Welcome to my desk. If it looks suspiciously like an office desk, that's because it is one. Hardly glamorous, but certainly functional. This is part of the office the Emerging Writers' Festival occupies in Arts House in North Melbourne until we move to our new home at the Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas. Most of … Continue reading Annette Viesseux's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #5
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Nathan Shepherdson's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #4
Nathan Shepherdson says... I don't really have a particular place to write. I've lived at the Glass House Mountains since 1991. It's about one hour north of Brisbane. It is farming community (parts semi-rural/residential) with a collection of small national parks. The main crops are strawberries, pineapples, macadamias, avocados and custard apples. (Pineapples used to … Continue reading Nathan Shepherdson's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #4
Stu Hatton's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival Special #3
Stu Hatton says... Where do I write? Pretty much everywhere. Quite often I'll be sitting in the study in our apartment. Desk, computer, chaotic piles of paper, the to-do list that never gets done. This is where 'serious' writing and editing happens. But I try to get away from the computer as much as I … Continue reading Stu Hatton's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival Special #3
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
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
Literary Space – Damon Young
Damon Young, author of Distraction, says: My study is actually one corner of our lounge. The room's also an office for my wife Ruth, entertaining wing, tearoom, and playroom for my three-year-old-son, Nikos. It's part writerly den, part Lego wonderland. When our new baby's born, it'll also be a nursery. And, yes, the pram … Continue reading Literary Space – Damon Young
Literary Space – Caroline Petit
Caroline Petit says: My room is on the downstairs floor of our two-story flat in what was the old Holeproof Bathing Suit Factory. The hardwood floors are very scarred from the trolleys used to cart around the garments. I like the idea that people once worked where I sit. Just outside the door in the … Continue reading Literary Space – Caroline Petit
