Elvis and Me, Gillian Wills

Elvis and Me, Gillian Wills Elvis and Me: How a world-weary musician and a broken racehorse rescue each other: Finch Publishing.

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A world-weary musician and a broken racehorse rescue each other in this inspirational memoir about second chances. At 56 years of age, Gillian Wills bought her first horse on a whim. Elvis was emaciated, scarred, unruly, saddle-phobic and imbued with attitude. However, she sensed in him the remnants of a fierce pride that resonated with her own almost-lost sense of self-worth, depl

eted after leaving a high status job as in Melbourne to move across the country with her partner to Queensland. Owning a horse pushed the need for paddocks to the top of Gillian's wish list. Since her artist partner also craved land on which to build a studio, they bought a dilapidated weatherboard farmhouse on 2.5 acres and swapped city living in Brisbane for the pleasures of semi-rural Ransome.

04/05/2026
Stunning event with Queensland Conservatorium students and graduates and Steve Newcombe who performed on piano and arran...
04/05/2026

Stunning event with Queensland Conservatorium students and graduates and Steve Newcombe who performed on piano and arranged Andrew Ford’s Red Dirt Hymns a secular songbook intended to draw communities together. This interpretation was jazz focussed and much enjoyed by the crowd.

Opera Queensland’s Bel Canto Festival is a paean to beautiful singing and the infinitely variable, expressive power of the human voice. Programming included a recital of Renaissance madrigals in association with Ensemble Q, Rossini’s opera La Cenerentola, the same composer’s challenging Le Pet...

A charming thoughtful selection of poetic reflections by Sarah Todman. Find this on Amazon. .harding.3781 .wr...
28/04/2026

A charming thoughtful selection of poetic reflections by Sarah Todman. Find this on Amazon.

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26/04/2026

A good opportunity for aspiring sopranos, altos, tenors and basses.

26/04/2026

David Kram is giving a free masterclass at 4MBS studio on the 7 May. He founded the company More Than Opera in Melbourne and also a grant for young singers to perform with German Opera Company for a year.

21/04/2026

Aussie author section at Readings, Hawthorn, Melbourne. I went there to say hello because I’m launching a new edition of Elvis and Me: how a musician and a broken racehorse rescued each other, Hawkeye Publishing at 6pm on the 18 August.

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