Writers Night Anthology - Part 4 Robyn Coleman's Travel Blog

Robyn Coleman is a retired GP and Occupational Medicine Physician whose art work featured at our Visual Arts Night earlier this year.
Robyn has recently added travel writing to her list of creative interests and treated us with a post from her new blog at Writer's Night last month.
To read "Ancient Olympia Comes to Life", the work Robyn presented at Creative Doctors Writers Night 2015, go to her blog travelwritingwithvictoriarobyn

Writers Night Anthology - Part 3: Pumpkin Soup

There's a new story on the Original Words page. Click here  to find it. It's the one I read at the Writers Night this year. It's a bit wicked and, before you ask, all the characters are entirely fictitious!
Writing short stories and poetry is something I do for my own pleasure. It gives me a sense of achievement and provides me with a place to anchor all the free floating emotions dislodged by my challenging day job.
I'd like to be a real writer one day but I guess I'll have to hurry if that's ever going to happen. In the meantime I'm just doing it for fun.

Logo, Logo, Logo!!!!

Gillian Corban of Corban and Blair

A couple of months ago we announced that Creative Doctors needs a logo. We need a logo for our letterhead, our blog and for banners to fly at our events.
We have had a couple of great suggestions so far but we want more to choose from so we are finally announcing that THE COMPETITION IS ON!!
We have a judge (Gillian Corban from Corban and Blair, a Sydney based company that specialises in great design and custom made products)  and a prize (a voucher from that same company)
We need something bright and snappy that reflects the links between medicine and creativity and that will easily translate to a poster or a banner.
Send your entry to janorman@mccauleysoftware.com  by 30th July 2015 to be in the running.
We'll announce the winner in August and your work will be immortalised through Creative Doctors!

Announcing Creative Doctors First Ever POETRY SLAM!

Dr Mariam Chaalan

We've got new blood and new blood brings great new ideas...so we're having a POETRY SLAM!
Want to know what it is? Check out the Australian Poetry Slam website at the end of this link. Watch some slam poets at work and decide whether its your kind of entertainment or better still, if you can do it too!
Dr Mariam Chaalan has found us the perfect slam venue in the Red Rattler Theatre in Marrickville and invited a couple of very special guests, slam poets Will Small and Jonathon Davis (click on their names to see them at work)
Go to the Events Page of this blog for more details.See you in Marrickville on 30th July

Writer's Night Anthology - Part 2: Poetry by Brendan McPhillips

Brendan performing at Camelot 2014

Brendan McPhillips is a Sydney based GP psychotherapist whose interests extend to writing poetry and prose, and improvised performance. He has been involved in improvised theatre for over a decade in a group now called the Out of the Box Theatre Company (formerly Paperbag Playback) which relies on techniques of spontaneous response as a way of honouring the everyday events of our lives http://outoftheboxtheatre.com.au/
There is a clear connection between these personal interests and Brendan's professional life

Brendan's contribution to writer's night was a very beautiful and personal poem about his relationship with his "goddaughter" You can find Brendan's poem on the Original Words Page of this blog