Another article I wrote for the ACT Writers Centre, this time about my experience at the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival over 26–28 August 2016. The 2016 Canberra Writers Festival was my first major writing event. Among all the author interviews, book launches, panel discussions, writing workshops, festival artists, pop–up bookstores, signings, corridor networking, macaron towers,...
Read MoreTaika Waititi was a surprising choice of director of the third movie in the Thor series, Thor: Ragnarok. Primarily known for his quirky, feel–good comedies—most recently the surprise hit of 2016, Hunt for the Wilderpeople—Waititi does not seem a natural fit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it works. And not only does it work,...
Read More(There is a drum roll, it rattles on longer than the nerves can handle, rumbling through your bowels and building like rising water until you wonder if you will ever be able to breathe again…) Annnnndddddd… I didn’t win! Not even the top 10. I’m not sure where I placed outside of that, as only...
Read MoreLast night I spent two fabulous hours with author and academic Gillian Polack. Although our time was brief, Gillian quickly demonstrated why she is a renowned authority on the subject of world building. Here are the three lessons that most resonated with me (with my own little comments and extrapolations added): Start with the rocks...
Read MoreMy next CAPITAL LETTERS blog post is up! Head to actwritersblog.com/2016/03/08/first–encounters–with–a–poetry–slam/ to read about my adventures at Canberra’s biggest poetry slam, BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!. Or you can just scroll down! First Encounters at a Poetry Slam Poetry is intimidating. For many (me included) it can come across as pretentious, or stuffy, or borderline incomprehensible....
Read MoreMy next CAPITAL LETTERS blog entry is an interview with Capital Yarns author Sean Costello. The original post can be found here, or, as usual, you can read it all below! I was in Harry Hartog’s in Woden the other day when I came across something unusual on the counter. Neatly folded in a...
Read MoreAt its best, sport may be the pinnacle of story–telling. All the key ingredients are there: larger than life heroes, egotistical villains, a grand stage, the weight of history and expectation. But it also has something fiction does not: reality. The story hasn’t been made up by some overstimulated Hollywood boffin, it has been written...
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