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Emma McGeorge—2017 NZ Basil Sellers Young Writer Award

Emma McGeorge—2017 NZ Basil Sellers Young Writer Award

MAF's Emma McGeorge based in PNG, from Auckland New Zealand is the celebrated winner of the 2017 New Zealand $1000 'Basil Sellers Young Writer' Award presented on Saturday at the annual Young Writers' Conference ....

  • Footplate Padre—steam days out west

    New South Wales Government Railways locomotive crews in the days of steam out the back blocks of the state such as at Nyngan Locomotive Depot—everyone worked together to get their trains over long difficult dusty destinations, especially in midsummer.

  • Queensland young writers biting at the bit

    Queensland based young writers are biting at the bit to be part of the 2017 young writer conference on the Sunshine Coast at the Alexandra Park Conference Centre at Alexandra Headland on Saturday 12 August.

  • Utility term—flexible use asset

    Sometimes a terrific gem pops up in the media and you wonder why you weren't you the one to come up with such a catchy phrase. This is one that I found in my archive. News.com article on the RAAF's Multirole-Tanker is termed a “flexible use asset.”

  • I had faith, and I was not healed

    Reverend Michael Cocks editor of The Grounds of Faith based out of Christchurch, New Zealand, writers—I have a friend who is a Pentecostal missionary in Brazil, and he conducts very large meetings where those present are invited to come up for the laying on of hands and for healing.

  • Best article 'reviews' a hit

    The editors of the Press Service International young writer program with Christian Today met on 3 June at One Day in Melbourne—determined—every second week a previous 'top article' be reviewed—in the weekly young writer memo.

  • Details of the young writers conference

    The Press Service International young writer program in conjunction with Christian Today is set for Saturday, 12 August at the Alexandra Park Conference Centre at Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine Coast.

  • One week to the young writer Logies

    The Press Service International young writer program in conjunction with Christian Today has two 'statisticians' for the annual young writer conference 'awards' – one is based in Australia and the other in New Zealand.

  • Basil Sellers $2000 Midge Point Art Prize - the winner...

    Jill Liepertz's art work 'Abandoned Settlers Cottage' has won the 2017 Basil Sellers $2000 Art Prize held at the Point Tavern over the weekend – the 2017 theme was 'the outback'.

  • Footplate Padre frightened by level crossings

    As the Footplate Padre I have written on this subject of level crossings many times. This is nothing new. To illustrate, in 2010 the Tasmanian secular media highlighted level crossings with such accidents.

  • 5th Basil Sellers Art Prize – Midge Point

    The 5th The Point Tavern - Basil Sellers $2000 Midge Point Art Prize 'winner' will be announced in two days, 11.00am Saturday 29 July at The Point Tavern over a morning tea.

  • The Citroen – technologically years ahead

    This is the second time I have written of the classic Citroen DS. James May's YouTube video on the Citroen DS is introduced by looking at a wall with photographs of modern vehicles with the latest of technologies and exclaiming a question – What if all these things were in one vehicle.