Category: writing

  • persistence & precipitation

    Great news on New Matilda! * * * I just spent a fantastic week at Varuna in the company of seven other writers, writing all day and talking about short stories all evening. If i ever start to forget how lucky i am to be doing the thing that i love, Varuna is a great…

  • actually pretty nice words really

    here’s an enthusiastic review of New Australian Stories, which should be in the shops now-ish. it’s a fine anthology and great to be in such good company. i’m only halfway through it, but a lot of these stories are giving me the punched-in-the-stomach feeling already. what a powerful bunch our short story writers are. inspires…

  • “september” fiction podcast: the lap

    hey! you! don’t forget to support new matilda and overland this week! yes, i know it is actually november. and i promised six stories in six presumably consecutive months. but my dictaphone AND my laptop broke while i was o/s, and i am still doing better than paperradio… anyway, here is the lap, a recording…