As I’m writing this, I’m coming off the first four days of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, pacing myself for the next seven (today included), and my brain is what might be kindly described as ‘numb’ or ‘depleted’. Still, I suppose, looking at things from another angle, it has increased the daily commute about ten-fold, thus…
Photo by the amazing Fe Lumsdaine This photo was taken two months ago – hard to believe time has passed so quickly since – at the Digital Parent Conference in Sydney. When I spied it among the gallery of others on Flickr, I confess I thought to myself “Uh-oh. Sprung”. You see, I’m not paying…
Two or so years after letting my subscription to The New Yorker lapse – and enduring the paper campaign that ensued, pleading for my return – I recently re-subscribed: thanks, in part, to the prompting by Twitter pals Anna Spargo-Ryan and Mamabook, but mostly because I plain missed it. The picture above is the first…
At a wonderfully attended and entertaining launch last Wednesday night, the 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival program was revealed to all (with immediate ticket sales, which is always nice). It’s been an intense period, getting it ready to go online and behind-the-scenes, but it’s worth it. Last night, as I was tucking Keira into bed, she asked…
It’s approaching that time in Australia – Mother’s Day. I know, the hell, right? It’s almost May. In order to help assist present buying, might I suggest the below? I’ve got Crying in the Car available with no postage and free gift wrapping from now until Mother’s Day. Since putting up notice on the sidebar…
There can be a sobering element of truthfulness if one chooses to be honest not only about their reading choices, but reading habits. I suppose what I’m saying is that while these ‘What I’m Reading’ posts always do very well (thank you!), and have done so for a few years now, I’ve been starting to…
March is shaping up to be one busy, busy month. I thought I’d write it all down just to wrap my head around it a little – and of course to share with you too. International Women’s Day On Friday March 8th, I will be speaking at Camberwell for the City of Boorondara. The talk…
Read / February 11th, 2013
I took The Marriage Plot with me on our recent holiday, thinking that nine-hours in a plane each way would be ample time to knock it over (Eugenides’s style, among his other talents, I find, is a true pleasure – consequently I read faster). However, I forgot the biggest temptation: in-flight movies, and there were…
Read / January 17th, 2013
I came back from holidays in a bit of a reading lull. While away I was not able to find a nice, fat novel to immerse myself in as I’m usually lucky enough to do, and so upon arriving home felt a little like someone had pressed a ‘stop’ button in my psyche. I questioned…
