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Oct 5, 20191 min read
Release date and pre-order availability for Scarred
Things are coming along very nicely with the novel my friends. We now have an official release date for both Kindle and paperback:...
Sep 12, 20191 min read
Scarred cover art released
I'm thrilled to announce the cover art for my novel has now been finished. I'm very happy with the design, and also very happy to report...
Aug 15, 20191 min read
First meeting with the office of the Minister for Corrections
Earlier this week, along with the Justice Action team, I attended a meeting at the office for the Minister for Counter-Terrorism and...
Jul 10, 20191 min read
New article up on 10 daily
Considering I've been interviewed about having prison pen-pals three times now, I thought it was high time I wrote an article about the...
Jun 17, 20191 min read
Damien Linnane featured on Justice Action
My good friends over at Justice Action have made a profile for me on their website. Justice Action is a human rights group, focusing on...
Jun 9, 20191 min read
Second article published by 10 daily
Well I did promise there would be more. I wrote my next opinion piece for 10 daily as soon as uni break hit, submitting it the day before...
May 29, 20191 min read
First art video released on YouTube
So my art account on Instagram has been doing fairly well, especially now that I’m on uni break and have finally had the time to work on...
May 8, 20191 min read
Damien Linnane published by 10 daily
Well it finally happened. I'm now a paid writer. Following my interview with 10 daily last week, I was asked if I could contribute some...
May 3, 20191 min read
Damien Linnane interviewed by 10 daily
As you may recall, I was interviewed last year by ABC News and ABC Radio Melbourne regarding the prison pen-pal ban in Victoria. Well it...
Apr 22, 20191 min read
Call for submissions to Paper Chained
Submissions for the third issue of Paper Chained are now open. Paper Chained is a journal of expression for prisoners and ex-prisoners,...
Apr 20, 20192 min read
‘Free Bobby Bostic’ now on social media
Last November I wrote a post about Bobby Bostic. Earlier last year I read about his case in an article on BBC News. Bobby was sentenced...
Apr 3, 20191 min read
Read Along Dads helps keep families together
Being a parent is never easy, or so all my friends with kids keep telling me :). But imagine being a parent from prison, with extremely...
Mar 20, 20191 min read
A second chance for Curtis Roberts
If you haven't been listening to Ear Hustle, you've been missing out. Ear Hustle is an award winning podcast about life in San Quentin...
Mar 2, 20191 min read
Artwork featured in Inside Out Issue 8
my Instagram page would know I’ve been busy pumping out new portraits. So busy in fact that only today am I discovering the last issue of...
Nov 19, 20181 min read
Paper Chained Issue 2 Out Now
The good people over at Running Wild have just released the second issue of Paper Chained, a journal of writings and artistic expressions...
Nov 8, 20181 min read
Free Bobby Bostic
I drew this picture in support of Bobby Bostic. Bobby was sentenced to 241 years in prison in Missouri for armed robbery and other...
Oct 30, 20181 min read
Sustainable Development Goals Symposium
I’ve always been involved in a lot of various projects. Among the disparaging collection of roles I play I am the convenor of the...
Sep 27, 20182 min read
2018 Prison Education Forum
Last night I attended the 2018 Prison Education Forum at Parliament House, Sydney. The forum is organised by the good people at the...
Sep 18, 20181 min read
Artwork featured in Inside Out Issue 7
Once again, my artwork has been featured in Inside Out. Inside Out is a quarterly newsletter aimed at LGBT people in prison, though is...
Sep 18, 20181 min read
Damien Linnane interviewed by ABC Radio
Richelle Hunt from ABC Radio Melbourne’s Afternoons program contacted me for an interview regarding the ban on organised pen pal programs...
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