Shortlisted
Well, somehow I managed to slip one under the wire: At the Edge of the Solid World has officially made it through to the shortlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award. You can see the complete...
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As part of the media hubbub around the Miles Franklin shortlist — which is entirely new territory for me — you can now find brief review of the six shortlisted titles at the ABC’s Arts portal. Here’s...
View ArticleEndurance
Geordie Williamson has an overview of the Miles Franklin shortlist in today’s Australian. Here’s his take on the big picture: The make-up of this year’s half-dozen strong shortlist — filled as it is...
View ArticlePractices, Influences, Themes
Last month, I had the pleasure of talking to Sarah L’Estrange of ABC Radio National. We discussed all things to do with At the Edge of the Solid World and its place on the Miles Franklin shortlist,...
View Article2022: The Year of Shakespeare
At the turn of year, but on the spur of the moment, I decided to devote a good portion of 2022 to reading the complete works of Shakespeare. To begin with: one play each week, one act each weekday,...
View Article2022: The Year of Shakespeare, Part 1
The Taming of the Shrew I don’t remember actually reading The Taming of the Shrew in tenth grade, now more than twenty years ago; I remember only that it was assigned reading for my class, probably...
View ArticleShakespeare 2022: The Comedy of Errors
This is the third post in a year-long series in which, week by week, I’m reading the complete works of William Shakespeare, more or less in chronological order. In my previous post, I wrote about The...
View ArticleShakespeare 2022: Two Gentlemen of Verona
This is the third post in a year-long series in which, week by week, I’m reading the complete works of William Shakespeare, more or less in chronological order. In my previous post, I wrote about The...
View ArticleShakespeare 2022: Love’s Labour’s Lost
This is the third post in a year-long series in which, week by week, I’m reading the complete works of William Shakespeare, more or less in chronological order. In my previous post, I wrote about Two...
View ArticleShakespeare 2022: Titus Andronicus
This is the sixth post in a year-long series in which, week by week, I’m reading the complete works of William Shakespeare, more or less in chronological order. In my previous post, I wrote about...
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