Short stories, articles, poetry, broadcaster. 150 credits in publishing and competitions. Available for rewrites, editing, workshopping. Tutoring in remedial English for children and adults, TEE literature. French and German translated, some Italian and Spanish. Speaker on travel, W.A. history, grammar, punctuation and English syntax.

Published works:

Ad Astra 1: Collected Work

Ad Astra 11: Short Stories

CD (40 mins): Outback Experiences; (Life of a Station Governess)

CD (80 mins): A Collection of Broadcast Stories

Tel: (08) 9291 6533 Email: astrawarren@yahoo.com.au

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A CONFESSION TO “SCRIBBLERS ANONYMOUS”

A lover of music and language Ermyntrude Blenkinnsop has been producing Dreadful Doggerel (NOT poetry) for twenty years. Deciding to do something with her output she gathered together all the backs of envelopes into an “oeuvre” and offered it to Fremantle Arts Press. Unsurprisingly, it was turned down, but coinciding with this stage of her addiction she picked up a flyer in her local library for the Society of Women Writers and found there a warm-hearted group of supportive women.

Through this she went to the champagne launch of “Indigo” (and the food was good too) and discovered that every second person in Perth is writing something! EB has also been brave (and foolish?) enough to read aloud at Poet’s Corner in the Alexander Library, and to submit to one or two publications mentioned in the excellent SWW newsletter. She has thus been “published” in cyberspace (Australian Reader.com) and is having a lot of fun in her old age.

She can be contacted on ermintrude_b@hotmail.com, and a verse recently accepted by Australian Reader is:

ERMYNTRUDE - THE PRUDE’S PRUDE

I find modern novels decidedly wearing,

Reviews say “distinctive”, but I call it swearing …

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SHEILA BUSHBY

I have been a member of Women’s Writers WA since 1997. As I live 200 miles from Perth, I belong to a writer’s Circle and contribute to “Dreamweavers” magazine. I write short stories, poetry and articles on various subjects, including accounts of my travels to a number of overseas countries, the last of these being Nepal in 2007. I have also recently completed a children’s story.

In 2002, I won a prize for my poem “Fishing” which was also published in “Galloping On XIII.” Although I haven’t achieved a lot, I enjoy writing and battle hopefully on.