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Colleen Moyne

A memoir in poetry and prose

Called to Coddiwomple

The memoir in poetry and prose from Australian writer and poet Colleen Moyne, published by Ginninderra Press.

Cover of Called to Coddiwomple by Colleen Moyne: a white campervan parked on a red dirt road stretching to the horizon under a wide blue sky.

Ginninderra Press · 2023 · Paperback · 84 pages · ISBN 9781761095528

Called to Coddiwomple follows Colleen Moyne through memories of family and country South Australia to the beginning of her nomadic life in her campervan, Trevor.

It moves between memory and the present tense of travel: family, country childhoods, ageing, change, self-discovery, and the particular clarity that arrives when you have sold most of what you own and pointed the van at the horizon.

It is, in the end, a book about coming of age at every age — and about learning to write the truest version of a thing rather than the tidiest one.

The title comes from a lovely, whimsical word: to coddiwomple is to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination — which is exactly what these pages do.

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The word

What does coddiwomple mean?

To coddiwomple is to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague or as-yet-unknown destination — which is exactly how Colleen wrote this book, from a campervan named Trevor.

Where can I buy Called to Coddiwomple?

Called to Coddiwomple is published by Ginninderra Press, where paperback copies are available, and it can be read as an ebook on Everand. Signed copies come direct from Colleen through the contact form on this website.

Can I get a signed copy?

Yes. Send Colleen a note through the contact form and she will arrange a signed copy with you directly — she answers her own email.

What kind of book is it?

A memoir told in poetry and prose — 84 pages that move between memory and the present tense of travel, from family and country South Australia to life on the road. Published by Ginninderra Press in 2023.

About the author

Colleen Moyne

Colleen Moyne is an Australian writer and poet travelling the country full-time in a campervan called Trevor, with her greyhound, Winter. Her work runs across poetry, memoir, travel writing and short crime and horror fiction, and has appeared in over 50 anthologies worldwide.

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