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The first straw man (on writing about Others)

September 12, 2016

On September 8, Lionel Shriver gave a keynote address at the Brisbane Writers Festival that galvanised several people into action, commentary and anger. Yassmin Abdel-Magied walked out of the session and wrote about her reasons for doing so. Others have written in defence of what they saw as Shriver’s key … Continue reading →

Filed under : In The Wild , Miscellaneous Ramblings , On art and other catastrophes , On Living , On Reading
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Tags : Amy Middleton , appropriation , Brisbane Writers Festival , Brooke Hemphill , cultural diversity , Dashka Slater , equality , equity , lesbian , Lesbian for a Year , Magdalene Visaggio , Nisi Shawl , others , queer , Radclyffe Hall , Sarah Waters , Straw Man argument , The Well of Loneliness , Tipping the Velvet , transgender , writing others , Writing the Other , Yassmin Abdel-Magied

August 23, 2011

The best thing about being a chair at a writers festival is that free books arrive in the post. That, and the opportunity to talk to some wonderful writers about their craft, and participate in one of the friendliest writers festivals in Australia. In the last week, the following lovely … Continue reading →

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Tags : Before I Go To Sleep , Brisbane Writers Festival , Kate Morton , Nick Earls , S J Watson , The Distant Hours , The Fix