On The Spot – Dylan Morris
Dylan is often out on the town as his alter ego, Delvira Midnight, we caught up over lunch at the Court Hotel. What’s your guilty pleasure? Chocolate What’s next to your bed? There’s a big pile of false eye lashes and make up and my diary. If you were a superhero, what would be your [...]
Lady of Letters
Juggling phone interviews whilst frantically rummaging around her city abode (aka storage dumping ground), and cursing the fact she has somehow obliviously managed to become a stage five hoarder, all while her squeaky new tenant hangs around (literally) in the backyard to move in is just another day in the life of Marieke Hardy. Known [...]
Book Reviews – December 2011
Fifty Animals That Changed The Course of History by Eric Chaline Allen and Unwin List five animals that you think have changed the course of history. Does your list include the wolf, which was the first animal to be domesticated by humans? These animals were selectively bred to create the range of domestic dogs we [...]
Book Reviews – November 2011
Tales of Desire by Tennessee Williams New Directions Books Born 100 years ago, Tennessee Williams is better known for his plays including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. His plays were both praised and denounced – one being described by some forgotten cleric as being ‘revolting, deplorable, [...]
Four Seasons with a grumpy goat
Carol Altmann Allen & Unwin When seasoned journalist Carol Altmann and her partner Deb seek a tree-change, they decide to leave their house in Adelaide for an idyllic five acre hobby farm in Neika, Tasmania ‘a captivating place with an enchanting name’. They soon realise that ‘hobby’ and ‘farming’ don’t go together as easily as [...]
Book Reviews – August 2011
Mrs Fry’s Diary Mrs Stephen Fry Hodder & Stoughton The diary of Mrs Fry is the hilarious account from the ‘wife’ of the British intellectual larrikin, Stephen Fry. The premise is simple – Mrs Fry documents the daily grind of her husband and two kids, yet these entries are the things of a great mind. [...]
The Beat Goes On
In the 1950′s a trio of writers came to be known as the leaders of The Beat Generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S Burroughs. Their controversial writing explored drugs, alternative sexualities and a rejection of materialism. Their creative process shunned the established rules as they promoted instantaneous creativity, unpurged expression and cut and [...]
Polari Prize Short List Announced
The short list for Britain’s Inaugural Polari First Book Prize has been announced at the London Literary Festival. The prize aims to promote debut publications that explore the queer experience. Poetry, Prose, Fiction and Non-Fiction works are all eligible for the award and they may be either print based or digitally distributed. The winner will [...]
McGregor Up For People’s Choice
Queer author Fiona McGregor has made the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards shortlist for her novel, Indelible Ink. McGregor is also in the running for the People’s Choice award where people have an opportunity to vote for the Sydney-based author from July 25. Indelible Ink will join five other novels including The English Class and [...]
1222
by Anne Holt Anne Holt worked for the police department before establishing her own law firm and then serving as Norway’s Minister for Justice, so she has had plenty life experience to help her become Norway’s bestselling female crime writer. Her thrilling crime novel takes place 1222 metres above sea level when a train derails. [...]
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