* Awards galore this week!
You’ve probably seen them already, but I thought I’d throw my two cents in on a couple of recent shortlists (click through to reviews/interviews/mentions previously featured on LM).
The Age Book of the Year shortlist is out. Readings has reported it. I’ve read three of the fiction, but unfortunately none of the poetry or nonfiction. You? [...]
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Recent awards shortlists, book launches galore, and some mid-week links
August 12, 2009 – 8:43 pm
A callout of sorts, plus some killing, space and Eggers
August 2, 2009 – 5:19 pm
Hello litnibblets,
Exciting things are afoot. Book launches, Melbourne Writers Festival, my first spoken word poetry gig, an illustrated short story zine project, and in a few months, National Young Writers Festival and Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (I’m doing panels at both).
How did you like Sam Cooney’s guest review? I’m looking to do more guest [...]
Escaping
July 1, 2009 – 8:39 pm
… for five days. A short break. May or may not blog, so here are some links to keep you busy. If you miss me too much, follow my adventures on Twitter, I’ll try and tweet a little something each day. (I’ll miss you bigger!)
* First of all, if you read anything today, or bookmark [...]
Feeling a little drawn…
May 10, 2009 – 8:40 pm
N.B. I chose a British accent simply because the Australian one could not pronounce some of the words. And cheers to Overland and Meanjin for bringing this site to my attention.
Now, to some links for the week…
Happy Mother’s Day! My Mum is amazing and I love her to bits, but for something humorous on Mother’s [...]
Off to Adelaide
March 13, 2009 – 8:07 am
As many of you know, I’m off to participate in the Academy of DIY as part of the Format Festival in Adelaide this weekend. I’m flying off after work today, and I may not get a chance to blog (not back until Sunday night and I don’t have a laptop, how old-school!). Also, my phone [...]
Numbers, Solitude, Cinnamon Cookies + New Voices
March 7, 2009 – 4:35 pm
According to my dashboard, this is my 200th post since I started this blog in May 2007. And you know what? In the past couple of years through this blog, my novel manuscripts, my short stories and thesis, and my work, I’m quite sure I have written over a million words. I mean, I probably [...]
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Snapshot
Number of items on to-do list: Nine. Not too bad.
The next five books I’m planning to read in no particular order: Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey), Siren (Tara Moss), Parrot & Olivier in America (Peter Carey), The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (J Randy Taraborrelli), The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood).
Time I got to bed [...]