500-word challenge
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Through The Glass
Darkly
by Gwen AngstromThe next challenge, write up to 500 words around the theme: SPEED. Closes midnight, 1 May 2012 AWST (GMT+8) More>
Category Archives: The Buzz
Margaret Atwood: Plork and Awe
Guest post by Viv Langham (aka fan-girl) It is a full house. The audience murmurs in anticipation, gazing at the seats placed front and centre on stage. The hush when kick-off is announced is instant and reverent. We are here … Continue reading
Riffing with Margaret Atwood and China Miéville
By Carina Tan-Van Baren Margaret Atwood is fiddling with China Miéville’s sleeve. It is already rolled above his elbow but Atwood is carefully adjusting it to sit a little better. “How nice,” says the friend beside me. “She’ll spit on … Continue reading
Norway: A Writer’s Dream?
By Carina Tan-Van Baren Want to be a writer? Move to Norway. Acclaimed crime novelist Jo Nesbø says Norway “is the best country in the world to be a writer” and from what he and fellow Norwegian, author and playwright Johan … Continue reading
Me-Worms and They-Worms: The Hunt for Voice
By Tamara Hunter These pretzels are making me thirsty. These PRETZELS are making me THIRSTY. THESE PRETZELS ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY! Who knew pretzels could hold so many shades of meaning? As Elaine, George, Jerry and Kramer demonstrated in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
Tagged breath, character, Galore, Malcolm Knox, Michael Crummey, perth writers festival, The LIfe, Tim Winton, voice, Wayne Macauley, writing
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Inua Ellams: ‘Musical and delicious to the ear’
By Kaitlyn Plyley Performance poetry is gradually finding its way out of the grunge-covered back rooms of dark pubs and catching the attention of wider audiences. One of the poets carrying this contemporary artform into the mainstream is Inua Ellams, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax
Tagged Inua Ellams, performance poetry, perth writers festival, poetry
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Thrillers Make A Killing
By Carina Tan-Van Baren Crime fiction has invaded the zeitgeist. In books, movies, television, even music, crime is a dominant theme devoured by a public hungry for the dark and disturbing. The genre certainly punches with the heavyweights when it comes to readership, with … Continue reading
How Much Sex Is Too Much?
By Carina Tan-Van Baren Imagine wearing a big placard around your neck: “Dud root”*. This is the image that comes to mind when I contemplate writing my first sex scene. The idea of putting it all out there, describing the steamiest … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax
Tagged erotica, Frank Moorhouse, Glen Duncan, Krissy Kneen, perth writers festival, writing
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Careful or I’ll Put You In My Book
By Tamara Hunter There’s a great UK website specialising in gifts for writers and one of them is a t-shirt which says: ‘Careful or you’ll end up in my next novel’. You laugh and think “Ahh, writers” quickly followed by … Continue reading
The Rich Rewards of Research
By Carina Tan-Van Baren and Tamara Hunter Think research is dry and dusty? Rather be conjuring dragons from the clouds? You could be missing one of the most fun parts of writing a book. Far from a necessary evil, authors at … Continue reading
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