Ann Vickery

Dec 8, 2024 | theconversation.com | Ann Vickery

As a way to gather poetry from across a career, a “selected” is not as unwieldy or as final-sounding as a “complete” or “collected” edition. The even more popular “new and selected” helps old poems reach a new audience, while offering established readers some of the poet’s latest work. As Jill Jones notes in her latest collection, Acrobat Music: New and Selected Poems, there are practical issues as well. Poetry volumes tend to go out of print and are unlikely to be digitised.

Dec 8, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Ann Vickery

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Oct 23, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Ann Vickery |Hannah Kingston |Daniel Holmes

Five government programs were recognised for their impact on the Australian community at last night’s Spirit of Service Awards. The Spirit of Service Awards recognise public sector initiatives driving positive change in the community. Awards are given for the categories of learning, collaboration, community engagement and breakthrough. The discretionary Kerry Kennedy Award celebrates small organisations or agencies that achieve excellence by collaborating and thinking outside of the box.

Oct 21, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Assel Mussagulova |Colette Einfeld |Ann Vickery |Hannah Kingston

Empathy is a critical component of human interactions. It is an innate skill that helps people connect, understand, and appreciate the feelings and experiences of others. In doing so, it helps establish trust and promote cooperative behaviour. For many of us, empathy is so natural that we may only reflect on it when it is absent.

Oct 20, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Melissa Coade |Julian Bajkowski |Ann Vickery |Hannah Kingston

Dr. Vanessa Picker, who is running as an Independent candidate for Brindabella in the ACT Legislative Assembly, has conquered many challenges in her 33 years. Working her way up the rungs of seniority in the worlds of policy, bureaucracy and the academy, she already has a PhD in social intervention and policy evaluation from Oxford under her belt and was South Australia’s 2013 ‘Young Australian of the Year’. So why has a tilt in the Territory elections been so tough?