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"Writing groups for women are not new, having been offered since the last century as a way of educating working women, or giving middle class women a political voice. However, the community writing groups run in Neighbourhood Houses, TAFEs and by U3A cater for older women now retired or alone when spouses and children no longer depend on them. This paper reports on a survey of such groups in city and country Victoria, looking at why these women begin creative writing late in life, how they view the groups and group leaders and what they write, in the context of the concept of lifelong education and the provision of intellectual activities for older women. " -- Abstract

Poetry on the internet

The authors discuss the BA (Professional Writing and Communication) degree course at the School of Communication and Information Studies, University of South Australia.

"As virtual technology evolves and its uses become more widespread, particularly in western communities, women are moving from the virtual spaces of their cultural bodies to the virtual habitats of their cyber-bodies."