As I have to write quite official reports of the proceedings in the Weekly Book Newsletter and Bookseller + Publisher, I thought I'd take a different approach for LiteraryMinded. You may have already heard that Friday (25th July) was cancelled due to incredible downpour. The Byron Bay Beach Resort was too muddy to support tents … Continue reading Highlights of the Byron Bay Writers' Festival 2008 – LiteraryMinded Style…
Month: July 2008
A Very Short Introduction to the Absurd, My Absurd Moment, and Lester Burnham as Absurd Hero…
Albert Camus The Myth of Sisyphus was one of those books I attacked with dog-ears and pen marks. Whole pages are underlined in my well-thumbed copy, which I revisited when writing my novel manuscript Smoke & Dancing, and recently for my thesis. I think about my own steps to lucidity, when I acknowledged life’s inherent … Continue reading A Very Short Introduction to the Absurd, My Absurd Moment, and Lester Burnham as Absurd Hero…
Harvest #1 and Voiceworks #73: Carnivale – Journal Review
A loud established journal and a studious newbie are both aesthetically pleasing and intellectually stimulating. Voiceworks #73 is themed Carnivale and even more-so than previous issues revels in quality quirk as well as showcasing the colourful talents and opinions of Australian youth. In contrast to the oft blunt-ended pieces in Voiceworks, the first issue of … Continue reading Harvest #1 and Voiceworks #73: Carnivale – Journal Review
Remix My Lit
Songs and sounds can be grabbed and mixed; films can be spliced, homaged or spoofed; so what about literature? A new initiative lets you mix-up some fantastic short fiction by prominent writers - pieces that are licenced under the Creative Commons initiative. Your mixes might also be selected for an anthology to be produced post-project, … Continue reading Remix My Lit
Dana Spiotta – Interview
See my review of Eat the Document by Dana Spiotta, Picador, 2008, 9780330448291 (Aus, US) What was the initial inspiration for Eat the Document? I met Alger Hiss' widow, Isabel Johnson. And I wondered about her marriage. If you were a spy, would you tell your wife? What would it be like to have … Continue reading Dana Spiotta – Interview
