*Spoiler alert: this is not intended as a straight review and I do refer to key plot points in this analysis. In one of the most vividly memorable moments of the novel, our young protagonists Jesse and Rachel wander like giants among miniature versions of the Eiffel Tower, the Great Pyramids, Dutch windmills, and the Leaning [...]
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Why don’t you know what you’ll get paid?
The first piece of writing I was ever paid for was an essay I wrote for the fourth issue of Kill Your Darlings journal. I remember vividly the moment I received the email that the work was accepted, and when they told me what I would be paid. I cherished that money because it was, [...]
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Emerging Writers’ Festival program released
The Emerging Writers’ Festival begins in Melbourne on May 24 and the full program of events has been released today, which you can view here. I’m very excited to be taking part in the festival — I’ll be hosting a panel event, Industry Insider: Emerging Critics on Monday 28th May at 6pm, where I’ll be discussing the [...]
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Guest Post — Literary Tourism
Guest post by Lisa Dempster In November 2010 I landed in Sharjah – a place I had not known existed until two months earlier – and several hours later I was sitting in a grand reception hall watching its International Book Fair being opened by one Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed al Qassimi. The room [...]
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