doesn’t create the artful beauty of high-quality printing on fine paper that these photos deserve. Take a look at www.pozible.com/project/sean-osheas-byron-bay.
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48 June 28, 2017 The Byron Shire Echo
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