I'm tucked away in the English countryside with my partner, sister, her girlfriend, a puppy called Beauly, and David Copperfield on my ereader. We have a chook and a ham, plenty of booze, and space all around us. The puppy is hard work! But when she looks at you with those big black eyes, you forgive … Continue reading Merry everything to you
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2012: cut, print, that’s a wrap & see you in February
2012 has been a crap year in some respects; a year of rejections, near misses and setbacks. There has been injury and some sickness. There has been grief. At times it has been hard to stay optimistic. I've also, at times, found it very hard to have faith in myself and my work. There's been … Continue reading 2012: cut, print, that’s a wrap & see you in February
Cut, print, that’s a wrap: 2011
In 2011 I... went on the longest and most incredible trip of my life (with the love of my life) to France, England, Scotland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Germany failed to read 20 classics, but I read half of that and will continue the project in 2012 had fiction published in Seizure and on … Continue reading Cut, print, that’s a wrap: 2011
Cut, print, that’s a wrap: 2010
In 2010 I... fell madly in love presented/chaired at Perth Writers Festival, Format Festival, the Australian Booksellers Association conference, Byron Bay Writers Festival, Write Around the Murray; and locally here in Melbourne for the Melbourne Writers Festival, Williamstown Literary Festival, Emerging Writers Festival, and some events for Express Media. I also attended other writerly events, such as Writers at … Continue reading Cut, print, that’s a wrap: 2010
Cut, print, that's a wrap: 2009
In 2009... Christos Tsiolkas said c**t Steven Amsterdam, Tom Cho, Kirsten Reed, Krissy Kneen, Josephine Rowe and Kathy Charles were forced to 'respond' I also interviewed Eva Hornung, Max Barry, Jon Bauer (whose debut novel has since been picked up by Scribe and will be out in 2010), Toni Jordan, Josephine Emery, Adam Ford, Emily Maguire, Lisa … Continue reading Cut, print, that's a wrap: 2009
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