http://grooveshark.com/widget.swf The last two months have been pretty crazy. I didn't get around to making a mixtape for August unfortunately, so a lot of these songs I've been listening to for a little while now. August and September were both good months, scaffolded by festivals and events and my birthday (!) and good friends birthdays… Continue reading The Only Twisted Branch
Month: September 2014
Sunday Short: ‘Stone Mattress’ by Margaret Atwood
But old habits die hard, and it’s not long before she’s casting an appraising eye over her fleece-clad fellow-travellers dithering with their wheely bags in the lobby of the first-night airport hotel. Passing over the women, she ear-tags the male members of the flock. Some have females attached to them, and she eliminates these on… Continue reading Sunday Short: ‘Stone Mattress’ by Margaret Atwood
Friday Finds
- The most feminist moments in science fiction history.- Nick Cave on the creative process.- The whole of Harry Potter in one handy illustration!- A Supergirl tv-series! Colour me excited.- Lena Dunham offers up some pretty great advice.- This article on the 100 best Simpsons episode is giving me insane doses of nostalgia. It's a… Continue reading Friday Finds
The Owlish Guide to National Young Writers Festival
It's that time of year again! I'm pretty stoked. This will not only be my third NYWF but the first time I've gone not-working, which gives me a ton of feels.It's also an awesome program, which is DOUBLY exciting. I'm looking forward to heading down.THURSDAY 2 OCTOBERComic JamLive comic drawing!Launch OrgyThis is always ridiculously fun.… Continue reading The Owlish Guide to National Young Writers Festival
‘What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us’ by Laura van den Berg (36/52)
An actress finds herself while imitating Big Foot. A woman falls out of love with her husband, her student, and etymology after her father drowns. Another looks for a twinflower while others search for the Loch Ness Monster. Laura van den Berg's debut collection explores myths, legends and those who seek meaning in them.I wasn't… Continue reading ‘What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us’ by Laura van den Berg (36/52)
Dear Creatures FW 2014
Oh, Dear Creatures. You're one of my favourite regular, affordable design houses working together. Their lines are regularly lovely, but this Fall Winter collection is particularly sigh inducing. There's barely a thing here that doesn't make me think of dense forests and magic and romance. It's gorgeous. You can view the full collection over at… Continue reading Dear Creatures FW 2014
Sunday Short: ‘Japanese Maple’ by Clive James
My daughter’s choice, the maple tree is new.Come autumn and its leaves will turn to flame.What I must doIs live to see that. That will end the gameI don't include a lot of poetry as a part of the Sunday Short series, but Clive James' most recent one is so heartwrenching that I couldn't not.… Continue reading Sunday Short: ‘Japanese Maple’ by Clive James
Friday Finds
- Shakespeare plays with the historically accurate accents! - 10 totally inspiring truth bombs from Mindy Kaling! She's my fave. - These photos of burlesque dancers in and out of costume are wonderful. - Guardians of the Galaxy with kitties! - These imagined travel posters for fantasy novels are pretty special too. - 8 books… Continue reading Friday Finds
‘We are All Completely Beside Ourselves’ by Karen Joy Fowler (35/52)
The Cooke's are, in many ways, your typical family. Mum, dad and 2.5 kids, they bounce around from house to house, avoid confrontation and tease like any other. Or at least they used to. With Rosemary in college, her brother missing and her sister gone, she's successfully avoided any real reflection on it until she… Continue reading ‘We are All Completely Beside Ourselves’ by Karen Joy Fowler (35/52)
Mayflower Supply SS 2014
Ah, Brisbane. You had you week-long spring and launched right into summer. I shouldn't complain too much - I am all about floaty dresses, singlets and hanging around in my underwear - and it helps to have great spring summer collections lingering, like this one from Mayflower Supply. There's something a little nostalgic about the… Continue reading Mayflower Supply SS 2014
