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Almost a Mirror podcast theme song is out!
I’m very excited to announce that the ALMOST A MIRROR [...]
Interview with Sian Clifford from Fleabag
For many fans and critics of the brilliant TV series [...]
Katherine Bode on how to use the Australian Newspaper Fiction Database
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the newspaper and journal [...]
Almost a Mirror shortlisted for Penguin Literary Prize
Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I posted. [...]
Communicating the incommunicable: celebrating the work of Richard Flanagan
Through Richard Flanagan’s writing flows the destructive power of love, [...]
Every holiday was father’s day: writing fathers + daughters at Clunes Booktown
At Clunes Booktown, I shared the stage with my dad for the [...]
Interview with Tara Moss: beyond the labels
At the recent Sydney Writers’ Festival, crime fiction writer Tara [...]
Doug Anthony Allstars give good head: balustrades, bubblers + barking mad
I always vowed I'd never be like the baby-boomers: going [...]
Bendigo Writers’ Festival: girls, grief, guts
On the radio oh oh The Bendigo Writers' Festival kicked [...]
Interview with Kirsten Alexander, editor of Open Field magazine
I first came across Open Field magazine when I was browsing [...]
Shyness is nice: the beauty of inarticulation
At the recent Sydney Writers’ Festival, David Marr did a [...]
Interview with Laura Jean McKay about Holiday in Cambodia
Friday Night Fictions debut author: Laura Jean McKay [...]
The television of intimate connections: True Detective, Girls, Rake, Homeland, Redfern Now
Marty (Woody Harrelson) & Rust (Matthew McConaughey) in True [...]
Interview with Anthony Lawrence: poetry, passion and plagiarism
Anthony Lawrence, Blake Poetry Prize 2013 winner [...]
Throw your arms around him? No. Carry a Big Stick by Tim Ferguson
Tim Ferguson may want to throw off the shackles of [...]
Dawn Barker: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours
In the past couple of months, I've started a new [...]
Writing Mothers: Jo Case
For a while last year, Jo Case and her book Boomer [...]
Interview with Michael Adams about The Last Girl
Michael Adams, star of FRIDAY NIGHT FICTIONS, and author [...]
Writing Mothers: Annabel Smith
Author Annabel Smith Novelist Annabel Smith is a [...]
Walter Mason: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours
I thought it might be fun to do a tandem [...]
Move away from the computer: The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Whenever I move into a new house (and there have [...]
just_a_girl reviews + media
Here is a sample of reviews and media. For a [...]
The lure of introversion: QUIET by Susan Cain
I'm having a pyjama day today. I've had a couple [...]
Beyond the Bonkbuster: Australian erotic writing
As I look at my web stats for the first [...]