The Burns Fellow moves on

“Up north there always seems to be too much movement for water to be a perfect mirror. But each day, as I rode or walked or drove from the centre of Dunedin out to Saint Leonards where I lived throughout the fellowship, there it was: the world, reflected and still in the water. That’s what I remember most about Dunedin.”

Michele Powles tells me she wrote a lot last year. Two of her short stories have popped up on short lists for UK competitions and there are a number of other pots on the boil. But her biggest learning from a year in Dunedin has been another writerly skill: patience. That thing that makes writing a career.

Michele is back out working as an independent contractor, (http://www.michelepowles.com/), and working on her next novel.
TheBurns Fellowship will be open for applications in June. Fiona Farrell is this year’s Robert Burns Fellow.

Footnote:
The beautiful photograph above of Otago Peninsula viewed from St Leonards, Otago Harbour was taken by David Wall of davidwallphoto.com and is reproduced here with his permission. Thank you David.