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Bert Spinks is a writer, poet, storyteller and bushwalking guide from Launceston, Tasmania. He finds stories in all sorts of places. He is chasing local lore through his "Field Guide to Falling in Love in Tasmania", and has roamed the world looking for good beer to spin yarns about. He writes short fiction, has performed poetry everywhere from Latvia to Los Angeles, and contributes to a blog about the great sport of Aussie Rules football. In 2014, he was the first recipient of the Woods Conservation Fellowship in Santa Cruz County, California, and spent a month on a flower farm learning about the ecological history of the region. See his work at www.storytellerspinks.com.


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The Plague of Blackberries

As the emus left, the blackberries arrived...
  • Agency for the Understanding of Terrain
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Bert Spinks

October 1, 2016
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Meditations on Winter Customs

Short days and long nights can be bring familiarity and meaning.
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  • Issue Forty Two
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Bert Spinks

May 1, 2016
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James Kelly – The Father and Founder of Whaling

The tale of a master sailor and whaler: "Perhaps no person was more generally known by name at least, both in and out of the...
  • Issue Thirty Nine

Bert Spinks

December 1, 2015
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The Arrival of Hops and the Family of Water Willie

"And although Ebenezer was producing an intoxicant that (it could be said) created negative social effects throughout his native island, he was a godly man..."
  • Issue Thirty Two
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Bert Spinks

April 30, 2015
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The First Muslims in Tasmania

Saib Sultan and Zimran Youram were the first Muslims in Tasmania. One survived a shipwreck, the other was a convict...
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  • Issue Twenty Seven
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Bert Spinks

December 15, 2014

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