So, a relatively recent copy of the LRB showed up in the post this week. For various reasons, my subscription has waxed and waned this year. Sometimes nothing arrives for months, and then suddenly a flood of copies – a flurry – in one glorious avalanche. Anyway, I’ve read about two … Continue reading
A little while ago, I delivered a creative paper at the ANZSA (Australia and New Zealand Shakespeare Association). I posted the abstract for this paper on my blog a while ago, and thought I’d follow up by sharing the text of the performance. The piece is an examination of the … Continue reading
Green Vanilla Tea is a stunning and moving work of memoir. I have read it several times, and wept every time. I was fortunate enough to read this book when it was in its first throes of being written, and to work with Marie as she wrangled her and her … Continue reading
One of my dearest friends is a writer. Well, actually, many of my dearest friends are writers, but one of them recently published a new book, Sisterhood. While her previous novel, Mira Falling, was published by Hachette, with this one she’s decided to publish an ebook, via Amazon. I read the book … Continue reading
Over at Jennifer Byrne’s The Book Club, they’re broadcasting a series of conversations connecting literature and the Seven Deadly Sins. It’s an interesting thing, watching that show. Half of me loves just sitting back and listening, but there’s another part of me that really wants to get involved in the … Continue reading
Need something exciting, strange and beautiful to read? Something shocking and wonderful? Then you should check out Maria Arena’s new novel, Sisterhood. Abandoned at St Mary’s Boarding School for Girls, Heather thought life couldn’t get much worse. She was wrong. Waiting for her is the malevolent Sister Merce. As the … Continue reading
This isn’t really a fully-blown, well thought out post. It’s just a skeleton placeholder for some ideas I’ve been thinking about. Well, when I say *some* ideas, I really mean *an* idea. About publishing. I was thinking about why I’m so resistant to the hoopla around self-publishing, particularly ePublishing, and … Continue reading
Today, I answer some questions from Adam Mills over at Weird Fiction. You can also read an extract from Rupetta (The Miracle of Consciousness) published free and online in the same issue. There’s also little review of Rupetta included here. I’m all over that place!
Germaine Greer recently took it upon herself to comment on the debates about gay marriage. Now, first I have to say that I have a great deal of respect for Germaine. She’s difficult, noisy, articulate, passionate, awkward, intelligent and all kinds of other adjectives. She says what she thinks, … Continue reading
