by Julia Lawrinson | Nov 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
For reasons to do with my dayjob, I had the privilege of spending two days this week at the Police Academy in Joondalup. I was sitting in with the newest of the new recruits, and it occurred to me, while listening to various instructors talk about what policing is...
by Julia Lawrinson | Oct 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
go here.
by Julia Lawrinson | Oct 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
John Updike* once said, ‘Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what you are saying.’ As I’m in the throes of rewriting a story that will hopefully become an Aussie Chomp, and knowing I’m in for more with the chess novel, this is particularly apt. Even with...
by Julia Lawrinson | Oct 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
No, I’m not talking about writing this time, although there’s no danger of me giving up my day job for that, either (thanks, Australia Council). I’m talking about this, from the 1995 Sandover Medal presentation at Burswood. Were we the most inappropriate...
by Julia Lawrinson | Oct 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
because he said this here: My basic objection to religion is not that it isn’t true; I like plenty of things that aren’t true. It’s that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always...
by Julia Lawrinson | Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
I haven’t written a genuine* letter to the editor since I was sixteen, but I was moved to do so by this article by Rosemary Neill in the Australian’s Review liftout. While I understand that journos must find a controversial line in any given issue, the article was...
