Blood Plums (Signed by the author)

Signed by author. New poetry collection by Australian poet Lorraine McGuigan. Lorraine has read her poetry at Melbourne venues like Molly Bloom’s, Melbourne Poets Union, The Dancing Dog and The Society of Women Writers (Vic); also in Ballarat, Castlemaine and Guildford. She has been a Featured Reader in several Writers Festivals. Her first poetry collection, What the Body Remembers, shared 2nd place in the Anne Elder Award 2004. Extracts were read in three ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Poetica programs. Two years after her husband’s death, Lorraine joined the Ballarat Branch of Solace and recently undertook training as a Support Worker. It is most rewarding to help those who are widowed, the way she herself has been helped.051214