Category: writing

  • A List

    1. The new Meanjin is out (#72) and it includes an essay I wrote ‘On Quitting Poetry’ which is among the least comfortable things I’ve ever written (it’s also got the best list of references I’ve ever written): Having escaped from the Last Supper without lasting stigmata, I sat in my hotel room and examined…

  • working like a boss

    It’s twelve months since I accepted the gig of fiction editor at Overland and I’ve just finished co-judging the second Short Story Competition – the shortlist will be announced soon and the winners with the publication of issue 213. The quality was excellent once again – I’ll be writing more in my judge’s report. I’m…

  • Magnificent Seven

    This is a talk I gave at the Emerging Writers Festival on the weekend, an event in which myself and the other Ambassadors were asked to give seven pieces of advice we wished we’d had when we were embryonic writerlings. A few people asked, so I’m sharing it here in full. Thanks EWF for inviting…