Stephanie Convery says... The picture you see of my study was taken standing at the window looking in. It's on the detached side of a semi-detached terrace, and the window looks out onto a fence, a gate, a tiny path, a garden bed full of succulents and a lot of sky. It lets in the … Continue reading Stephanie Convery's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #2
Other People’s Words
Kirk Marshall's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #1
Kirk Marshall says... For my part - and in this forum for intimate, writerly expression - I've got to openly submit here to conceding that for the longest time I've resented the contention that a tactile, geographical environment impacts on the quality of an author's work. I do, however, freely and cordially embrace the notion … Continue reading Kirk Marshall's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #1
South-west. A poem by Geoff Lemon
South-west By Geoff Lemon I'm driving south. Or roughly south I'm sure of that. The car's a Mustang, 60s build rich with that old leather smell. Adam West is in the passenger seat, window halfway down. It's night and warm outside. The air rolls in like oil. Adam West is smoking - Chesterfields. Somehow this … Continue reading South-west. A poem by Geoff Lemon
Charlotte Wood's Literary Space
Charlotte Wood, author of The Children says... My writing room is a small room above a shed separate from our house in Marrickville, Sydney (I'm told the shed bit downstairs was once a stable; all I can say is that it must have been a very tiny horse). You can see the iron stair rail … Continue reading Charlotte Wood's Literary Space
Literary Space – Michael Gross
Michael Gross, UK science writer and author of The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses and many others, says: This is the bottom end of a converted garage at the back of our garden, which I once used exclusively as my office, but three years ago my teenage daughter moved into the front part of the … Continue reading Literary Space – Michael Gross
Read and Seen: Revolutionary Road
The first in a series of simultaneous book and film reviews by LiteraryMinded's Angela Meyer and Celluloid Tongue's Gerard Elson. Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates (orig. 1961, several editions: Aus, US) Angela says... Revolutionary Road opens with a moody series of observances and a sense of foreboding - 1955, Western Connecticut, settled yet restless characters, cars too … Continue reading Read and Seen: Revolutionary Road
Other People's Favourite Books – Troy Martin on Tim Winton's Cloudstreet
Tell us a little about yourself and what you do. Hi, I'm Troy, a high school English teacher, frustrated writer, all round book nerd. Being an ‘English' teacher means more than grammar or literacy, but literature, blogs, picture books, websites, cultural studies and much more... I have been teaching in the NSW public education system … Continue reading Other People's Favourite Books – Troy Martin on Tim Winton's Cloudstreet
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I get emails quite often from people who read LM, usually a few lines saying they enjoy the blog, or letting me know about an event coming up, or a book I might be interested in. But this is by far the best 'fan' email I have gotten, a story in itself. Michael said I could use his … Continue reading From the LiteraryMinded inbox…
Literary Space – Paul Morgan
Paul Morgan, author of Turner's Paintbox, The Pelagius Book and The Art of Richard Hughes says: I have no writing room. In fact, I rarely work in the house. I feel too vulnerable to distraction there, knowing that at any moment the phone could ring or someone might knock on the door and my ‘zone' … Continue reading Literary Space – Paul Morgan
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
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