- This essay on Challenging the 'Women, Cattle & Slaves' Narrative by Kameron Hurley is doing things to me. Beautifully written, funny and sharply smart, you should all read this. Immediately. - Jason Nahrung's also put together a pretty brilliant 2013 Australian Literary Festival Calendar. Which is awesome. A great resource for Aussies too, so… Continue reading Friday Finds
Month: May 2013
Friday Finds
- This post on planning your own writing retreat is sure to be handy for anyone wanting to go down that path. - QANTAS airline is publishing short books for flights! This is a pretty awesome initiative, one that I hope goes off. - Things said to lady journos is a pretty eyeopening look at… Continue reading Friday Finds
Friday Finds
- 65 Books you need to read in your twenties. I have read like, six of these which is probably grossly unimpressive? I'm definitely keen to read some more of them though! Watch me add them to my book list. - These four basic storytelling questions are a great way to develop your work and… Continue reading Friday Finds
Your Mid-Week Art Break: Anton Van Hertbruggen
Anton Van Hertbruggen's illustrations of suburban stargazers are pretty remarkable in both their simplicity and complexity. He does a pretty masterful job of bringing to life the skies and the people who gaze up at them. All of his work is nice though - some really sweet domestic, suburban scenes. Check them out over at… Continue reading Your Mid-Week Art Break: Anton Van Hertbruggen
A Mix for May
http://grooveshark.com/widget.swf Since I was at Groovin' the Moo two weeks ago, it only seems fitting for this month's mix to be some of the artist's I saw while I was there. It was pretty great, and meant I got to see a lot of old favourites and a few that are sneaking up to look… Continue reading A Mix for May
Sunday Short: Symbols and Signs by Vladimir Nabokov
As a baby, he looked more surprised than most babies. A photograph of a German maid they had had in Leipzig and her fat-faced fiancé fell out of a fold of the album. She turned the pages of the book: Minsk, the Revolution, Leipzig, Berlin, Leipzig again, a slanting house front, badly out of focus.… Continue reading Sunday Short: Symbols and Signs by Vladimir Nabokov
Friday Finds
- Patti Smith's fantastic advice for young writers. *chinhands* - Maureen Johnston challenged her twitter followers to genderflip book covers. The results were both amazing and, well, kind of horrifying. - These literary tattoos are wonderful. - This documentary by the wonderful Sarah Polley, The Stories We Tell, looks unbelievably good. I'm excited - Women… Continue reading Friday Finds
Sunday Short: Stuck Landing by Jill Summers
Jeremy and I are twins but not the creepy kind. And we have red hair but, and you are just going to have to trust me on this, not the upsetting kind. We’re identical and I think Jeremy looks a lot younger, but Dad said we came out side by side, both of us at… Continue reading Sunday Short: Stuck Landing by Jill Summers
Friday Finds
- It feels like talk of self-publishing's been everywhere this week, so I've compiled some of the better conversations here for you. In particular, I'd recommend reading Estelle Tang's post on self-publishing and blogging here. Writer Unboxed also has a good one here on the new era of self-publishing. - There's a brilliant post over… Continue reading Friday Finds
Sophie Overett 