Hi lovely readers. The shift key on my laptop isn't working and my USB drive keeps crashing the computer here where I'm staying (with the internet connection). I may not be able to blog until I hit Northern NSW on Tuesday. Apologies! Read on, Angela
Turbulence
A conversation with the self: ‘Here we go.' 'Of course.' 'It’s normal, don’t worry’. 'But this swoop in my chest!' ‘It’s just anxiety, you’re dizzy, it’s nothing. It’s just a bit windy out.’ ‘But what of this pressure. I have no control. I can’t feel my face. Oh God.’ ‘When you think about it, it … Continue reading Turbulence
Guest review: Matthia Dempsey on Patti Smith’s Just Kids
Bloomsbury/Allen & Unwin February 2010 9780747548409 (Aus, US/Kindle) Reviewed by Matthia Dempsey Emerging from their teens, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe first encounter each other in 1960s New York, a recognition as much as a meeting. Smith has fled the aftermath of an unplanned pregnancy and adoption, and the factory future that faces her in … Continue reading Guest review: Matthia Dempsey on Patti Smith’s Just Kids
Guest post: Andrew Wrathall interviews Charlaine Harris, the author behind True Blood
Charlaine Harris' successful Sookie Stackhouse series is the basis of the addictive TV series True Blood. Harris is touring Australia in September (Sydney and Melbourne) as a guest at Hub Production’s True Blood events, on the 25th and 26th of September and will then be doing a book tour for Hachette. Number 10 in the Sookie series Dead … Continue reading Guest post: Andrew Wrathall interviews Charlaine Harris, the author behind True Blood
Vote for the author! Craig Silvey for Cleo Bachelor of the Year (oh, and he’s on the Miles Franklin longlist)
Not only is Jasper Jones author Craig Silvey longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, he's up for Cleo Bachelor of the Year! Go and vote for the lovely and talented (and yes, cute) Mr Silvey here. I chaired a panel with Craig and Eleanor Catton at the recent Perth Writers Festival, and remember one middle-aged … Continue reading Vote for the author! Craig Silvey for Cleo Bachelor of the Year (oh, and he’s on the Miles Franklin longlist)
Liveblogging from the zine fair: reader remnants; Adelaide; Format Fest
Hey gang, I'm sitting with Lisa Dempster and Caroline Hamilton (and right near lovely, cool zinesters panda and the fetus) at the zine fair on the final day of Adelaide's rad Format Festival. I don't even want to look up at all the tables as I spent far too much on second-hand books yesterday in … Continue reading Liveblogging from the zine fair: reader remnants; Adelaide; Format Fest
From Miller to McKellen
A quick note to let you know the podcast of my conversation with Alex Miller is now up. You can find it at the 720 ABC Perth website, here, or you can search in the iTunes store and download it to your computer, or iPod/iPhone for listening on the go. If you get a chance, let … Continue reading From Miller to McKellen
Peter Goldsworthy on Gravel
Gravel Peter Goldsworthy Hamish Hamilton March 2010 (Australia) 9781926428192 Gravel is Peter Goldsworthy's new collection of short stories - amusing and moving - covering a range of predominantly white middle-class characters in conflict with their own egos. But there are also stories exploring erotic awakening (something Goldsworthy did well in Everything I Knew) and others where … Continue reading Peter Goldsworthy on Gravel
Miss LiteraryMinded: illustrated
My lovely friend Genna Campton is a wonderful illustrator, and she has begun a series of illustrations of blogs/bloggers she likes to read, or that interest her. Her second in the series is... me! I love the book page background, and the dual Angelas - one looking up from the book at you, the other captured … Continue reading Miss LiteraryMinded: illustrated
Ehh *crunch, crunch* what’s up, doc?
So… that ‘big announcement’ I’ve been banging on about! On 15 March I start a Doctor of Creative Arts through the University of Western Sydney. I’ll be working on fiction, more than likely a novel, alongside a great deal of reading and research (which will inform the fiction). I’ll give you a brief outline of … Continue reading Ehh *crunch, crunch* what’s up, doc?
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