Tag Archives: nonfiction

Buying time: Liz Sinclair on asking for money to write her book

I was very curious when I heard about Liz Sinclair’s project ‘Help Me Write My Book’. Like many writers, Liz has to work to support herself, and of course, work takes time away from what she’s really wanting to do – write that book. My first reaction, honestly, was something along the lines of ‘why does she [...]

Princesses & Pornstars – Emily Maguire

Text, 2008 (Australia) 9781921351310
Emily Maguire’s Princesses & Pornstars is a call to arms. It’s a highly intelligent, entertaining, and sometimes endearingly awkward rant. To have a feminist stance is not just to talk about women, Maguire argues, it’s to talk about equality for all. It’s to talk about the end of prejudice. It’s about fairness. Sometimes [...]