Sasha Burden was in the news a lot last month as her identity as the anonymous intern who did a tell-all of Melbourne newspaper, The Sun, was leaked. She's been subject to ridicule, sympathy, aggression and support alike, and the whole thing had this sort of explosive effect. All of that aside, I like Burden… Continue reading Sunday Short: How to Be My Girlfriend by Sasha Burden
Month: September 2012
Friday Finds
- During the course of the week, I found two awesome articles pairing alcoholic drinks with classic novels, and the whole thing has resulted in me and a few friends starting up our own bookclub, Classics & Cocktails. We're running it the first Sunday of the month with the first one being The Great Gatsby… Continue reading Friday Finds
NYWF
I'm about to spend the next four days rolling about Newcastle for the National Young Writers Festival. The festival is run every year as a part of This is Not Art, a big open event which includes NYWF, The Crack Theatre Festival and Critical Animals. To say I'm excited is a fairly significant understatement. In… Continue reading NYWF
Your Mid-Week Art Break: Vera Bosgol
I've just ordered a copy of Anya's Ghost, a graphic novel by Russian-born writer/illustrator Vera Bosgol. As a result though, I've been raiding her website and inhaling her illustrations, original sketches through to her (pretty great) fanart, which is all pretty close to superb. She's got such expression and narrative in tiny scenes, I basically… Continue reading Your Mid-Week Art Break: Vera Bosgol
Sessun A/W 2012
I'm always fascinated by collections internationally because as we edge out of winter here, the rest of the world seems to be slipping back into it. The result is lookbooks like this make me miss the season I've only recently said goodbye to, instead of preparing me to meet the one knocking at my door.… Continue reading Sessun A/W 2012
Sunday Short: The Hortlak by Kelly Link
The first Sunday Short I posted was Kelly Link's 'The Fairy Handbag', which remains one of my favourite shorts ever from one of my favourite collections ever, Magic for Beginners (which everyone should read and own and treasure). I figure I've given it enough time between to post another now, The Hortlak, which is another… Continue reading Sunday Short: The Hortlak by Kelly Link
Friday Finds
Rebecca Giggs has written a really interesting piece on gender and genre which you can (and should) read over here.Giggs is one of my favourite non-fiction writers at the moment, and this feature is a highlight of both her ability as a journalist and as a writer generally. The topic itself is one that's pretty… Continue reading Friday Finds
Orla Kiela A/W 2012
I'm totally in love with this lookbook of Orla Kiely's. It's so stylised and stylish, plus the clothes are basically to die for. It's basically great. (via theclotheshorse)
Your Mid-Week Art Break: Ellen Weinstein
The awesomely surreal art of Ellen Weinstein is proving her to be my spirit animal. Love, love, love.
Sunday Short: Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The degree to which F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing taps into his personal life still staggers me. Tender is the Night is one of my favourite novels of all time and it's portrayal of Dick and Nicole Diver and the demise of them romantically and individually virtually mirrors that of Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda. Babylon… Continue reading Sunday Short: Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sophie Overett 