https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35724024-the-red-coast
“THE RED COAST” is the title of a novel by DI MORRISSEY. I am now about half way through reading this book. Last night = just before going to sleep – I got stuck on pages 184/185. DI MORRISSEY tells the reader about a writers’ festival in Broome where some well known authors are present. During question time Wally, a 90+ old man from the audience asks one of the authors:
“So, tell me, how would you suggest getting a book together from a whole pile of notes and letters?”
“Are they yours? Or someone else’s? You mean like compiling a family history?” replied the young author.
Wally points out that it is not just a family history but “a ripping yarn, an adventure and a mystery” which is all true and “would be a bloody good movie. But sad though.”
The author’s advice is as follows: “Start at the beginning. Pretend you are writing a letter to a friend.” And then he asks Wally: “Can you use a computer?”
Here is Wally’s answer: “Bloody oath, I’m on Facebook. – Well, computers might be all the go these days, but I reckon we should all be writing down our family stories. And even if they don’t get published, someone will find and read them. Nobody inherits emails and tweets. My wife’s family history is an oral one, so unless the stories are told to the next generation, the history will be lost. You got to keep your family’s stories.”
So DI MORRISSEY writes: “There was a burst of applause when he said this, and Wally sat back down looking pleased with himself.”
Recently I’ve been reading a lot of novels about outback Australia, wriiten by Australian authors. I find it always very interesting to learn a bit more about outback Australia. What this over ninety year old bloke says in DI Morrissey’s novel I find most interesting. For instance he says, that nobody inherits emails and tweets. This is pretty sharp, wouldn’t you think so?
https://diverstavern.com.au/event/corrugation-lines-broome-writers-festival/
Grassroot Records and Divers Tavern present a special Corrugation Lines, Broome writer’s Festival opening event. Shane Howard in Concert. The Tavern will be transformed into a seated theatre for this rare chance to see one of Australia’s treasured artists in an intimate concert. Marking 20 years since he produced the widely loved Pigram Brothers album “Saltwater Country”, Broome welcomes back the writer and poet in all his heartfelt storytelling magic. Do not miss!
The above was a Broome Writers’ Festival Event in August 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Howard
AuntyUta 