Danielle Wood

‘All Kinds of Fur’

South of the Sun

South of the Sun is an enchanting illustrated book of fairy tales – but not the kind you read to children at bedtime. They are strictly for the grown-ups. Often dark, the stories visit places where things don’t end happily ever after, where a single decision can haunt you forever. But there are also tales to make you laugh out loud, stories of sweet revenge and scenes of sheer delight in the world of magic and the fey.

All the stories, lyrics and poems have something in common, a contemporary edge. Even those set in earlier times have a modern sensibility that reflects the 21st century and celebrates Australian landscapes, characters and voices.

Discover stories from emerging talent and leading award-winning Australian writers including Carmel Bird, Sophie Masson, Cate Kennedy and Eugen Bacon, along with artwork by foremost illustrators such as Lorena Carrington, Kathleen Jennings and Sarah Hart.

Prose Poems from the Maritime Museum

Island 164

A selection of writing from Danielle's Maritime Museum of Tasmania residency has been published in Island 164. Several of the poems and prose poems are illustrated by images of textile works that were the surprise creative output of the residency.

‘The Tale of Lake Pedder’

Breathing Space

Are reasons of human emotion and sentiment a sufficient basis on which to argue for the restoration of Tasmania's long-lost Lake Pedder? In this essay, published in the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's exquisite anthology Breathing Space, Danielle debates this question with herself.

‘Apple Suite’

Island 161

Inspired by the photographic collection housed in the supper room of the Glen Huon Hall, 'Apple Suite' is series of monologues telling stories from a once-prosperous fruit-growing district.

‘relinquish’

Hecate 45.1&2

A prose poem for mothers and daughters, published in the feminist literary journal, Hecate.

‘The Good Mother’

Inviting Interruptions

Originally the prologue to Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls, this cheeky rant has been included in an international anthology Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century.

‘Beyond Reason’

water[shed]

The essay 'Beyond Reason' is included in this exquisite art book which showcases the work of fifty artists from lutruwita (Tasmania) and across the world, who contributed to the water[shed] exhibition of August 2022. In 1972, Lake Pedder was drowned as part of a hydro-electric power scheme. Now that fifty years have passed, and we have embarked upon the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-30), we hope to see the political tide turn at last, and for the recovery of Lake Pedder begin.

Danielle lives and works on Mumirimina, Muwinina and Melukerdee country. She acknowledges with deep respect the Palawa people who are the traditional owners of Lutruwita/Tasmania.

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