Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex and Intimacy Text Publishing 9781921520617 August 2009 (Aus, US) Prompts: LiteraryMinded Responses: Krissy Kneen Things that are fast/things that are slow Motorcycles. Rollercoaster. Pick ups. Orgasms. All too fast. Slow would be nice. Slow is the ideal, something to aspire to. It all ends too quickly. Everything. And the … Continue reading Love, sex and intimacy with Krissy Kneen, author of Affection (a ‘responsive’ interview)
A callout of sorts, plus some killing, space and Eggers
Hello litnibblets, Exciting things are afoot. Book launches, Melbourne Writers Festival, my first spoken word poetry gig, an illustrated short story zine project, and in a few months, National Young Writers Festival and Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (I'm doing panels at both). How did you like Sam Cooney's guest review? I'm looking to do … Continue reading A callout of sorts, plus some killing, space and Eggers
The Danger Game by Kalinda Ashton
Sleepers Publishing August 2009, Australia 9781740668132 Three children - one insular, one bold, and one stubborn and growing - dare each other to undertake dangerous or humiliating tasks in the 'danger game'. Their lives are daring enough, with an unstable father and a mother on-edge, and mature secrets inside each of their little heads. Only two of … Continue reading The Danger Game by Kalinda Ashton
Kate Grenville's Dark Places
A LiteraryMinded review of an Australian classic. Dark Places Kate Grenville Macmillan 1994 + Text Publishing 2008 (Aus, US) Dark Places charts the life of a pitiful, self-absorbed and knowingly empty man, Albion Gidley Singer. From a young age he attempts to fill a void that exists within him - a void associated with his lack … Continue reading Kate Grenville's Dark Places
They will give me new parts
part blog-post, part insight into current creative development I ate banana pancakes this morning. I saw an old man on a bike in matching denims and a stackhat. I looked into somebody's eyes. There are nine paper tasks on the floor. They will give me new parts like Frankenstein's monster. A producer this week told … Continue reading They will give me new parts
Progressive writers
I'd like to introduce you to some of the writers who also participated in the Overland Masterclass for Progressive Writers, a week-and-a-half ago. Simonne and Maxine have written summaries of the workshop, if you want to know what it was all about. The dynamics were interesting - the 'progressive' themes varied greatly, and were executed differently … Continue reading Progressive writers
Guest review: Sam Cooney on Mark Mordue's Dastgah
Dastgah, Mark Mordue Allen & Unwin (2001, Australia). Also published overseas. Review by Sam Cooney. Dastgah is an account of Australian writer, journalist and editor Mark Mordue's first trip overseas: a one-year journey through the regions of India, Nepal, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Iran, and the cities of Paris and New York. The … Continue reading Guest review: Sam Cooney on Mark Mordue's Dastgah
Bike, tram and bar launches
Wow, what a week! On Monday afternoon I fell off my bike, gorifying one knee, but it is starting to heal up. Unfortunately my bike is still f**ked. The front brake is in love with the front wheel and won't let go of it. Hopefully I'll get a chance to get it looked at soon. … Continue reading Bike, tram and bar launches
How to Eat a Wolf by Sharanya Manivannan: a poem
Does all lust start and end like this? Don't get me wrong. I loved my wolf. I held him tethered like a pussycat. I nursed the rumble in his belly with hands gentle as a burglar's. He lived on milk and blood and ocean. He had violets for his furs. It's just that he was … Continue reading How to Eat a Wolf by Sharanya Manivannan: a poem
Peter Goldsworthy's Everything I Knew
Penguin Aus ISBN 9780143009634 (paperback, August 2009) It's 1964 in small-town South Australia and Robert Burns (like the poet) is on the cusp of adolescence. 'Happiness is a default state', he narrates, looking back. Reading it, no matter when or where you grew up, one can relate to that simplicity, the time before 'adult' aspects of … Continue reading Peter Goldsworthy's Everything I Knew
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