9780980595406, 2009, Australia Several truly amazing, innovative and startlingly written stories are contained within the pages of The Lifted Brow No. 4. Unfortunately, there are so many stories in this issue that several ordinary, often pointless and quirk-for-the-sake-of-it ones have also snuck in, making it a bit of a treasure hunt read. The book also … Continue reading The Lifted Brow No. 4
Month: March 2009
Strike a pose
Some stuff in my week: * A photo shoot for Emerging Writers' Festival promo material with freelance/TV/ comedy writer Mia Timpano (I love this article of hers, have a look around her website while you're there); librarian/comedian Josh Earl; games writer (and writer in various other mediums) Paul Callaghan; and comedian Xavier Michelides. We had to 'pretend … Continue reading Strike a pose
Read and Seen: Watchmen
The second simultaneous book and film review by LiteraryMinded’s Angela Meyer and Celluloid Tongue’s Gerard Elson. Watchmen, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (1986, DC Comics, 9781401222666 - Aus, US) Angela says... Reading a graphic novel is an experience already half-way between literature and film. The opening 'frames' of Watchmen are like a series of shots from moving … Continue reading Read and Seen: Watchmen
Steven Amsterdam – a 'responsive' interview
Read the LiteraryMinded review of Steven Amsterdam's Things We Didn't See Coming, Sleepers Publishing, 9781740667012, 2009 (Aus, US) Prompts - LiteraryMinded. Responses - Steven Amsterdam. Beginnings I was inspired by a few loose pieces in the news, from life, the partisan splay of the 2004 election in the US, and my nervous mind, so I … Continue reading Steven Amsterdam – a 'responsive' interview
The silver set and the beautiful people
(Yes, I've changed the format of my titles, it's not a boo-boo). I attended the Summer Read Awards at the State Library yesterday afternoon (winner I am Melba, Ann Blainey), and was still surprised (but shouldn't be) to hear that most of the voters were of the silver set - and voted by snail mail … Continue reading The silver set and the beautiful people
Adelaide Should Not Be Shut Down
I arrived home from Adelaide to find Lord Mayor of Melbourne had been quoted as saying Adelaide should be 'shut down'. The feeling of oddness was still with me from traipsing up and down Hindley Street all weekend - sex shops and tittie bars (and cyber sex cafes - the point?); R&B-type slick and shiny … Continue reading Adelaide Should Not Be Shut Down
Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
Pan, 9780330424639 (Aus, US) Riley Rose hasn't cried since the death of her mother. This plus-sized, take-no-shit, gorgeous, rebellious character is sent to a Christian camp by her father and his dull girlfriend for acting out. But Riley's drug, sex and rock & roll 'tude isn't going to be tamed by a bunch of commandments and Jesus … Continue reading Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
Off to Adelaide
As many of you know, I'm off to participate in the Academy of DIY as part of the Format Festival in Adelaide this weekend. I'm flying off after work today, and I may not get a chance to blog (not back until Sunday night and I don't have a laptop, how old-school!). Also, my phone … Continue reading Off to Adelaide
The Sinkings by Amanda Curtin
UWAP, 9781921401114 (Aus, US) Amanda Curtin's atmospheric novel begins with a bizarre and horrific murder at the Sinkings, in Western Australia, 1882. Flash forward to the present and reclusive, aging writer/editor Willa is reflecting upon the daughter that has gone away from her. Tying these two narratives together are the hermaphroditism of both 'Little Jock' - … Continue reading The Sinkings by Amanda Curtin
Eva Hornung on Dog Boy, writing and activism
In October 2006, I was sitting at the airport in Bali after the Ubud Writers' and Readers' Festival, and Eva Hornung (then Sallis) and her gorgeous little boy came and sat next to me. I had seen her speak during the festival, and read her book Fire, Fire, which I found quite confronting. We … Continue reading Eva Hornung on Dog Boy, writing and activism
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