The sad news that the weekly newspaper The Lismore Echo will cease to print, heralds good news for The Lismore App.

Readers of Airdre Grant's weekly column 'Veranda Talk' in the Lismore Echo will be happy to know that Airdre is bringing her insightful musings on life to The Lismore App.

Airdre's column will now feature each Thursday in The Lismore App, beginning today, Thursday, June 11.

Read Airdre's column in The Lismore App Blog section: Veranda Talk by Airdre Grant: The pearl in the mud

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Dr Airdre Grant is a Kiwi by birth, resident in Lismore for many years now.

She is a writer and columnist and wrote the popular column Veranda Talk over the last three years for The Lismore Echo which had many dedicated followers.

She wrote Stumbling Stones A Path through Grief Love and Loss in 2016.

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