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Nova Weetman

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A pair of doves moved on to my balcony. I wanted them gone – then they started nesting

A pair of doves moved on to my balcony. I wanted them gone – then they started nesting
23.03.2025 10

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Nova Weetman

Remnants of the Ash Wednesday bushfire now live with me, and are a haunting connection to that time

16.02.2025 20

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Early morning swimmers like myself know: once you start, it’s not so hard

11.01.2025 3

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Sharp and curious, my 85-year-old neighbour wades into conversations with a joyful openness

My friendships have mostly been with people of a similar age, but that all changed when my 85-year-old neighbour left a CD in my letterbox after...

01.01.2025 20

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Women’s body hair shouldn’t be controversial. It’s time to stop policing our physical choices

Growing up in the 1980s, all the teenage girls I knew shaved their legs and their armpits as soon as they could. I was 15 when I started. I...

19.12.2024 30

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We all have life stories, we just need to learn how to tell them

As a children’s author, I often visit schools for one-off writing workshops or small residencies but rarely do I have the opportunity to work with...

12.11.2024 3

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The first broad beans of spring take me back to my childhood garden – and my mum

As a child, I spent most days outside with my hands in the dirt. When I wasn’t reading, I was gardening, which seems incongruous now because I live...

29.10.2024 2

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