'What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an Angel! in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust?' … Continue reading
Asides
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Aside: write-up of Meg Wolitzer EIBF session
Just found this excellent write-up of the Meg Wolitzer session I chaired at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013. Cheers to Mark West and the Glasgow Review of Books.
Launching just_a_girl
Just a quick note to let you know that I'm launching Kirsten Krauth's complex, confronting, excellent debut novel just_a_girl in Castlemaine this weekend. It's only a hop from Melbourne so you should come. There will be music! See the Facebook invite here. And if you're not already following Kirsten's fantastic blog, do check it out.
SOYA + update
So I was Highly Commended for the second year in a row in the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards. Lovely. A couple of Sydney Writers' Fest posts are coming soon (after and if ever I get through my current workload). It was an amazing festival. And I get to talk to Tara Moss this Thursday … Continue reading SOYA + update
Explaining myself and my many hats
I was recently asked to write a blog post for Collaboration, the blog of the Book Industry Collaborative Council (BICC), explaining what I do and how I came to be involved in so many different facets of the book industry. It took me a while, as it felt strange to 'explain myself'! If you are curious … Continue reading Explaining myself and my many hats
You’re all winners
Halstead Press and Irma Gold are very kindly giving away copies of The Invisible Thread to every one of you (within Australia) who commented on that last post. Congratulations! I'll be contacting you shortly for your addresses.
Perth Writers Festival 2013
I'm extremely pleased to be invited back to the Perth Writers Festival in February 2013. The full program will be released in January but you can view a list of writers who will be attending here. It includes Margaret Atwood, Kunal Basu, James Meek, Anna Funder, Isobelle Carmody, Lawrence Norfolk, Anne de Courcy, Michael Leunig, … Continue reading Perth Writers Festival 2013
Aside
Friends, due to a pretty severe head cold and MWF, I probably won't be updating LiteraryMinded with anything original until next week. I'll be reading, planning and (when my brain works) cutting a chapter of my thesis into a paper for a conference in the US in November. Hope you've been enjoying the MWF blog posts, more … Continue reading Aside
Behind the scenes
I've just put some 'behind the scenes' pics from A Drink with Chris Flynn up on my Facebook page. Enjoy!
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