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Voice
"An adventure, a home, a new skin to slide into and claim as my own…"
In writer Rijn Collins’s VOICE, a moving, honest and, at times, darkly humorous three-part memoir, we meet a young Rijn on a personal journey of discovery; a poignant search to find and accept herself. Rijn’s hunt takes her to faraway lands – from Melbourne to Belgium and Iceland (and back again), from drinking cherry beers on medieval cobblestone streets to gazing at the Northern Lights knee-deep in snow in places where "roads are rerouted to avoid underground elf homes." Punk to paganism, snow and solitude to cheery Irish pubs, Rijn knocks on the doors to belonging, identity and love through the power of language and words and her innate desire to understand both herself and others. Drawing on Rijn’s linguistic background in Flemish, Irish and Icelandic, VOICE is both a curious tour of foreign places and words as well as a triumphant journey to the heart and light.
In writer Rijn Collins’s VOICE, a moving, honest and, at times, darkly humorous three-part memoir, we meet a young Rijn on a personal journey of discovery; a poignant search to find and accept herself. Rijn’s hunt takes her to faraway lands – from Melbourne to Belgium and Iceland (and back again), from drinking cherry beers on medieval cobblestone streets to gazing at the Northern Lights knee-deep in snow in places where "roads are rerouted to avoid underground elf homes." Punk to paganism, snow and solitude to cheery Irish pubs, Rijn knocks on the doors to belonging, identity and love through the power of language and words and her innate desire to understand both herself and others. Drawing on Rijn’s linguistic background in Flemish, Irish and Icelandic, VOICE is both a curious tour of foreign places and words as well as a triumphant journey to the heart and light.
93 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2020
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About the author
Rijn Collins
5 books9 followersRijn Collins is an award-winning short story writer, published in many journals and anthologies, as well as having numerous audio stories produced: ‘Almost Flamboyant’ won the inaugural Sarah Awards for International Audio Fiction in New York. She has been a guest at many Australian writers’ festivals.
Rijn has also enjoyed two bitterly cold writing residencies: at Listhús in Ólafsfjörður, an Icelandic fishing village that inspired this work, and at Haihatus in Joutsa, a rural forest community in central Finland. She currently lives in Melbourne.
Rijn has also enjoyed two bitterly cold writing residencies: at Listhús in Ólafsfjörður, an Icelandic fishing village that inspired this work, and at Haihatus in Joutsa, a rural forest community in central Finland. She currently lives in Melbourne.
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January 3, 2023
I loved this book, Rijn's description had me right there in each country and makes me want to go back and learn the languages in my life that hold a special place in my past and in my life.
November 1, 2021
Edifying, confessional, lyrical and ultimately uplifting, this is a beautiful book. Succinct enough to be read in one sitting, it is a meal in itself and a taste of more to come.
November 4, 2021
Voice takes you to haunting and stunning locations. Voice holds you with care, creating a feeling of being beside the writer Rijn Collins as she delves into places of the mind and heart. Written with glorious flair, gentle humour, and sheer guts. Voice can be read in a day and will be a memoir I return to many times.
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