by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 4, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
Almost 100 people braved a suddenly chilly Sydney evening last night to celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day at the State Library of NSW, where Sydney PEN and the Indigenous Literacy Project had joined forces to host a panel discussion inspired by selected performances...
by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 3, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’m delighted to advise that I’m now working with Enrich Australia, a company that provides philanthropic consulting, research and training services to a variety of clients in the financial services sector and also to some not-for-profit organisations....
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 30, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
Congratulations to my former colleagues Annette Bain and Tess Russo of law firm Freehills, and the team at Company B at Belvoir Street Theatre, for winning an Australia Business Arts Foundation (ABAF) Award this week for their community partnership. A beaming Tess is...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 18, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
Gosh but it’s been chilly in the mornings at my place. So I was glad to warm my heart at the news, published in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, of the launch of Mission Australia’s new program called the Michael Project (press release here). The...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 12, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
It’s been an intense few weeks, what with my writers’ festival finale, a TV appearance, scouting for new clients, and becoming “Il Presidente” of Sydney PEN. Sad to say, I’ve also been sleeping on my sofa the past few nights, drifting off...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 6, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
Yesterday I submitted an editorial to the Sydney Morning Herald’s opinion page on behalf of Sydney PEN, trying to draw sports-mad Australians’ attention to the fact that while we’re collecting medals and worrying about internet access for foreign...