Established Australian litblog Matilda is doing a series of snapshots on Australian literary bloggers. Number seven was little ol' me. Check out the interview. And be sure to scroll down the main blog page to check out the others. Perry Middlemiss has also just announced the death of Dorothy Porter, very sad news.
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Again, the Healing Tickle (the Way Black Glitters): A Mash-Up
I've been meaning to post this for a while. This is a short story I did for the Remix My Lit project. It's a mash-up of 'Renovator's Heaven' by Cate Kennedy, 'Alchymical Romance' by Lee Battersby, 'The New Cage' by Stefan Laszczuk, and 'Beowulf in Brisbane' by Philip Neilsen. Enjoy! The man has Don Henley hair, … Continue reading Again, the Healing Tickle (the Way Black Glitters): A Mash-Up
Nick Cave, Cate Kennedy, Paul Jennings in 2009
2009 will bring many delightful literary goodies. I am privileged to know of them as I wrote an article for Bookseller+Publisher entitled 'The Ones to Watch 2009' - it's in the Summer issue, which has just come out. One on children's books will be in the March 'Junior' issue (which I'm currently working on). I can't reveal … Continue reading Nick Cave, Cate Kennedy, Paul Jennings in 2009
Story To… and Random Stuff
I have a wee poem 'Tinsel Dreams (Tram Moment 1)' in the new Story To... zine, which is available in print and as a FREEBIE online. Click on Issue 2: Pod People here. Note that I wrote this poem after going to Varuna. There is a bit of stream-of-consciousness thought ramblings about mentor Peter Bishop, … Continue reading Story To… and Random Stuff
Sketch – this Thursday
Come along and hear me read (possibly sexually explicit material!) Also reading will be Kirk AC Marshall and Amy Jackson, who you might remember from my 'Best Unpublished Books' posts. Sudeep Lingamneni's photography is also in the issue - and I'll be posting some more of his photos soon that are from our manuscript (short … Continue reading Sketch – this Thursday
Give Me Some Lip
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
90s Novel Research is Going Well
Thanks to everyone who has emailed, messaged, posted things etc. I'm incredibly grateful to get your own personalised remembrances of the mid 90s. Feel free to keep on sending. Did anyone know anyone who was in a band in Australia then? Perhaps MySpace can help me with this. Wiki, YouTube, and eBay have all been … Continue reading 90s Novel Research is Going Well
Page Seventeen Launch – November 8, 2008
Come and see me shimmer (due to nervous shakiness) on stage, reading from my shortlisted short story 'Mentioning Ben' which features dinosaur bones and ghosts of marriages past... I would love to meet some of my Vic readers. And I know at least three people on my blogroll will be there if you've been enjoying them too! … Continue reading Page Seventeen Launch – November 8, 2008
I'm Terribly Afraid I Might Spontaneously Combust
Never have I felt this burning, scorching, bubbling of my insides so intensely before. I have previously likened the process of idea and inspiration for a story as being like a 'brew'. The ingredients begin to react together inside your mind and pop and spit until it spills over onto the page as a draft. But this time... I … Continue reading I'm Terribly Afraid I Might Spontaneously Combust
A few moments of history, horror, and Kafka in Prague
This is an edited extract from an essay I am working on about my trip to Europe early this year. I have never seen buildings so old. The aged stone of Edinburgh or Venice, the disturbingly mismatched architecture of London, Oslo and Berlin. Ancient blackened churches rise out of the steel, gripping defiantly to tradition. The … Continue reading A few moments of history, horror, and Kafka in Prague
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