by Fiona West | Oct 24, 2016 | opinion, writing
It’s a cool autumn night in a kindly lit meeting room of an otherwise deserted hospital ward. We are sitting in our customary circle at the young women’s breast cancer support group as the convener plops a full sized Yellow Pages directory in each of our unsuspecting...
by Fiona West | Sep 1, 2016 | books, writing
As a newspaper crime reporter covering cops and courts in the 1990s and early 2000s I became aware of the name of now legendary detective Ron Iddles. The Victorian homicide detective with a 99% conviction rate was fast gaining the admiration of fellow officers, the...
by Fiona West | May 18, 2016 | books, reviews, writing
Just the mere mention of the words Tiananmen Square is enough for most Westerners to flash back to the infamous massacre of unarmed civilians on June 4, 1989 and the indelable image of “Tank Man” standing off against the PLA soldiers in the Beijing Square...
by Fiona West | Mar 23, 2016 | media, writing
You don’t have to be a novelist, poet, journalist or academic to call yourself a “writer”. Most of us frequently write in some shape or form as part of our daily lives, at work and at home. And most of us have a clear self-belief in whether we are a good “writer” or...
