Monica Dux wears many different hats. She is a columnist with The Age, a social commentator, speaker, and author of ‘Things I Didn’t Expect (when I was expecting)’, co-author of ‘The Great Feminist Denial’ and editor of the anthology ‘Mothermorphosis‘, which I read (and loved) earlier this year. It is the book I wished I read when I was pregnant, and I’m so thrilled…
I’ve told my friend, Simone Pregellio, that she needs to write a book or a blog, ’cause she’s as funny in print, as she is in person. Luckily, she’s too busy being a corporate high-flying communications executive to listen my silly ideas. However, when she told me she was attending this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, I had a light bulb…
If you ever get the chance to attend a literary festival, do it! For lovers of writing and reading, a day spent in the midst of books, writers and fellow book lovers is a bit like finding heaven on earth. This year, I set aside a full Friday for the Sydney Writers’ Festival – and was rewarded with a wonderful…
Victorian writer, Melanie Napthine is the winner of this year’s Margaret River Press Short Story Competition for her unsettling tale, ‘Lost Boy’ – after which the anthology of shortlistees is also named. (Shameless plug – my story ‘Glory Season’ is also published in the collection!) It was a genuine thrill to read this story, which is disturbing in the best…
IN BRIEF:A compelling debut novel from Amanda Ortlepp that canvases the ethical complexities of embryo donation but delves deeply into the question of what it means to be a mother.
IN BRIEF:Australian comedian Anh Do brings his trademark humour to children’s ‘chapter books’ with a series that’s sure to entertain the 6-9 year olds.
In this age of email and text message, it’s lovely to receive something in the post that isn’t a bill. It’s more lovely when that thing is a parcel. It’s even lovelier still when the parcel contains a beautiful book which has one of YOUR short stories published in it. I first started writing ‘Glory Season’ three years ago. The…
I used to know Sal as the school friend who would read Mr Bain’s notes off the blackboard for me in economics (Thanks Sal. Without you I would never known my own blindness, or what GDP meant!) But these days, Sal is setting the world alight as a writer, with a special talent for coming up with funny, pithy slogans.…
IN BRIEF:You think being a published author is a dream come true? Read this collection of four, hilarious, memoir-style essays from Liam Pieper, and think again.
IN BRIEF:A sensitive portrayal of the often complex relationship between siblings that asks the question – what happens when disaster strikes a fractured, but deeply held, relationship?