I can’t imagine what my life would have been like without My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch (Graeme Base) open on my lap at four years old, tasting the different worlds at the top of The Magic Faraway Tree at seven, devouring the ‘unreal’ Paul Jennings at eight, crying in Two Weeks With the Queen with … Continue reading Indigenous Literacy Day – Wednesday September 3, 2008
Author: Angela Meyer (LiteraryMinded)
Melbourne Writers Festival 2008 Diary – Part 1
Friday August 22 Sometimes Augusten Burroughs’ memory stretches deep and wide, a vivid pool. It is due in part to an element of autism in his bloodline. This is how he remembers looking through the saltine cracker at his mother at one-and-a-half, as described in A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father. … Continue reading Melbourne Writers Festival 2008 Diary – Part 1
I Dream of Magda by Stefan Laszczuk
Allen & Unwin, August 2008, 9781741755015 (Aus, US/Kindle) A version of this review was first published in the July 2008 issue of BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER magazine (c) 2008 Thorpe-Bowker (a division of RR Bowker LLC). George’s life consists of working in a bowling alley, staring wistfully at the tree where he and his ex shared their first … Continue reading I Dream of Magda by Stefan Laszczuk
Literary Smiles
I need to share some recent happiness. You'll be getting to see more of me in print in the coming months! Today I received the news that I have been shortlisted for the Page Seventeen short story competition, which means my story 'Mentioning Ben' will be published in Issue 6 (November). This also coincided with … Continue reading Literary Smiles
An Extraordinary Life – Interview with Jim Sharman on Blood & Tinsel
Blood & Tinsel, Jim Sharman, August 2008, HB (Australia) Miegunyah Press, 9780522853773 (Aus, US) This interview was first published in the June 2008 issue of BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER magazine (c) 2008 Thorpe-Bowker (a division of RR Bowker LLC). A doctor said to your parents when you were a child that you have the makings of a philosopher. … Continue reading An Extraordinary Life – Interview with Jim Sharman on Blood & Tinsel
Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir by Jim Sharman
9780522853773, Miegunyah Press, August, HB (Aus, US) A version of this review was first published in the June 2008 issue of BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER magazine (c) 2008 Thorpe-Bowker (a division of RR Bowker LLC). Jim Sharman relays the story of his life rhythmically, like a play or film. Childhood memories of boxing sideshows are cut between … Continue reading Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir by Jim Sharman
Highlights of the Byron Bay Writers' Festival 2008 – LiteraryMinded Style…
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…
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
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