(courtesy Hardie Grant Publishing) There’s something utterly beguiling about protagonists who don’t march to the beat of a conventional drum. In a world addicted to the idea that conventionality and a certain level of self-censoring propriety are the only way to go, lead characters who break the mould, even to Continue Reading
Surrealist something out of nothing: Thoughts on Government Cheese
(courtesy IMP Awards) Dreams are powerful things. No, we’re not talking about strange nocturnal interludes where you’re naked in front of a hall of rabid lemmings who are demanding you sit your senior year French exam in five minutes time; instead, we’re referencing that mostly hope-springs eternal vibe inside all Continue Reading
Book review: The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan
(courtesy Allen & Unwin Book Publishers) Depending on your perspective, old age is a time where you either throw in the towel and admit life is what it is and there’s no changing it, and by extension, you, or you give things a long, hard look and carpe diem the Continue Reading