A sun-drenched and possibly superficial series of blog posts On Saturday afternoon I chaired a panel on magic, and expanding our ideas of the conventional world, with speculative fiction author and astrologer Kim Falconer, and Dutch poet and Voodoo Priestess Maria van Daalen. There was such a great vibe to this panel. I went in [...]
Tag Archives: Alex Miller
Miles Franklin Award shortlist, 2010
April 23, 2010 – 2:31 pm
Guten Tag. I’ve a piece in today’s Crikey newsletter: Miles Franklin Award: Alex Miller Puts in the Boot. It begins: ‘Are there too many literary awards in Australia, and is our oldest one “slipping away”? If an Australian literary award was provided increased funding and focus, would the Miles Franklin be the most relevant?’ You [...]
From Miller to McKellen
March 10, 2010 – 8:51 pm
A quick note to let you know the podcast of my conversation with Alex Miller is now up. You can find it at the 720 ABC Perth website, here, or you can search in the iTunes store and download it to your computer, or iPod/iPhone for listening on the go. If you get a chance, let [...]
Perth Writers Festival 2010 diary, part three: ‘I have just three questions…’
March 3, 2010 – 8:03 am
The last three days just slipped by. I thought I felt the Earth rotating beneath my feet on Monday night as I watched the sun set on Cottesloe Beach. My first sunset. A pink ribbon with little ships in it. Some people paused and others continued splashing and squawking like the rainbow birds. On the University campus, [...]
Perth Writers Fest 2010 diary, part two: re-reading Alex Miller’s Prochownik’s Dream
March 1, 2010 – 3:41 pm
Yesterday was my Q&A with Alex Miller, mainly focusing on his new novel Lovesong. I’m happy to report the session (where we actually covered a lot of ground, and got some great audience questions) will be available as a podcast on 720 ABC Perth. Watch this space. I’ll write more about my sessions and general [...]
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 [...]
Meeting Alex Miller part three: on cross-eyed novels, the time we have, and liberties of language
December 15, 2009 – 7:55 am
See also – part one: on the origins of a contemporary story and part two: on wisdom and imagination. My feature interview with Alex Miller on his new novel, Lovesong (Aus, US), was published in Readings Monthly. You can find it here. When asked what his favourite is of all his novels, Miller smiled and [...]
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Aussies up for largest worldwide literary prize: IMPAC Dublin longlist
The longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is nominated by libraries worldwide, so it’s no surprise that Australian books have been put forward by Australian libraries. Nonetheless, the €100,000 prize is nothing to balk at. It’s a long longlist, but an interesting one. I like seeing the flavour of different libraries in different [...]