Favourite Links

Here are some of my favourite links to sites from all over the world. I hope you will find something of interest to you. Off-site pages will open in a new window.

Faith

• Catechist Resources (my page of links useful for Catholic educators).
• June Moon Visionary Art (a free colouring book of original mandalas and harmonic landscapes).
• Sacred Space (prayer and meditation site run by the Irish Jesuits).
• St Patrick's Catholic Church (the very beautiful church in Sydney where we were married and where our son was baptised).

Australian Literature

• A.S.A. (Association for the Study of Australian Literature).
• Australian Bush Poetry, Verse & Music (collection of original and traditional Australian Bush Poetry, Verse & Music together with links to other similar Australian sites).
• Australian Government (Culture and Recreation Portal - Australian Literature).
• Australian Literature (comprehensive information about Australian authors, their works, and extracts).
• AustLit (the Resource for Australian Literature).
• Jacket (a free Internet quarterly review of new writing, with poetry, creative prose, interviews, reviews, and informative feature articles).
• National Library of Australia (guide for researching Australian Literature on the Internet).
• Text (journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs).

Native American Literature

• Aadizookaanag (traditional stories, legends and myths).
• Native American Authors Online (site which aims to make the writing of modern Native American authors, particularly the poets, both more visible and more widely available).
• Share in the Light (Native American Stories of Creation).

Writing Resources

• Internet Grammar of English (Take control of language and make it work for you).
• Missouri Review (founded in 1978, one of the most highly-regarded literary magazines in the United States, with a reputation for finding and publishing the very best writers first).
• The New Criterion (monthly review of the arts and intellectual life, advertising itself as America's foremost voice of critical dissent).
• Other Women's Voices (the writing of women who lived before 1700).
• Page One (A-Z of internet resources for authors).
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (POWA) (interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW).
• Web Del Sol (an eclectic literary system).
• The Elements of Style (on-line grammar, thesaurus, dictionary, encyclopedia and more - good resource but has an annoying pop-up).

Fiction

• Fiction Factor (the online magazine for fiction writers).
• Listology (The 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die).
• New Millenium Writings (site filled with vibrant imagery, word-craft and pure story-telling talent).
• Project Gutenberg (free books on-line: works in the public domain in Australia fifty years after the author's death).
• SurLaLune (a portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies).
• Tales collected by the Brothers Grimm (over 200 fairytales to read and remember from your childhood).

Poetry

• Archive of World Poetry @ everypoet.com (A comprehensive collection of poetry from some of history's best poets - including more than 900 poems by Wordsworth alone).
• Blackmail Press (a New Zealand poetry e-zine).
• Cider Press Review (a journal of contemporary poetry).
• Contemporary Poetry Review (resuscitating poetry criticism).
• Facture (a journal of poetry and poetics).
• The Hyper Texts (poems from classic and contemporary poets).
• RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus (for when you need to find that perfect word).
• Wondering Minstrels (expand your poetic horizons).

Web Design

• Evrsoft 1st Page HTML editor (free edition of a professional HTML editor / website builder which lets you create great websites fast).
• .dev (1st Page editor support forums).
• HTML forum.com (the most helpful website-building forum on the net).
• Web Page Design (layout and design links for website designers).
• Open Source Web Design (a wonderful collection of design ideas and free templates).

Other

• Artmagick (your source of visual intoxication).
• Birds of a Feather (a US based forum for bird enthusiasts to share their love of companion birds).
• Mary Ahonen - Cake Artistry (my mother's website, which I designed - lots of pictures of beautiful wedding cakes, birthday cakes, and special occasion cakes - she can make a gorgeous cake for any occasion and you won't be disappointed by quality or price).
• OpenOffice.org Forum (support forum for the most amazing opensource wordprocessor available).
• Wikipedia (the free internet encyclopedia).