Category Archives: Events

Emerging Writers’ Festival Program Highlights

Posted on 22/04/2013 by

It’s here! Last Wednesday night the Wheeler Centre packed out for the launch of the 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival. This is the festival’s 10th birthday, and its first year under the direction of Sam Twyford-Moore. The program is freakin’ huge, … Continue reading →

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Andy Allen at Dymocks VG

Posted on 21/12/2012 by

Sometimes my work does some pretty rad stuff. Like this: Tomorrow morning, from 10am-11.15am, Andy Allen (most recent winner of Masterchef!) is coming in to do a cooking demonstration and book signing for his cookbook, The Next Element. You will be … Continue reading →

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Crazy Price

Posted on 29/11/2012 by

It’s difficult to keep up with all the many, many publication outlets for poetry, short stories and essays. This is why Black Inc’s “Best Australian…” (Stories, Essays and Poems) each year is so handy. There’s bound to be a bunch … Continue reading →

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The Line Between Book and Life: On Public Personas

Posted on 26/11/2012 by

One of the panels on the Thursday of NonFictioNow was called Writ Large: On Living The Lives We’ve Made For The Page. The panel featured Cheryl Strayed, Ira Sukrungruang, Mira Bartok and Barrie Jean Borich – all memoirists, talking about how … Continue reading →

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NonFictioNow Day 1

Posted on 23/11/2012 by

“Collage can save your life,” said David Shields in yesterday’s NonFictioNow keynote speech. He was only half-joking. For Shields, collage opened up a world of possibility, remixing thought and material to say something entirely new. “I found a way to … Continue reading →

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Making Decisions

Posted on 21/11/2012 by

Today’s post is brought to you by the theme, “Making decisions”. It seems to be something I’m struggling with today. I woke up at 4.30am all full of words, so I snuck out of the bedroom and sat in lamplight … Continue reading →

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NonFiction…NOW!

Posted on 24/10/2012 by

That’s not the official branding- the official branding is “NonFictioNow”. See what they did with the ‘N’ there? Tricky. I’ve just registered for the 2012 NonFictioNow conference, which is coming up on November 21-24. The four-day conference is being hosted … Continue reading →

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The Double Obsession

Posted on 31/08/2012 by

“There’s a double obsession,” says Gutkind. “The obsession of the people you write about, and the obsession of the writer.” The obsession of Lee Gutkind of clearly visible in the way he can’t help but go off on tangents, the … Continue reading →

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My Picks for Week 2 of MWF

Posted on 29/08/2012 by

It’s officially day 7 of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Last week I brought you “my picks” for the first week, so today I’m giving you my picks for the second half of the festival. My reading chair arrived this morning, … Continue reading →

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On Patrick White’s Face

Posted on 26/08/2012 by

The launch of the Melbourne Writers Festival should have involved Simon Callow, and Dickens, and the Age Book of The Year, but for me it was all about Vicks steam inhalations, antibiotics, my couch and Gourmet Farmer. On Friday the … Continue reading →

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