Carole Poustie
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer / Teacher |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Introduction | I live in a suburb of marvelous Melbourne in a house that overlooks a park full of gum trees, possums and people walking their dogs. If I feel lonely, I stand on my front porch and wave at the people walking their dogs. Sometimes I just wave at the dogs. I have plenty of company at home, apart from the occasional stray dog or stray owner. I'm lucky, because at our place there's my two teenagers, Milly - our dog, Fyodor our cat and Fizzy - our marvelous chook. When I'm not out waving on my front porch I keep myself busy by doing a bit of teaching, promoting my book - Dog Gone - writing poems, another children's novel for younger readers, articles and the odd short story. I say that because I haven't yet mastered the art of the short story. I love laughing so much I nearly wet my pants - though that could have something to do with my being a bit slack with pelvic floor exercises - and I hate cleaning the oven. Once, I met a seal on a lonely stretch of beach and it changed my life. |
| Interests | Writing, reading, going to Joan Armatrading and Bryan Ferry concerts, playing my guitar on the back deck on balmy summer nights |
| Favorite Movies | Once, As it is in Heaven, Iris, I've Loved You So Long, anything starring Judy Dench |
| Favorite Music | Anything that either gives me goosebumps or makes me want to get up and dance, but mainly Joan Armatrading and Bryan Ferry |
| Favorite Books | The Poisonwood Bible, The Secret Life of Bees, Little Bee, The Feel of Steel, The Red Shoe, Women Who Run With the Wolves, Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, Fox, John Brown Rose and the Midnight Cat |
Chicken monkey shoes?
None in my wardrobe last time I looked!