Getting back into the swing of things has been slow. Work has been busy, but reading and writing has slowed-up a little at the moment. '90s novel' is taking its time. I'm working on it a bit this weekend, but I have a few other focuses too. Working on some very cool things for the … Continue reading The Swing, Bad Seeds, Mook Launch, and the Crunch
Author: Angela Meyer (LiteraryMinded)
Josephine Rowe, a 'responsive' interview
LM ~ My first notes after I read East of Here, Close to Water - unedited: ‘You. He. She. All the characters so close to memories - sensitive to the way they press upon the present. Glimpses of a moment, rich - here and there. Empathy for a person - a man ‘howling on his doorstep', … Continue reading Josephine Rowe, a 'responsive' interview
Crime Time! Doors Open by Ian Rankin
Orion, 2008, 9780752890715 (Aus, US/Kindle) Ian Rankin is known for uncovering Edinburgh's underbelly in his Inspector Rebus novels, but a different side again is exposed in Doors Open - the dark streak of rich, bored executives; art lovers; and software engineers in the Scottish capital. Mike Mackenzie is a 37-year-old art collector who is offered … Continue reading Crime Time! Doors Open by Ian Rankin
A LiteraryMinded New Year's Resolution
I do make New year's resolutions. Last year I vowed to travel to Europe and move to Melbourne. Although these things were planned in November and December, I resolved to follow them through, and I did. The year before I resolved to write more, and 2007 was when I wrote Smoke & Dancing. It can … Continue reading A LiteraryMinded New Year's Resolution
Other People's Favourite Books – Rosalie Skinner on Douglas Adams' Last Chance to See
Tell us a little about yourself and what you do. Hi, I'm Rosalie and I write speculative fiction. Writing is a passion that followed hot on the heels of reading avidly for too many years too count. For twenty years, I painted portraits and taught other artists how to approach painting portraits in oils, after … Continue reading Other People's Favourite Books – Rosalie Skinner on Douglas Adams' Last Chance to See
Home and Away – John Marsden & Matt Ottley
Lothian, 2008, 9780734410566 (Australia) This is my picture book of 2008 - a poignant and necessary story of an ordinary Australian family who find themselves in the midst of a war, and as refugees, are placed in a detention camp. The book is heartbreaking, and older kids should read it. Yes, it will make them … Continue reading Home and Away – John Marsden & Matt Ottley
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Literature that Rocked My World in 2008
Blood & Tinsel - Jim Sharman. I said: 'The memoir is highly absorbing entertainment and has the potential to appeal to different ages and audiences, from those who will recognise suburban Australia, punk London, and hippie-era Tokyo, to those that only know Sharman through cult associations. Blood & Tinsel is an interesting and unique story of … Continue reading Literature that Rocked My World in 2008
Literary Space – Damon Young
Damon Young, author of Distraction, says: My study is actually one corner of our lounge. The room's also an office for my wife Ruth, entertaining wing, tearoom, and playroom for my three-year-old-son, Nikos. It's part writerly den, part Lego wonderland. When our new baby's born, it'll also be a nursery. And, yes, the pram … Continue reading Literary Space – Damon Young
The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary
9780702236433, UQP, 2008 (Australia) This book opens in the past, with the sight of a body falling from a bridge. In the present, Robert O'Hara makes small gestures - planting fig trees, comforting his distraught girlfriend after an attack on them both, easing his way into an old man's life to learn the secrets of his own … Continue reading The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary
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