Monday 5 May, 2008
Breath
Pavlov's Cat writes particularly well today on Tim Winton's Breath (the Breath website was built by Virginia) and other matters. I am in the middle of reading Breath and enjoying it but I totally agree with her that Winton's Christianity is relevant to his writing. I don't mean that that's 'good' or 'bad'' - just relevant. There is also another line in this post which I totally love (it's not related to Winton, by the way, but Martin Boyd):' Given that most people die of being themselves in any case, surely the line -- that distinction between suicide and whatever the other thing is -- is often greyer and fuzzier than most people are prepared to admit in any case.'
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Aug 30
Melbourne
If you'd like to read an extract from my latest book, Melbourne, you'll find the one the Age published a couple of weeks ago here. You'll find Jane Sullivan's review here, and Kate Holden's review here. There was a really...More»
Aug 30
Why we still need feminism
I gave a lecture at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Sunday night as a part of their Big Ideas series. It was on why we still need feminism. You can read an extract of it here, on Crikey. Or read...More»
Jan 24
Booki.sh has arrived
Today's an important day for Australian publishing. Readings bookshop has launched its new ebook store. Australian, independent publishers now have access to a multi-platform ebook that is NOT a part of a monolith like Amazon or Google. Everyone who's contributed...More»
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