Here’s my project. I read a poem a day, imbibe its rhythms and use this as an inspiration for my own writing. Because it’s 2016, I’ll choose 16 quotes from 16 of these poems to feature on A Bigger Brighter World so you’ll get to enjoy a taste of them too. I may not manage
Stella Montgomery is trapped with her three humourless aunts in the Hotel Majestic in the drab coastal town of Withering-by-Sea. Spurred on by an old atlas, she dreams of adventure and—when she spies something she shouldn’t have—she gets caught up in one! Stella vows to keep the small package Mr Filbert has hidden in the
Grab your gumshoes and telephoto lens. It’s time to pay ‘Krymphixshon’ a visit to examine the Crime Scenes. This one’s well worth your scrutiny. I’m not a die-hard crime reader who hoovers up a multiple-book series in a weekend like some people I know. My crime reading is both sporadic and serendipitous. So, when I
On selfies: ‘Here’s me outside the palace of me.’ It was a great moment. The performance poet, Kate Tempest, nailing the emptiness of our narcissistic obsession with the self and our physical appearance. Tempest mesmerised the audience at the opening of the Sydney Writers Festival on May 18. She ‘told’ us (aka performed) a few
Here’s my project. I read a poem a day, imbibe its rhythms and use this as an inspiration for my own writing. Because it’s 2016, I’ll choose 16 quotes from 16 of these poems to feature on A Bigger Brighter World so you’ll get to enjoy a taste of them too. I may not manage
Award-winning author Jen Storer uses infectious humour, outlandish language and a distinctive narrative voice to lure readers through her picture books for young children and darker tales aimed at middle-grade readers. In this Q&A she reveals how healthy neglect can benefit a story, why reading aloud is important, and how farmer Clarrie and his quirky
Damage and despair haunt the pages of Josephine Rowe’s first novel like the phantom panther said to have stalked the area near Puckapunyal Army Base in central Victoria. This makes A Loving, Faithful Animal an eerie and unsettling book—and a difficult read. Persist, though, and you’ll be rewarded by Rowe’s precise and poetic use of
In April, I’m traveling in Japan so my 16 quotes from 16 poems are by Japanese poets. Enjoy! (How do I say that in Japanese?) 1. ‘Blossoms at night’ by Kobayashi Issa Blossoms at night, / and the faces of people / moved by music. Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828), also known as Kobayashi Yataro and Kobayashi
The Waiting Room is an intense portrait of a woman unravelling and an intriguing study of the complexity of the mother-daughter bond. It also explores the legacy of the Holocaust and the ripple effect of its damage: How hard is it for a child of a Holocaust survivor to carve out her own identity? What
Here’s my project. I read a poem a day, imbibe its rhythms and use this as an inspiration for my own writing. Because it’s 2016, I’ll choose 16 quotes from 16 of these poems to feature on A Bigger Brighter World so you’ll get to enjoy a taste of them too. I may not manage
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