Victoria WellsMar 22, 20201 minA book is a place to go when we can not go anywhereHello, it is with great sadness that I have decided to cancel the last Shared Reading Circles of this term. Our Premier, Dan Andrews has...
Victoria WellsNov 9, 20191 minLast Shared Reading Circle of 2019This year has been extraordinary. It was this time last year I started to work towards an incorporated not for profit that brought the j...
Victoria WellsAug 21, 20192 minReading A Very Short Introduction by Belinda JackLast week I heard Belinda Jack on the Book Hub on RN. An academic who thinks a lot about how we read. The book takes us through the his...
Victoria WellsJun 18, 20192 minFeatured Poet: Louis MacneiceLouis Macneice's last poem was Thalassa. It was found amongst his possessions after his death in 1963. Macneice, a friend and contempor...
Victoria WellsMar 31, 20191 minNewsletter 2Today is Neighbour Day. To assist in celebrate this I attended a Neighbour Day event in Lancefield. I was there promoting Shared Readin...
Victoria WellsMar 21, 20191 minWorld Poetry Day Featured Poet - Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath, born in the US, studied in the US and the UK, married to Ted Hughes, often see as a tortured soul. The poetry she produced...
Victoria WellsMar 16, 20191 minNew Service - One on one bibliotherapyBibliotherapy is a term composited from 'biblio' meaning books and therapy meaning a treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. I...
Victoria WellsFeb 28, 20194 minInternational Women's Day (8 March)Next Friday 8 March 2019 is International Women's Day. This day always reminds me of the time, in the early 1980's when I started to bec...
Victoria WellsFeb 11, 20191 minNew Shared Reading GroupsLast week saw the start of two new Shared Reading Groups in Woodend and Lancefield. Both groups went really well. A good start; we can ...
Victoria WellsDec 5, 20181 minFeatured Poem - A Lazy ThoughtThis time of year can be overwhelming. The combination of end of year, end of school and often moving to another home, jobs, role or eve...
Victoria WellsNov 23, 20182 minFeatured Poem - Warning by Jenny JosephThe poem by Jenny Joseph, first published in 1961, is named Warning, but many people know it by its first line; "When I am old I will wea...
Victoria WellsNov 11, 20181 minAustralian Loneliness DialogueTomorrow I am attending the Australian Loneliness Dialogue. The first conference on loneliness and social isolation in Australia. Frien...
Victoria WellsNov 10, 20181 minWar PoetryPoet as Hero by Wilfred Sassoon You've heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented, Mocking and loathing War: you've asked me why Of my o...
Victoria WellsOct 30, 20181 minWhy poetry matters"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." Robert Frost Poetry is the way that we open ourselves ...