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Anna Sublet

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…

5 min readMar 14, 2023

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The Light and the Dark–On Democracy

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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…

6 min readFeb 20, 2021

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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.

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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…

3 min readSep 1, 2023

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Wattle Day–a Spring memory.

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Anna Sublet

The Untethering.

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

4 min readAug 15, 2023

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The Untethering.

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Anna Sublet

‘Keep Moving through the Graveyard.’

2 min readApr 12, 2023

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‘Keep Moving through the Graveyard.’

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Anna Sublet

The Widening Crack–

the cost of not acting on climate change.

3 min readAug 16, 2022

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The Widening Crack–

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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…

4 min readJun 25, 2022

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The Waiting

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Anna Sublet
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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…

4 min readJun 14, 2022

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Birdsong spinning me home

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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…

5 min readMay 3, 2021

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Charting my Father’s Course

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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…

3 min readSep 10, 2020

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

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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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