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The Light and the Dark–On Democracy

Old Parliament House is a treasure of dark and light, of hope and history on the hill. Inside, time capsules hold stories of policy…

Mar 14, 2023

The Light and the Dark–On Democracy

Mar 14, 2023

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Age of Awareness

Penpals, write! How writing to strangers connects us to community.

I’m gazing into a postcard of the mountains of Massachusetts, a bookmark with an Emily Dickinson quote in my other hand: ‘It’s all I have…

Feb 20, 2021

On a white and turquoise tablecloth, my first letter is laid out. It includes a postcard of mountains, a bookmark of green fields and a Frida Kahlo transfer.

Feb 20, 2021

Anna Sublet

Wattle Day–a Spring memory.

This piece from 2015 was written some months before dad died, in the year of his last wattle and his last Father’s Day. The boy is now…

Sep 1, 2023

Wattle Day–a Spring memory.

Sep 1, 2023

Anna Sublet

The Untethering.

My child flies away, carrying my old backpack and her new dreams.

Aug 15, 2023

The Untethering.

Aug 15, 2023

Anna Sublet

‘Keep Moving through the Graveyard.’

Apr 12, 2023

‘Keep Moving through the Graveyard.’

Apr 12, 2023

Anna Sublet

The Widening Crack–

the cost of not acting on climate change.

Aug 16, 2022

The Widening Crack–

Aug 16, 2022

Anna Sublet

The Waiting

Morning walk. I wake too late to do my nature writing workshop so I decide to get out into nature instead! Head off at about 7 am…

Jun 25, 2022

The Waiting

Jun 25, 2022

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Age of Awareness

Birdsong spinning me home

When the branches of Eucalyptus botryoides fall, as they often do, they root again and continue to grow. The tree is its own ecosystem…

Jun 14, 2022

Birdsong spinning me home

Jun 14, 2022

Anna Sublet

Charting my Father’s Course

Inside the pages of the old school atlas, the small boy holds the pencil, angling it as he edges around Australia’s shores. My father’s…

May 3, 2021

Charting my Father’s Course

May 3, 2021

Anna Sublet

Dying to Have your Hair done?

When I heard a woman remark ‘I’d rather die than not have my hair done,’ I wrote the words down, stunned. It’s strange what has been…

Sep 10, 2020

Red flags mark prohibited entry to a playground. A large bowl swing hangs from chains.

Sep 10, 2020

Anna Sublet

Anna Sublet

Curious reader and undercover scribbler. Published in The Guardian, The Age, Australian Traveller, Footy Almanac, The New York Times.

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