Diana is an author, poet and playwright.
She enjoys all aspects of writing and conducts writing workshops for both adults and children.
PUBLISHED BOOKS:
“Helping Hands” (Thomson Nelson) ISBN 0-17-011576-3
“Road Safety” (Macmillan McGraw-Hill) ISBN 0-02-192631-X
“Machines around the Home” (Rigby Harcourt) ISBN978-0-7312-7367-6
“Underneath the Apple Tree”(Sapphire Coast Press) ISBN 0-9751450-1-0
“Butterflies” (Sapphire Coast Press) ISBN 0-9751450-0-2
“Beetles and Bugs” (Sapphire Coast Press) ISBN0-9751450-2-9
“The Art of Ventriloquism” Report – Teachers 4 Teachers Publications Pty Ltd
“A Living Fossil” Report – Teachers 4 Teachers Publications Pty Ltd
PUBLISHED POETRY:
Inclusion in “Friday the 13th”, poem anthology compiled by ACT Writers Centre – Poets’ Lunch 2009 (Boris Books) ISBN 978 1 876668 20 4
Inclusion of Short Story “Australian Love Story” in Right Words at the Right Time (Simon & Schuster) ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-9743-5
Inclusion in “The Green Fuse”, poetry anthology compiled by Varuna, the Writers’ House and the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival, 2010
Inclusion in “From the Heart – an Anthology of Animal Stories and Poems” compiled by Animal Welfare League Far South Coast Branch
celebrating their 10th anniversary, 2011.
June 2011, One of the 8 winners in the Wagga Wagga Bus Shelter Poetry Competition , Booranga Writers’ Centre
JUDGING:
Judge – Sapphire Coast Anglican College K – 6 Writing Competition 2010
Judge – Feast of Poetry, Cooma – Childrens’ Section K – Yr 12, 2010 and 2011
Judge – U3A “With the Future in Mind” Poetry Competition 2010
Co-Judge ACT Writers Centre Childrens’ Book Award 2012
POETRY AND SHORT STORY PRIZES:
* Highly Commended in the Fellowship of Australian Writers North Shore Regional 2010 Short Story Competiton – Category B
*Eastwood/Hills FAW 2011 Literary Competition – Memoirs Category
Commended “Two Little Kids, A Dividing Fence and a Psssionfruit Vine”
*2012 – First Prize, Open Section, Feast of Poetry Cooma – poem “Madame Bovine”
*2012 – Third Place, HIV/AIDS – All In A Day’s Script – competition – poem “Black”
May 2013 – First Prize Blue Fringe Literary Awards – poem “The Black Dog”
May 2013 – Shortlisted – Perfex Literary Awards “Memoir” competition
OTHER ADVENTURES IN WRITING:
2012 – National Year of Reading Ambassador – Merimbula library
2012 – Creative Writing Facilitator – Bega & Bermagui Libraries
March 2013 – Online publication – ABC Open “Going Down the Brown”
May 2013 – Online Publication – ABC Open “Show Me the Money”
July 2013 _ Online Publications – ABC Open “Dear Husband” and “Love Bites”
Short and Sweet Festival – 10 minute play “Home Sweet Home” chosen for production
Short and Sweet Festival – 10 minute play “Hop To It” chosen for production
Diana Harley 