I recently reviewed Tabitha Suzuma's young adult novel A Note of Madness for the journal Viewpoint. I thought I would ask Tabitha a few questions about the themes of depression in the novel and her own journey as a writer. Enjoy. What inspired you to make the characters music students in A Note of … Continue reading Tabitha Suzuma – Interview
Author: Angela Meyer (LiteraryMinded)
A Note of Madness – Tabitha Suzuma
2006, Random House, 978009948731 (US, Aus) First published in Viewpoint, vol. 15, no. 2, Winter 2007 Flynn attends the Royal College of Music in London. He has a close relationship with his friends Harry and Jennah. His Professors believe strongly in his potential. So why is he beginning to doubt it? Flynn starts ‘going underground’, … Continue reading A Note of Madness – Tabitha Suzuma
Literature Aspiring Writers Should Read – Part 1
Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov (1955) Skills acquired by reading: · The way to seduce readers with lyricism · The ability to describe desire so that the reader will be both compelled and sickened · The ability to plant a wry smile on a readers face despite him/herself · The way to challenge censors, even personal … Continue reading Literature Aspiring Writers Should Read – Part 1
Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight – Nick Earls & Rebecca Sparrow
August 2007, Penguin, 9780143006916 (Aus) First published in the June 2007 issue of BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHER magazine (c) 2007 Thorpe-Bowker (a division of RR Bowker LLC) http://www.bookseller+publisher.com.au Joel and Cat have been set an assignment to create a tandem story together. But there’s no way that Joel and Cat are going to agree on anything. … Continue reading Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight – Nick Earls & Rebecca Sparrow
Racists – Kunal Basu
2006, Phoenix, 9780753821503 (Aus, US) The ultimate experiment. A black boy and a white girl, raised equally as savages by a mute Nurse on a desolate island. Her only instruction is to keep them alive. It is 1855, and expert British Craniologist Samuel Bates is debating with French scientist Jean-Louis Belavoix about racial superiority. The … Continue reading Racists – Kunal Basu
Baudrillard's Beach – a Poem
Peering over the topof the cereal box -some generic headlandocean:70s eyeshadow gradationbleached beach, fingernail curve(manicured)board-wax chestssandcastle:silicon animorphised.A print on my wallor a window, you ask?Baudrillard’s beachif eitherthe printon my retinahas been cast. digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; digg_bgcolor = '#ff9900'; digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_window = 'new';
In the Blood – Jackie French
2001, Harper Collins, 9780207197796 Jackie French is a very prolific Australian writer. In the Blood is the first in a trilogy which is intended for those a little older than her regular audience. While it is probably located in the Young Adult section in a bookstore it could just as easily be categorised as general … Continue reading In the Blood – Jackie French
Eatbooks Literary Journal – Review
Any fan of good fiction should check out the inaugural edition of Eatbooks, the brain-child of Christopher Currie and Krissy Kneen. The two emerging authors and literary-lovers worked together at Brisbane’s Avid Reader Bookshop. The Journal and Eatbooks website are an effort to publish and showcase quality literary fiction, which is not being published enough … Continue reading Eatbooks Literary Journal – Review
Zodiac – Film Review
*SPOILERS* David Fincher shows restraint in his most recent killer-portrait pic. It has none of the blood-lust of Se7en or Fight Club, though there are a few gut-wrenching scenes. Instead, it is a compelling sleuth story that leaves the audience with a sense of unease. Just how many killers aren’t brought to justice due to … Continue reading Zodiac – Film Review
WIN! The Journals of Sylvia Plath
‘… such a minute fraction of this life do we live: so much is sleep, tooth-brushing, waiting for mail, for metamorphosis, for those sudden moments of incandescence: unexpected, but once one knows them, one can live life in the light of their past and the hope of their future’ (Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia … Continue reading WIN! The Journals of Sylvia Plath
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