(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Being your real life is not as easy as it’s cracked up to be. Sure, there is a slew of movies, books, poems, TV shows and all kinds of other media dedicated to merrily and inspiringly advancing the idea that there’s nothing better than outwardly displayed, Continue Reading
Books
Rot begins at the edges, long before it reaches the heart: Foundation (S2, E6-8)
(courtesy YouTube (c) AppleTV+) Episode 6 – “Why the Gods Made Me”You get the impression that when Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) first devised his maths-based theory of psychohistory that he must have bloodlessly and impassionately put it all together, convinced that while he was saving humanity, the actual affairs and Continue Reading
Where the real world and imagination meet: Winnie-the-Pooh & the Hundred-Acre Wood
(courtesy Wikipedia) SNAPSHOTIn this video, we’ll look at the story of how Winnie-the-Pooh pays so much attention to place, and how the map of the Hundred-Acre Wood, drawn by E.H. Shepard, allows us all to visit childhood for a little while. (courtesy Laughing Squid (c) Great Maps Explained) One of Continue Reading
Book review: The Legend of Charlie Fish by Josh Rountree
(courtesy Tachyon Publications / cover by John Coulthart) If you believe the adage that good things come in small packages then you are going to love the perfectly formed succinctness of Josh Rountree’s slim but powerful The Legend of Charlie Fish. Set at the turn of the twentieth century with Continue Reading
Book review: A House For Alice by Diana Evans
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) If you have ever had an existentially restless moment in your life, and who of course hasn’t (whether we consciously acknowledge it or not), and wondered where it is that you truly belong, you will find with which to deeply identify in Diana Evans’ beautiful novel, Continue Reading
Book review: Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Falling out with someone you are close to is never, ever pleasant. In fact, it’s downright traumatising, made especially more so if there’s no chance for any sort of resolution or closure – hopefully of the positive variety but this is life in all its chaotic Continue Reading
Book review: We Are Mayhem (A Black Star Renegades novel) by Michael Moreci
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) One of the reasons that franchises like Star Wars have done so well is that they tap into an inherent need we all have for life to feel epic and adventurous. To be fair, it very rarely is with commuting, bill paying and other day-to-day detritus Continue Reading
Book review: Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Life is supposed to be something wonderful, alive, free, giddily good and delightfully joyous right? Add it to anything and it immediately adds buoyancy and zest to proceedings, a sunshiney vibrancy that stands as a direct counterpoint to death, pain, loss and fossilisation of personality and Continue Reading
Book review: Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie
(courtesy Penguins Books Australia) If you’ve left for anything beyond a sliver of a slice of time, you will be well acquainted, often painfully so, with the fact that life is messy, chaotic, unruly beast. It doesn’t meekly slot into the round holes we assign it nor does it compliantly Continue Reading
Can you tell if you wander into a fairytale? The Changeling challenges you to tell if you can …
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWhen Apollo’s father disappeared, he left his son a box of books & strange recurring dreams. Now Apollo is a father himself–and as he and his wife, Emma, settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Apollo’s old dreams return Continue Reading