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Are stories harmful? While visiting a friend, I picked up Yuval Harari’s latest book and was intrigued by an essay titled: Life Is Not A Story[1].  As a medical doctor who sees the consequences [...]

In this brand new experimental and experiential writing course we will explore our relationship with the natural world. We have done damage to ourselves and our home, the earth, by constructing [...]

Last month, 18 LRC members read their poetry - many from the anthology - at the McGregor Poetry Festival

It’s a topical issue in the world – who do we allow to cross our borders? What entry criteria determine our choices? We face exactly those dilemmas when reading and listening to others’ life [...]

Just over a year ago, a group of writers helped me to raise funds to form the Life Righting Collective. The main aim was to assist disadvantaged writers. We felt strongly that we should also [...]

We are pleased to say that the LRC anthology This Is How It Is  is on track, with the expected date for printing in May. We’ve been advised by our publisher at Jacana to hold the date of [...]

I am a writer who is also a doctor, interested in what helps us heal. I have used writing as a tool and resource to help me find out more about what I am thinking and feeling, to explore the [...]

This is the first time the Life Righting Collective has published stories, and every aspect of the process has brought up interesting questions. Editing someone else’s work can present dilemmas. [...]

Dear Life Righting Collective friends and members, Some of you will have heard the good news that Jacana is partnering us for the printed anthology. Publication date is set for May. We are [...]

“To Get To The Moon is an example of how I took a real traumatic event that is disturbing, and extrapolated it into a completely fictional scenario. In the process I explored the feelings [...]