And now for something completely different! This is my first novel, after four poetry books.
It’s available on Amazon here.
The cover photograph is by my grand-daughter Rosalie Ritter-Jones.
Author: maryjonesthewriter
‘Mountain Secrets’ Anthology
Mountains are constant but continually changing. Captive to the seasons, they reveal many faces: in winter shrouded in snow and mist, yet so visibly majestic in the summer months that they appear to touch the sky. Lost in clouds at times, so discernible at others. Places of solitude yet at the mercy of mountaineers who swarm them. Both revered and feared; mystical and earthy; elusive but tangible. Does the mystery of mountains lie in the many paradoxes that surround them? Join more than 150 poets from across Australia in a tantalising exploration of mountains around the world, real and imagined, literal and figurative.
This is the Ginninderra Press anthology ‘Mountain Secrets’. It includes my poem ‘Tai Shan’.
The anthology is available here.
Wyndham Awards Anthology Launch
The Wyndham Writing Awards Anthology was launched on November 7th. It contains all the shortlisted works in the Short Story, Poetry, Flash Fiction and Graphic Short Story categories of the 2019 Writing Awards. It includes my short story ‘Graffiti’.
Poems and Short Stories
I’ve had poems accepted for The Mozzie, Unusual Works, and the Ginninderra Press anthology ‘Mountain Secrets’.
My short story ‘Graffiti’ has been shortlisted for the Wyndham Writing Awards and will appear in their anthology.
Pocket Poets: Cast of Supporting Characters
My second book in the Ginninderra Press Pocket Poets series, Cast of Supporting Characters, is now available. It can be ordered from the Ginninderra Press website here.
The 20 poems explore the viewpoints of the ‘supporting characters’ in the title, giving a sometimes unexpected twist to stories from literature, plays, the Bible, Shakespeare and history. The stories and characters may be well-loved or less familiar, but I hope all of them gain something from having a quirky sideways spotlight turned on them.
You can read one of these poems on the Extract of the Month page, here.
Aesthetica Magazine Anthology, and New Collection
The poem ‘You Are…’ which won me the Kathryn Purnell Poetry Award, has now been selected to be included in Aesthetica Magazine’s Creative Writing Award Anthology, which will be coming out by the end of the year.
The collection ‘Cast of Supporting Characters’ has been accepted by Ginninderra Press for publication in their ‘Pocket Poets’ series. This is a collection of 20 poems giving a sideways look at lesser-known or neglected characters from plays, literature and history. (This includes two characters, Lord Bracknell and Godot, who famously don’t appear at all in the plays in which they’re referenced!)
Poetica Christi Anthology
My poem ‘Dune Shadows’ has been chosen by the judge of this year’s Poetica Christi Press poetry competition for inclusion in the 2018 anthology ‘Interludes’. The poem was originally inspired by an oil painting of the same title by John Whitelaw (shown left), and was performed in December 2017 at an ekphrastic poetry event at the Boathouse Art Gallery in Frankston.
You can read the poem on the Extract of the Month page, here.
Ginninderra Press ‘Wild’ Anthology
Ginninderra Press is celebrating 10 years in Adelaide with an anthology of poems, chosen from poets published by them.
The anthology is available here.
My poem ‘Invasion’ (published in the Pocket Poets collection ‘Second Person Singular’) is included in the anthology. Two other poets from the Mornington poetry workshop ‘Peninsula Poetica’, Avril Bradley and Ann Simic, are also included. All three of us descended on Adelaide in July, to attend the launch and read our poems.
Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize
My poem ‘You Are…’ won first prize in the Society of Women Writers’ Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize. The poem is included in my current collection ‘Lines Waving’, and will also be published in the second edition of the SWWV Journal ‘Sparx’, which is due to be launched at the end of November.
New Book – Lines Waving
We now have copies available of my new Poetry collection, ‘Lines Waving’. This is my third poetry book, my second full-length collection.
It’s available online at the Lulu site, link here
In due course, it will also be available on Amazon and as an e-book.
The cover design is by my grand-daughter Penelope Ritter-Jones, who did the design for my Ginninderra Press Pocket Poets booklet, ‘Second Person Singular’. It follows a similar structure to my own design for my first collection, ‘Lines Dancing’.
All three books are available through the BOOKS page on this site.
