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Books and writing

I love what we just did

I love what we just did

by Jac Tomlins · Jul 6, 2017

On Tuesday morning, I was extremely excited and enormously relieved to reach the target for my crowd-funding campaign. The campaign was to cover the costs of self-publishing, ‘The Curse of Grandma Maple!’ a book for primary school kids that features a rainbow family. That evening – happily exhausted – I wrote this to say,  ‘Thank […]

Filed Under: Books and writing, Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: rainbow families

A New Book for Rainbow Families

A New Book for Rainbow Families

by Jac Tomlins · Jun 13, 2017

‘The Curse of Grandma Maple!’ I’ve written a book for rainbow families – this time for the kids and their friends. It’s a fun, fast-paced mystery adventure about two Australian kids, Connor and Sam, and their Canadian cousins. I’ve decided to self-publish and I’m running a crowd-funding campaign to cover the costs. If you click […]

Filed Under: Books and writing, Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: Gay Dads Australia, Rainbow Families Community, Rainbow Families Victoria

Football, Feminism and From the Outer

Football, Feminism and From the Outer

by Jac Tomlins · Apr 4, 2016

Nicole Hayes and I first met in 2001 at Varuna, ‘The National Writers’ House’, in Katoomba NSW.  We were both recipients of a fellowship for ‘emerging writers’ and I recall a glorious week of uninterrupted writing time, one-on-one professional editing and elaborate evening meals cooked by somebody else. Sarah says that whenever she tried to […]

Filed Under: Books and writing Tagged With: From the Outer, Homophobia in sport

A safe and welcoming space…

by Jac Tomlins · Oct 29, 2013

This week’s blog is an important one. It’s about a long-standing Melbourne institution that’s been supporting the LGBTIQ community – and Rainbow Families – for over twenty years and which now needs the community’s support. Crusader Hillis and his partner, Rowland Thomson, own and run the bookshop, café, bar and venue, Hares & Hyenas in […]

Filed Under: Books and writing, Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: Hares and Hyenas, Queer bookshop

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