Chris McIntosh

Local Publishing Company Takes High Dive

Local Publishing Company Takes High Dive

The High Country Writers group is an informal gathering of wordsmiths who started meeting at The Makers Shed in Glen Innes. Now, the results of their labour are set to be launched by a new publishing imprint. The group initially started meeting in mid-2019 at the original Makers Shed, a small corrugated-iron shop at the southern end of the high street of Glen Innes. In 2024, the group moved with the business to a century-old former butcher shop on the New England Highway at Deepwater, at the heart of the traditional lands of the Ngarrabul people. Participants from Glen Innes,…
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Deepwater Hall a Hive of Activity

Deepwater Hall a Hive of Activity

Deepwater celebrates community and volunteer groups Around one hundred people attended Deepwater’s first Community & Volunteer Expo on Saturday May 10, with Deepwater Hall chair Mary Hollingworth declaring the event “a stellar success”. Originally conceived as a showcase of work by the Deepwater Sewing & Quilting Group, the expo quickly grew into a whole-community event with representatives from almost every local volunteer group and community organisation in attendance. The Sewing & Quilting group displayed a wide selection of their work including quilts, babies’ clothes, knitted jumpers and decorative items. The group has met weekly for more than twenty years, and…
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