The goose or the egg? … again

Riley has been bored around the house lately. Can’t say I really blame him, I have been a bit preoccupied, but that’s no excuse on my part. I did get a little of a shock last week, though, when he read out a phrase from one of Keira’s reader books from school. How on earth…

Top Gear poem mystery solved … I think

One of my favourite Top Gear episodes is their road trip across the bottom of Africa. If you’ve also seen it you might recall the scene where, as the three of them watch the moon rise over the Kalahari Desert, there is this exchange: James May: I know a Philip Larkin poem about the moon….

Emerging Writers’ Festival Program 2010 – available now!

Last night I went to the EWF program launch party, and now the program has been made available online. As long-time readers will know, the EWF has a special place in my heart and I’m pleased to say that I’ll be there on Sunday 23rd May as part of the Page Parlour at Federation Square (see photos…