Thea Astley. She’s dead, but she’s still winning prizes. That’s how good she is. Yes, Thea Astley’s piece “Hunting the Wild Pineapple” has won the final of the Meanjin Tournament of Books. While I would have loved for my piece to have won the final, I certainly didn’t expect that it would make it so far through the...
Read MoreWriting good jokes make me happy
I’ve been writing some good jokes. And that makes me very happy. Also making a guest appearance in the major revision of this piece: everyone’s favourite...
Read MoreStill such a long way to go but…
Still such a long way to go on this book, but last night/this morning was my most productive stint of fiction-writing this whole damn-hard year. I have missed that particular mind-space so...
Read MoreAnd then there’s that moment when you realise…
And then there’s that moment when you realise that what you thought was some of your best work is not quite right and will need revision.
Read MoreA Tuesday night in Johnson, Vermont
That moment when you wish you’d discovered postmodern philosophy of religion earlier.
Read MoreDay 2: View from my studio window
And a close-up:
Read MoreMy residency begins at Vermont Studio Center
Greetings from Johnson, Vermont. This is the first full day of my residency at Vermont Studio Center, and I feel so lucky and so happy to be here. Despite the things from home that I miss (well, more to the point, the people from home who I miss), there is so much to like about this residency already. However, I’ll need to save the elaboration for a...
Read MoreOn risk (a reading and some travel news)
Late notice, I know, but I have a reading next week: Bespoken Your monthly queer spoken word and works in progress night. All genres, all career stages. Thursday 25 October, 7:30pm Features: Tom Cho reading from The Meaning of Life and Other Fictions, his novel-in-progress on the philosophy of religion Kelly Gardiner reading from Tragedie, a...
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