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Closer to Stone by Simon Cleary
UQP, March 2012 9780702239229 (buy paperback) A few years ago I read and enjoyed The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary, and I was excited to receive his new book Closer to Stone in the mail. It’s about...
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Geek Mook launch; Killings interview
Geeks! My latest published piece is an essay on Ghostbusters, in Geek Mook, to be launched at Bella Union bar, Trade’s Hall, on 13 July. See the invite on Facebook. Pretty sure I’ll be dressed up and...
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Month of reading
I was stoked this month to be asked to contribute the ‘month of reading’ column to The Victorian Writer, the magazine of Writers Victoria. Below is a version of my column. — I was recently held up at...
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Bustin’ makes me feel good: Geek Mook
Geek Mook (Vignette Press) has now been released, with my essay ‘Bustin’ makes me feel good’. Can you guess what it’s about? Maybe the picture of me from the launch to the left here will help. Or this....
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On blogging, social media, reading & writing
I was recently interviewed by David Minh Tran at The Signal Express, a publication by Express Media. He asked me about my long-term blogging life, my thoughts on social media, my short stories, and he...
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Review of All the Way Home by Kristin Henry on Cordite
My latest review for Cordite Poetry Review is of Kristin Henry’s compelling, neatly written verse novel All the Way Home. It’s about Jesse, the son of a travelling salesman, who falls in love and takes...
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Going to America
Feels strange that I’m flying to the US tomorrow as I sit here glued to live feeds from Hurricane Sandy. I’m due to arrive in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, then fly straight to Atlanta. But it...
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New flash fiction
Greetings from post-blizzard New York City! I’ve really been getting into writing flash fiction, or micro-fiction, lately. It’s fun to try to give a strong impression of a scene, a story, in few words....
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Perth Writers Festival 2013
I’m extremely pleased to be invited back to the Perth Writers Festival in February 2013. The full program will be released in January but you can view a list of writers who will be attending here. It...
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New York, Noo Yawk for Killings
I wrote a piece for Killings (the blog of literary magazine Kill Your Darlings) on my eventful trip to New York City. It begins: Like Loco, Pola and Schatze I was drawn to New York City to find a...
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I’m baaaaaack & upcoming events
Having a month off social media was wonderful, I’d highly recommend it. I was able to work on many different projects without distraction (and without comparing myself to others so much). Despite...
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Flash fiction published in Tincture!
I’ve recently had two flash pieces published in new e-journal Tincture, titled ‘Apocalypse’, and ‘Glitch’, both stories in the absurd vein, set in offices. You can buy it here for $8, in many different...
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Explaining myself and my many hats
I was recently asked to write a blog post for Collaboration, the blog of the Book Industry Collaborative Council (BICC), explaining what I do and how I came to be involved in so many different facets...
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Enter the zone! The Carmel Bird Short Fiction Award 2013
I’m very, very excited to announce that this year I am judging the Carmel Bird Short Fiction Award for Spineless Wonders. The winner and shortlisted stories will be considered for publication in the...
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Qantas SOYA Written Word: my last chance…
It’s my last chance to enter the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards as next year I turn 30 (and if I’ve read correctly, you can’t enter in the year you turn 30, even though my birthday will be after the...
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Amsterdam
My travel story/memoir ‘Amsterdam’ won the Australian Festival of Travel Writing 500 word short story comp and was published in the April issue of The Victorian Writer. Writers Vic have kindly allowed...
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Review of Janet Frame’s In the Memorial Room for The Australian
Janet Frame is one of my all-time favourite authors. Her writing is surprising, absurd, knowing, funny, sad, dark, moving, imaginative and honest. She was an incredibly hard-working writer, often...
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Review of The Ballad of Moondyne Joe and The Hanging of Minnie Thwaites in...
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Fear, failure and fraudulence at the Wheeler Centre blog
I was very happy to be asked to springboard off my recent post Stella, and a digression on envy, work, inadequacy for the Wheeler Centre blog. Authors Krissy Kneen, Alan Baxter, Max Barry and Mel...
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Hell is for Hyphenates: Billy Wilder
LA da daaa da, da da da da da… I was stoked to be the June 2013 guest on the Hell is for Hyphenates film podcast with Paul Anthony Nelson and Lee Zachariah. Each month they discuss new releases and...
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