St John of God Bendigo Hospital, May 2006

 

Stella slips into half light

silently, beckoning

 

her twin fussing

on my chest, first, as always

 

Dual delivery

breaking

 

Spiral labour

fading

 

Dawn relay

beginning

 

Dido’s Here With Me

 

Stereo Story #649

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Kate is a Central Victorian short fiction / memoir writer who grew up on the family farm in Musk before becoming a regional newspaper journalist. Her debut children’s book, Grumps and the green fishing rod, was published in May 2025. The picture book carries the stories of four generations through simple, traditional narration and stunning photographs taken in a beautiful bush setting. Kate’s short fiction, Grandma’s Gift, was published in the anthology, Mother – Memories, Moments & Stories, compiled and launched as part of the 2020 Bendigo Writers Festival programme. Her Flash Fiction, Acorn, was shortlisted for the inaugural Minds Shine Bright Writing Competition Confidence 2022 and appeared in the first MSB Confidence anthology. She is mother to a son and twin daughters.