Members' Online Acknowledgments

 Lynne Cairns

Lynne Cairns writes historical fiction and Western Australian history. While employed at the West Australian Maritime Museum she researched and wrote books about WA shipwrecks and the World War II Allied submarine base at Fremantle. She has published two historical novels set in WA’s early years, Cast Away and  Where Wild Black Swans are Flying,  and is working on a murder mystery/romance novel of the Western Australian gold rush. She is a trained graphic designer and fine artist and for many years played the bagpipes. Find more about Lynne and read her blog at <lynnecairns.com>, or follow her on Facebook.

Asha Rajan

Asha is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction. She is currently working on a novelette that grew from a series of flash fiction pieces. Asha is published in a variety of places including Modern Loss, PANK, Dead Housekeeping, YeahWrite and SheKnows.

She blogs at https://asharajanwriter.wordpress.com.

You can follow Asha on Twitter @asha_on_45.

Betty Pyke

Prior to joining SWWWA, I was a member of the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writing Centre. Using the skills learnt there, I published eleven short stories within the group’s anthologies.

In 2022, I compiled and published a KSP member’s memoirs. She wrote short reflections of her life coping with other family members’ addiction to alcoholism, hoping they would resonate with others and encouraging them to seek help to find their voice.

My late mother’s memoirs are now attracting my attention and I am compiling them into a book for the benefit of her descendants. She wrote these stories whilst a member of SWWWA Papermates Writing Circle in the 1990s.

My childhood memories and those of my brothers growing up in the Sydney Quarantine Station in the 50s are also receiving attention this year.

I have previously researched and compiled a book of poetry written by my mother. The Wagtail’s Tale, published in 2019, as well as my father’s POW Diary kept at Changi during WWII. This book challenged my research and investigative skills over several years and I published it in 2021.

The Wagtail’s Tale and Roll On are available from Betty via email bettypyke@gmail.com

or Amazon: The Wagtail’s Tale

Amazon: ROLL ON…A Changi POW Remembers

Or e-book: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074253