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Viva Frida!
I like to read and write in bed. A comfortable mattress can at times be equally as productive as a sturdy desk. A pad perched up on my knees, drafting, crafting. My mantra has always been: graft equals...
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A reading chair
If I was a king, I would have a chair purposefully crafted out of volumes of books. Books that I have read through the years. Books that now I find are inside of me. The iconic Iron Throne in the...
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That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick: Ellin Stein
If they say the best books are like a conversation with the author, then ‘That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick – The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream’ by (disclosure:...
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How not to write a book in 30 days
This week my eye was caught by an informative and amusing interview in the Paris Review with Geoff Dyer, ‘The Art of Nonfiction No. 6’. Closer examination reveals it to be taken from the Winter 2013...
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Lily Poole: Jack O’Donnell
How much is too much to spend on a book? As with so much in life, George Orwell has already considered and quantified the answer for you. That said, I imagine the ideal price of a book is different for...
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bird by bird: Anne Lamott (margin notes)
I wonder if every writer gets to this page in Anne Lamott’s bird by bird: And then looks over one shoulder and wonders exactly how Ms. Lamott can see inside their heads. bird by bird: Anne Lamott...
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Dockers and Detectives: Ken Worpole (margin notes)
While the buildings, gardens and artefacts of the pre-industrial world and land-owning classes are studiously preserved, there remains a cavalier attitude to the industrial heritage, and to the...
View ArticleJolts: Fernando Sdrigotti
Really enjoyed this short story by Fernando Sdrigotti called Jolts, as published by 3am Magazine in September. The editors who turned it down must be idiots. Who has never experienced such jolts in...
View ArticleThe Golden Notebook: Doris Lessing
There could be many potential answers to the question, ‘What is Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook about?’ Almost like a literary Rorschach test, what you find in its pages may reflect your own...
View ArticleKitty, Queen of the Washhouse: an interview with John Maguire
Ten years ago today, I sat up in bed with a cup of tea and the laptop, messing around with WordPress. In honour of 10 million hardbacks reaching its 10th birthday and the forthcoming staging of Kitty,...
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