Lip Issue 16 has arrived in my mailbox. In this issue I have a piece titled 'Virtual Projections: How We Construct Ourselves Online'. As it's a magazine for young women, I spoke to girls and women in virtual environments - MySpace and Facebook - but its also about my own experiences in those spaces and through … Continue reading Give Me Some Lip
Month: November 2008
Seduce Me by Megan Clark
9780758209818, Kensington Fiction, 2008 (Aus, US) So it begins and ends with sex, and there's a whole lot of juicy business in the middle, but Seduce Me also has an intriguing storyline and vivid, memorable characters. Megan Clark utilises the characters' sexualities to round them out - desires, fulfillments, vulnerabilities and disappointments. Carissa has a … Continue reading Seduce Me by Megan Clark
A Week in the Life of Miss LiteraryMinded
Mon 3 Nov - blog posted Sudeep's pics before work. Rode bike to work (environmentally friendly). Quiet office on the day before Melbourne Cup. Sweat at the gym after! Finished reading Ian Rankin's Doors Open (will review at some stage). Jumped on the email and there was lots of great feedback from Nam Le blog post. Flatmate's … Continue reading A Week in the Life of Miss LiteraryMinded
Uncorrected Proof by Louisiana Alba
ElephantEars Press, 9780955867606, 2008, UK (Aus, US) Can something be playfully and overtly postmodern and still be readable - driving you through a compelling plot? Louisiana Alba proves it can be done. Uncorrected Proof is a postmodern novel that entertainingly riffs on form, style, character, tense, person - but with an overall thriller/quest type plot … Continue reading Uncorrected Proof by Louisiana Alba
Walking The White Road with Tania Hershman – Salt Publishing virtual book tour
9781844714759, Salt Publishing, 2008 (Aus, US/Kindle) Tania Hershman takes you on a series of short imaginative adventures in The White Road. Some stories are casual, tough, or laid-back, many are poetic. There are backwards unravellings, fantastical flights, speculated inventions, surprises, cleverness, humour, and scorn. The snapshots vary in tone, and explore possibilities - scientific, technological, emotional. … Continue reading Walking The White Road with Tania Hershman – Salt Publishing virtual book tour
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