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    The Wardrobe
    The Wardrobe
    The Wardrobe
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    The Wardrobe

    By Moya Pacey

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    ‘Sit quietly with these poems and you’ll come to know how stillness can come alive with blossom, memory, playfulness, birdsong, companionship, prayer, mystery.’ – Peter Bishop, Creative Director, Varuna – The Writers’ House

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateJul 26, 2016
    ISBN9781760411701
    The Wardrobe
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    Moya Pacey

    Moya Pacey was born in Middlesbrough, an industrial town close to the dales and quaint seaside towns of North Yorkshire in the UK, but has lived in Australia since 1978. She was Head of English at two large independent schools in Canberra for many years, teaching a love of literature in general and poetry and creative writing in particular. In 2006 she was selected for a Macquarie Bank Longlines Poetry Masterclass and went to Varuna House in the Blue Mountains with five other regional poets. She won the ACT Writers Centre Poetry Prize in 2007 and was shortlisted for the David Campbell Poetry Prize in 2008. She lived in London while studying for an MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmith's College and enjoyed the interaction with other poets and creative writers and thinkers from all parts of the world. This is her first collection.

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