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From the mouths of others
Today, this week, I have no words: ironic, perhaps, given that Losing It was officially released on Wednesday. So instead I am gathering the words for you, that you might find a pattern you like among them. 1. since feeling is first who pays any attention to the...
Fabulous in February
This is what I love about Perth Writers’ Festival: hanging out with my favourite writers, and meeting a few new fabulous ones, like Ambelin Kwaymullina (The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf) and Emma Chapman (The Good Wife): I highly recommend both debuts to you. I also...
S*x and speaking
1. I am chairing two sessions at the Perth Writers Festival: one about the Mickelberg brothers with Tony Buti, and Tapping into the Zeitgeist, with David Levithan, James Roy, and Indian rock star writer Chetan Bhagat. I scored the latter because the fabulous AJ...
Coming in 2012
1. Forgive me banging on (yes, this is the post of double entendres), but on 28 March 2012, Losing It will make its way into the world. Penguin has been doing some great pre-publicity and whipping up anticipation (see here and here), and I can’t wait. It seems an...
New in November
1. The irony of November being National Novel Writing Month is striking this writer’s anvil once again as we speak (pardon the questionable image, it’s been that kind of a day). For me, November is always frantically busy with non-writing-related activities,...
Oh say, it’s May!
Sorry for coming off all Enid Blyton-ish in the title. But here in Perth it is a glorious May Day, which makes one want to write in rhyming couplets (or is that just me?) of jolly things. I’ll try to restrain myself. Some random things, writing and otherwise: 1. ...
All good things must end
When I was a child, I had my own planet, named Jobnye. In several brown-paper-covered notebooks, I chronicled the features of Jobnye: its monetary system (complete with samples of its coins, tin foil wrapped over cardboard circles), its political system (complete with...
While waiting
1. I’m waiting for the final edit for Losing It to arrive in my mailbox. While waiting I’m pondering a) who should launch it and b) what the playlist should be. My wishlist for a) includes Bettina Arndt, Kathy Lette and Germaine Greer (actually, the person I’d...
Spring reflections
* I once had a poet friend** who would start a new writing project on the spring equinox, without fail, every year. Winter was her fallow period; summer was all golden phrases and Fremantle sunsets. If I were able to write to my natural writerly inner clock, I’d...
A Tale of Two Covers (and a Poster)
Well, not so much a tale as a – oh, anyway, here they are: I am so happy with this I could just burst! Thank you Marina. The Chinese cover of Famous! Yes, that is photoshopped. But it is the best welcome I’ve had to a school...