RN’s Pocketdocs is a competition for true short stories around the theme ‘secrets revealed’.  Continue reading →

When life gives you political lemons make flash fiction! I did over at Seizure online.

Mary Magazine today published my poem ‘last night I dreamt I was driving through my dead grandad’s childhood’. Continue reading →

This month’s Sotto Magazine includes my poem ‘in the name of‘.  Continue reading →

Flasher fiction are short bursts of fiction 50-500 words long. Check out my piece ‘Hallow’ at Seizure online.

page seventeen issue 10 launched today, including my short story ‘Once’. 

page seventeen is published by Busybird Publishing who are some the nicest darn kids in the playground, and hardworking to boot.

You should go here and buy a copy or two. 

Because I am a leopard of many spots who sports various hats (as well as being a first-class mixer of metaphors) I’m into diversifying my writing styles.

Here’s a freestylin’ freeformin’ poetry piece I wrote for The Arts Centre Gold Coast for their Sexualising the City exhibition, which runs from October 20 – December 2. It’s a wonderful exhibition curated by the talented Virginia Rigney and explores imaging desire and the Gold Coast identity.

You can click on the pdf of the poem below or check it out on The Arts Centre Gold Coast website.

Thanks to The Arts Centre Gold Coast, where this poem first appeared.

the sex poem by Claire Varley

For almost two years I lived in a small village on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific. Here I worked with some of the most inspiring women in the world. Rightnow.org.au published a piece I wrote about the importance of women in development.

An open letter to High School PE Classes, published on ivillage.com.au

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