Writer Jan Cornall tells how the red trees and orange canyons of the West MacDonnell Ranges inspired her imagination, and lets those of us who have never been to the heart of our desert country in on the natural beauty and native hospitality we're missing.
15 Jun 2007 12:00
Jan Cornall
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Writing and Publishing
Last year, writer Jan Cornall and walking guide Raymond Hawkins took a group of writers from the NSW Writers Centre, along the Larapinta Trail in the West MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs. Jan has been promising to write about it for Arts Hub ever since. In June they are set to head out again so Jan recalls some of the highlights of last year’s trip.
“Writing requires courage and effort. Each day is like going to catch fish in the desert.”
Jan Cornall is a writer/performer who leads writing retreats in inspiring international locations - Bali, Fiji, Laos, Morocco, Burma. She has written for theatre and film, and her novel, Take Me To Paradise is set in Bali between the bombings of 2002 and 2005. Jan is currently working on a short story anthology with Indonesian author Triyanto Triwikromo and a Vietnam/Cambodia travel memoir.
