Loved Roz Chast’s book, surprised myself by loving it actually.
Read moreReview of 'Cowardice: A Brief History' by Chris Walsh
Cowardice is a big subject, meaty (as they say) and strangely little-thought-about. If you get far enough into my review of Chis Walsh's Cowardice: A Brief History, to spot ‘superficial’ in a sentence, please mentally replace it with ‘surfacy’ (subs!).
Michael Hofmann’s review of Martin Amis
No one writes criticism like Michael Hofmann.
Read more‘Thank You for Your Service’
One of the best nonfiction books I've ever read.
Read moreMelbourne Writers Fest
Talking with Rai Gaita and Wayne Macauley at the 2014 MWF.
Read moreWriting Exercise for Writers Vic
I'm not a fan of writing exercises but...
Read more‘It started with a Word’ at Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival
Here's the text of my 8-minute speech at the gala opening of the Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival 2014.
Read more‘This Narrated Life’
Are we really "story-telling animals"?
Read moreWriters Victoria ‘Memoir in a Year’
Research is always the best part!
Read moreMUMA's 'Concrete'
Monash University Museum of Art’s current exhibition is called ‘Concrete’.
Read more‘Media Report’ With Richard Aedy
Interviewed by the very lovely and intelligent Richard Aedy.
Read moreLast Year’s ‘Purgatorio’
One of the most gratifying commissions – Poet's Voice, Dante.
Read moreAndrew Solomon’s ‘Far From The Tree’
How about that first paragraph in Andrew Solomon’s Far From The Tree!
Read moreSally Smart’s The Choreography of Cutting
Sally Smart blows my mind.
Read moreMark Hilton @ Melbourne Now
Mark Hilton @ NGV. Masterpiece.
Read moreReflections on CALD Mentorship
Peril(s) of monoculturalism!!!
Read moreGriffith Review’s 10th Anniversary Event at Melbourne Uni
Liar! Cheat! Plonker!
Read more“Boy, Lost”
Kristina Olsson gets it right.
Read moreRock Country
It almost killed him but it's a beauty!
Read moreRachel Buchanan ‘Stop Press’
The latest from my dear friend Rachel Buchanan.
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