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1 Australia’s Small Writers Festivals Face an Uncertain Future Lisa Dempster , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2021; 'The Wollongong and Feminist writers festivals presented smart digital programs in a very hard year, but have both since closed due to lack of funding. Massive cultural reform is needed to prevent more losses in the sector.' (Introduction)
1 Lisa Dempster Lisa Dempster , 2016 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Signed, Sealed, Delivered : From Women of Letters 2016; (p. 3-8)

'In my late twenties I was overwhelmed with depression. I drank a lot, pulled away from friends, spent way too much time alone, couldn't find a job and eventually found myself on the dole and unable to take care of myself. My world shrank and shrank and I started thinking about ways to end it all. ' (Introduction)
1 Untitled Lisa Dempster , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 14 2012; (p. 25)
— Review of Stiff Shane Maloney , 1994 single work novel
1 Literary Participation At the Digital Frontier Lisa Dempster , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 128 2012; (p. 116-129) 'Lisa Dempster is the director of the Emerging Writers' Festival. Physically based in Melbourne, the festival has also hosted satellite events in Sydney and Brisbane and is a leading example of how to foster literary participation online.' (Editor's abstract, 116)
1 Creative Commonsense Lisa Dempster , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , May no. 196 2010; (p. 12)
1 What's On at the Emerging Writers Festival? Lisa Dempster , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , May vol. 16 no. 4 2010; (p. 18)
1 Foreword Lisa Dempster , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing [2010] 2010; (p. 7-11)
1 Voiceworks Then and Now Lisa Dempster , 2009 single work prose
— Appears in: The Words We Found : The Best Writing from 21 Years of Voiceworks Magazine 2009; (p. 9-11)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Words We Found : The Best Writing from 21 Years of Voiceworks Magazine Lisa Dempster (editor), Melbourne : Express Media , 2009 Z1736531 2009 anthology poetry short story prose
1 3 y separately published work icon Neon Pilgrim Lisa Dempster , Footscray West : Aduki Independent Press , 2009 Z1620029 2009 single work single work autobiography 'Unfit and unmotivated, Dempster was an unlikely candidate for a gruelling outdoor adventure. But in 2008 when her life needed a shake-up, she decided to hike the henro michi, a 1200 kilometre Buddhist pilgrimage through the mountains of Japan. Her transformation from overweight dole bludger to intrepid explorer is a witty and fascinating insight into the famed 88 Temple Pilgrimage.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 An Ugly Fairytale with an Ambiguous Ending Lisa Dempster , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Herding Kites : A Celebration of Australian Writing 2008; (p. 26-28)
1 Rite of Passage Lisa Dempster , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Ten Years of Things That Didn't Kill Us 2008; (p. 55-59)
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