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Nova Weetman

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Remnants of the Ash Wednesday bushfire now live with me, and are a haunting connection to that time

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The Guardian

Nova Weetman

Early morning swimmers like myself know: once you start, it’s not so hard

11.01.2025 10

The Guardian

Nova Weetman

I have a pair of magic pants. They once transformed me, now they haunt me

Every six months or so, I empty my wardrobe and cull anything that is unlikely to be worn again. I’ll start with the colourful items that have...

06.01.2025 1

WA Today

Nova Weetman

I have a pair of magic pants. They once transformed me, now they haunt me

Every six months or so, I empty my wardrobe and cull anything that is unlikely to be worn again. I’ll start with the colourful items that have...

06.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nova Weetman

I have a pair of magic pants. They once transformed me, now they haunt me

Every six months or so, I empty my wardrobe and cull anything that is unlikely to be worn again. I’ll start with the colourful items that have...

06.01.2025 4

The Age

Nova Weetman

I have a pair of magic pants. They once transformed me, now they haunt me

Every six months or so, I empty my wardrobe and cull anything that is unlikely to be worn again. I’ll start with the colourful items that have...

06.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Nova Weetman

Sharp and curious, my 85-year-old neighbour wades into conversations with a joyful openness

My friendships have mostly been with people of a similar age, but that all changed when my 85-year-old neighbour left a CD in my letterbox after...

01.01.2025 20

The Guardian

Nova Weetman

Women’s body hair shouldn’t be controversial. It’s time to stop policing our physical choices

Growing up in the 1980s, all the teenage girls I knew shaved their legs and their armpits as soon as they could. I was 15 when I started. I...

19.12.2024 2

The Guardian

Nova Weetman

We all have life stories, we just need to learn how to tell them

As a children’s author, I often visit schools for one-off writing workshops or small residencies but rarely do I have the opportunity to work with...

12.11.2024 2

The Guardian

Nova Weetman

The first broad beans of spring take me back to my childhood garden – and my mum

As a child, I spent most days outside with my hands in the dirt. When I wasn’t reading, I was gardening, which seems incongruous now because I live...

29.10.2024 3

The Guardian

Nova Weetman