This is the second of my two posts on the F*CK COVID online-only event. My first post introduced it and covered the fiction session. This post will report on the non-fiction session. I'll start by noting that while the first session involved established authors, this one, I think it's fair to say, involved emerging writers, who … Continue reading F*ck Covid: An Online Literary Affair (2)
ACT Writers Centre
F*ck Covid: An Online Literary Affair (1)
An initiative of the ACT Writers Centre and its Creative Producer Nigel Featherstone, F*CK COVID, was an online-only event. It comprised two panel discussions, featuring "four of Australia’s most exciting literary voices", one focused on fiction, and the other non-fiction. I will report on these in separate posts. Both sessions included the authors reading from their books … Continue reading F*ck Covid: An Online Literary Affair (1)
Sofie Laguna in conversation with Karen Viggers
What a treat it was to witness a conversation between two lively, intelligent Australian women writers in the company of other writers. I mean, as you can see from the post title, Miles-Franklin award-winning author Sofie Laguna and local writer Karen Viggers whose book The lighthousekeeper's wife has just hit 500,000 copies sold in France! … Continue reading Sofie Laguna in conversation with Karen Viggers
Monday musings on Australian literature: ACT Writers Centre
Do you have a writers centre in your neck of the woods? We do in Australia, but I've barely written about them before. They generally provide support and/or training for writers, via online and face-to-face mechanisms, some free-of-charge but most fee-paying, and tend to be membership organisations. Over coming months, I'll share what's happening in … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: ACT Writers Centre
Whispering Gums 