Poet; Editor; Psychic Reader; Reiki Master; Spiritual Healer; Metaphysical Teacher and Counsellor; Teacher of Creative Writing, Reiki, Tarot, Meditation, Magick ... at Life Magic (proprietor, with Andrew E Wade); Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre (volunteer); sometimes Murwillumbah Community College (tutor).
Far north coast, NSW (Mt Warning caldera).
- About me
Born Launceston, Tasmania. Lived many years in Melbourne before going
happily tropical in 1994. Career in librarianship 1962-1980. Helped
start Poets Union of Australia in the late seventies. Pioneered poetry
workshops in prisons in the early eighties. Formed Word of Mouth Poetry
Theatre with Anita Sinclair, Ken Smeaton, Malcolm Brodie, 1986. Studied
Ceremonial Magic, Shamanism and Druidry before coming home to
Witchcraft. Wiccan Priestess and white light energy worker.
Cat lover (and certain very special dogs).
Books: Universe Cat (Melbourne, Pariah Press, 1985, OP). Small Poems of
April (Three Bridges, Vic., Abalone Press, 1991, OP). Secret Leopard:
New and Selected Poems 1974-2005 (Paris, Alyscamps Press, 2005, ISBN
0-9764509-1-7)
Names: born Rosemary Robinson; married names Rosemary Freeman
(briefly), Rosemary Nissen (longterm), Rosemary Wade (current);
professional name, as a writer and as a teacher of metaphysics, Rosemary
Nissen-Wade.
- Where I grew up
- Launceston, Tasmania
- Places I've lived
- Merbein, Vic.; Melbourne; Three Bridges (Upper Yarra Valley), Vic.
- Companies I've worked for
- Abalone Press (proprietor, with Bill Nissen); Brighton City Libraries; State Electricity Commission (Vic.); St. Kilda Public Library; Melbourne City Libraries; Victoria College (now part of University of Melbourne); Holmesglen College of TAFE; Box Hill College of TAFE.
- Schools I've attended
- Glen Dhu primary, Launceston; Launceston High School; Mildura High School; University of Melbourne; Library College, Melbourne, Vic.
- Other names
- Rosemary Robinson, Rosemary Freeman, Rosemary Nissen, Rosemary Wade
