The community campaign to stop the Tamar Valley pulp mill is central to the essay Writing for my life that is included in this 2009 issue of Island. It’s a campaign that has provided both writing material, writing opportunities, and publishing successes over the last 14 years, and it still cannot be considered over:

“. . . neither did we imagine the fight to prevent it happening might come to dominate our lives, be central to several state political scandals, or take five years. And counting.”