Tomorrow G and I fly to Europe for a 10 week stint. I'm presenting a paper at the London Film and Media Conference, and I'll be working on my thesis as we travel, but there will also be lots of time for art, food, people, absinthe... and of course, literary tourism. The agenda includes: France, England, … Continue reading Going abroad
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A few sessions at Writers at the Convent, 2010
I caught three sessions at Writers at the Convent last weekend – run by Reader’s Feast Bookstore, held at the gorgeous Abbotsford Convent. The session ‘We’ll always have Paris’ featured chef Shannon Bennett (Shannon Bennett’s Paris) and Elizabeth Bard (Lunch in Paris) who is a New Yorker living in that magical city. Bennett is a Melbourne-based chef/restaurateur … Continue reading A few sessions at Writers at the Convent, 2010
I am Sam, a Horse Guest, Music, and Reminiscent
* I have a friend called Sam. He's really rad. A few months ago I told him that Vignette Press were looking for art to accompany the text in The Death Mook. His paintings and drawings are often on the macabre side, as his main artistic influences are horror cinema, and surrealist art (and Playboy, perhaps?). … Continue reading I am Sam, a Horse Guest, Music, and Reminiscent
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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