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Comment on Kilts and wine breath: a conversation with my sister about meeting Diana Gabaldon by celluloidtongue

celluloidtongue — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:59:26 +0000

What a terrific idea for an article. Great work – both of you!

Comment on Kilts and wine breath: a conversation with my sister about meeting Diana Gabaldon by Elena

Elena — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:48:14 +0000

Sonja I’m so glad that someone else out there is as awkward as I am around authors!

When I was young I went to one of those Meanjin Writers’ Camps and met a whole bunch of children’s authors. I’m pretty sure I embarrassed myself numerous times in my workshop with Narelle Oliver but I seem to have suppressed my memories from that time.

If I had the chance, I would love to meet John Kennedy Toole and tell him how much I loved A Confederacy of Dunces.

Comment on Guest review: Pamela Wilson on Frank Walker’s The Tiger Man of Vietnam by Elena

Elena — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:42:58 +0000

Mmmmm historical! Great review Pamela, I don’t know if I would be able to read it, given what you’ve said about Petersen (I prefer my protagonists deeply flawed), but I know plenty of people who would love this.

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Comment on Guest review: Pamela Wilson on Frank Walker’s The Tiger Man of Vietnam by Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:58:33 +0000

Thanks for this review. I agree with Pamela that although this is a great story and the book had a strong start, I found that by about half-way I began to lose interest.

Comment on Goodbye Billie Jean by LiteraryMinded

LiteraryMinded — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:13:26 +0000

Wow, your opinion is certainly strong. Interesting coming from someone who lived there so long. Thanks for your comment!

Comment on Goodbye Billie Jean by Malcolm Street

Malcolm Street — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:31:57 +0000

I was brought up in Sydney (lived there from 3 to 23), have lived in Canberra for years and wouldn’t go back in a fit. It’s a shallow, pretentious, money-mad, chaotic dump. I hadn’t thought of the comparison with LA but it’s very apt – there’s another aspect to it and that’s a lack of community feeling and an inability to plan. (I’m a regular at the Plane Talking blog and Ben who runs it has said a couple of times recently that he thinks Sydney’s inability to confront chronic infrastructure problems, including the airport, is going to lead to it being eclipsed by Melbourne in Brisbane in coming decades).

I love Melbourne and Adelaide, and quite happy with Brisbane and Perth. But Sydney leaves me cold. The harbour is just lipstick on a pig IHMO.

Comment on Goodbye Billie Jean by LiteraryMinded

LiteraryMinded — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:33:09 +0000

Hi karsoe – yes, I was raised in regional NSW. Thanks for sharing your own thoughts. Of course, Melbourne has its seedy and shallow sides too, but on the whole it feels warmer, friendlier, more eclectic, more accepting. And people are very passionate here – about sport, about art, about literature. The money money money side of Sydney is more pronounced than it seems to be in Melbourne. I’ll tell you one thing that got me down – train track suicides. It seemed to happen every week in Sydney. I was one minute away from witnessing one – and my flatmate at the time did (as well as a bunch of kids). I was only there for three months, as I said, but there were several other things. Maybe I’ll save it up for fiction…

Comment on Goodbye Billie Jean by karsoe

karsoe — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:47:28 +0000

I hope you do share your thoughts on Sydney sometime, Angela, as I’ve lived here in “Sin City” for 13½ years after having grown up been raised in rural NSW and I’m becoming deeply ambivalent about this place. I’ve always had a somewhat heretical (if you’re a Sydneysider) fondness for Melbourne but don’t visit there often enough. Sydney is the LA of the southern hemisphere in all it’s glory and shallowness, fun and depravity. And etc. It’s a dynamic powerhouse of ambition and still very much a wannabe in many ways. A weird place. Anyhow, hope you decide to share someday.