Monthly Archives: July 2005

Well, it’s half way through the middle session and Australia is 9/178 as I head off to bed. Don’t know what the rest of the evening will bring, but one thing is sure: one team came ready to play today. There are still twenty four and a half days play before the series winds up, … Continue reading »

Author and critic Gregory Feeley has written an interesting piece about trade publishers and short story collections. I don’t think it overstates his case to say that Feeley thinks trade publishers have never been as reluctant to publish what he describes as collections of literary merit than they are today. He states that ‘A short … Continue reading »

Justine reports that Margo Lanagan has a blog. It’s right here. This is way cool.

Melbourne was wonderful fun. I missed seeing some friends, but got to catch up with others. Highlights included seeing Jack and Janeen, catching up with Cindy after way too many years, good times at the local coffee shop, long talks in the bar, and late night silliness in the hotel room with Sean, Rob, Mitch … Continue reading »

i’m off to melbourne tomorrow. fly out of perth at 3.05pm and don’t get back till monday at 8.15am. i won’t be checking email or whatever during that time, so if you don’t hear from me, i’ll be having a good time and will get back to you on monday morning. if you’re going to … Continue reading »