Scribe
February 2010 (Australia)
9781921640254
David Carlin was six months old when his father, Brian, ‘went to sleep and never woke up’. His mother kept a photo of him on the bedside table, but otherwise, not much was spoken of his existence to David and his two older siblings, until they were much older.
Our Father Who Wasn’t There [...]
Author Archives: LiteraryMinded
Guest review: Elena Gomez on Janine Burke’s Source: Nature’s Healing Role in Art and Writing
February 5, 2010 – 8:00 am
Allen & Unwin
November 2009
9781741759177
The meticulous research that went into this book is a testament to renowned art historian Janine Burke’s passion for art and its influences. In Source, she explores the resonating impact of nature and environment on the works of various writers and artists of the modern era. I have to admit, as soon [...]
Eleanor Catton’s The Rehearsal
February 2, 2010 – 8:03 am
Granta
2009
9781847081162
All the world’s a stage…
A novel as a performance, more – a novel as flirtation (the performance of flirting): self-conscious, inviting yet exclusive. The reader is all the roles, all the characters and all the actors – for in The Rehearsal there are layers of fictional existence – blended, glowing, beating with … not so [...]
Go west! Perth Writers Fest 2010 program released
January 31, 2010 – 1:28 pm
I’ve never been to Western Australia. Isn’t that nuts? I’ve been to Europe, I’ve been to the USA and I’ve been to Asia, but never the other side of my own country.
Lucky for me, the lovely organisers of Perth Writers Festival have invited me along this year. Besides my sessions, I am expecting to catch up [...]
When they get it right – from book to film
January 28, 2010 – 8:07 pm
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One of my favourites:
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Oh, Virginia! And then something like:
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What are your favourite book-to-film adaptations? I love all of the above because the films aren’t necessarily 100% true to the plot and characters of the books, but are something wonderful on their own – maintaining something of the ‘mood’ of the original work. What do you [...]
Nabokov, you sly ol’ dog
January 16, 2010 – 11:20 am
How can someone be this amusing (and amused) and articulate? I’m in love and fascinated and repulsed all at the same time, just as I was reading Lolita…
While we’re here:
Nabokov in audio.
Martin Amis on Nabokov.
Shelley Winters breaks my heart in Kubrick’s film version (for which Nabokov wrote the screenplay):
What say you?
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Speaking of…
The literary-minded in Melbourne need never be bored. The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas will begin filling our lunch breaks and evenings this month. Here’s the program for the first three months. I’ll be getting along to see Helen Garner, and I love the idea of the Lunchbox/Soapbox sessions which allow you to [...]