Next week I’m heading to far north Queensland to see one of the wonders of the world. Or should I say, one of the wonders as seen from the world. Low down on the horizon, not long after sunrise on November 14, the Moon will pass in front of the sun and a Total Solar …
Nerdtrip 2012: Total Eclipse of The Excuse for a Tropical Getaway Read More »
August and September are always busy months in the writerly world of Melbourne. There are writers festivals, Book Week celebrations and much schmoozing to attend to. As well as occasional bouts of (shock, horror, etc) writing. To recap, here’s exactly what’s been going on in my writerly world lately: I reviewed two of the novels …
Most people are pretty happy to finish up with high school. No more exams, assignments or using school toilets (which are a public toilet’s poor man’s toilet). Of course, there are some things to be missed. Like the daily, after-school consumption of chicken-salted chips. My body still hasn’t adjusted to the lack of chicken salt …
Having a blog is hard. You have to, like, remember to blog and stuff. How awful it that! The only thing more awful is when bloggers don’t post for ages and then come back and blog about how they haven’t been blogging. And while it can be a bit lamo, this kind of post is …
Hi all, just a quick note to let you know that the books pages of the current issue of The Big Issue – the independent Australian magazine sold by friendly vendors all over the place (and hopefully near you) – are guest edited by yours truly. Coinciding with Book Week this week, there is a …
I was watching a news report of 96-year old artist Dickie Minyintiri winning the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art Award last week and couldn’t help but gawk wide-eyed when the cameras showed us his and a handful of other artworks that had been nominated for the prize. They’re currently on display at the …
Judging the ya books of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Read More »
I had the pleasure of going out to Mooroolbark a few days ago to visit grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 students at St Peter Julia Eymard Primary School to talk all things authorly, pass on some writing tips and debate who is the best football team (North Melbourne, of course). The kids wrote some …
Writing with St Peter Julian Eymard Primary School Read More »
it is fascinating to think back to the days when there was no internet and a lot of communication took place via telegrams STOP and so I have decided to write this blog post in the style of a telegram from yesteryear COLON without punctuation STOP you may have already noticed just how hard it …