I have an idea for a book! It will have zombies and otters and self-aware Japanese robots battling for supremacy of a small farm in Kansas. This once rural idyll naturally holds the key to the future of all humanity. Think I am mad? Think again. The odds are very Continue Reading
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Review: (re)Visions: Alice
Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Alice in Wonderland, has been a mainstay of Western popular culture since it was released in 1865. The story has been interpreted so many times in so many ways (with even Disney getting in on the act back in 1951 with their film) that you might Continue Reading
Crowdfunding: Publish now, not later
A love of the written word is a precious currency for any author but sadly, and we’ve checked with the bank on this, you can’t use it to pay your bills. So if you’re longing to fulfil your creative destiny but haven’t landed that worldwide multi-million dollar advance from an Continue Reading
Review: “The Paris Letter” (Darlinghurst Theatre)
In a play redolent with evocative lines, the one that has stayed with me, and sums up the melancholy of the whole story is “the unappeasable misery of the joyless”. It’s a line used by the central protagonist, Anton (Damian Sommerlad – young Anton / Peter Cousens – older Anton), Continue Reading
It’s a (monster) literary mash-up!
Jane Austen and zombies. Abraham Lincoln and vampires. Charlotte Bronte and vampires and zombies and werewolves. Even Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is now an android. What is going on in the rarefied climes of literature? Who brought these creatures of the genre underbelly of pop culture to sup at the same Continue Reading
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (book review)
I love books with quirky titles. They have become quite popular over the last few years ever since The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time became a hit in 2003. But a quirky title is only truly memorable if the novel is equally as creative and well-written, which Continue Reading
Astropolis (book review)
Humanity is deeply flawed. But despite this, not ultimately doomed. This is the recurring theme throughout this book, which is the first volume in what is styled as an epic sci-fi trilogy. And epic it is! The story covers vast amounts of space and time in its quest to tell Continue Reading
The Temperamentals (New Theatre)
It is easy to brave behind closed doors. You can articulate the most intimate secrets and no one will hear you, unless you choose to let them. But the whole equation changes when you are suddenly thrust into the spotlight, or like Harry Hay (Doug Hansell), and his lover, Rudi Continue Reading
It’s raining cat and dog memoirs
It started way back in 1933 when Virginia Wolf published Flush, a cleverly written biography about Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog which told his story from abandoned stray to much loved pet. Then fast forward to 2005 when Marley and Me, by John Grogan, was released, telling the story of one Continue Reading
How quickly the pop culture loving masses forget… or do they?
Santigold, an innovative alternative music artist who shot to prominence in 2008 with her self-titled debut album (under her then moniker of Santogold), has a new single out, “Big Mouth”. It’s a funky, fresh slab of crackling alterna-pop. Almost simultaneously, Sam Sparro, who enjoyed massive success with his second single, Continue Reading