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26 January is officially 'Australia Day'.  I am Aboriginal.  Where I come from, we celebrate 'Survival Day'.  Others prefer 'Invasion Day'. — Siv Parker ( @SivParker )   January 25, 2014 To mark the 2014 Survival Day I will be telling a yarn on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, east coast, Sydney Australian time. Synopsis :  Indigenous life over the generations - from the present day to the 1950s, and further back to prior to colonisation. All links will be posted here. Storify Maisie May is here [Update: The #TweetFiction was collated for e-publication and is available for download here  ]   Writing Black- New Indigenous writing from Australia  LINKS 2014 Australian of the Year Adam Goodes mixes sorrow with celebration on Australia Day Having been crowned Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes said he was extremely honoured to receive the award, describing himself as a ''very proud indigenous man'...

" The sinister world of The Haven is ripe territory—this story is an unforgettable character study, written in a haunting noir..." Where it begins ... (free blog posts):  Icecream, Chocolate & Honey  and c ontinues with : " Nightwalkers " Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 8: Issue 6 Bruce Pascoe & Siv Parker "  This is the sixth and final issue in Volume Eight of the  Review of Australian Fiction . It contains new stories by Bruce Pascoe & Siv Parker. This volume is curated by Jennifer Mills.  " " I saw Siv Parker speak at the Emerging Writers Festival in Melbourne this year, and have been following her on Twitter ( @SivParker ) and her blog ever since. She’s such an accomplished composer in those two literary forms that I was shocked to learn that this is her first published piece. Parker heroically agreed to contribute a story at the last minute when another writer disappeared on me, so I’m extra grateful to ...