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The Adelaide Fringe is tearing up the city as we speak — it opened Friday night with an insane parade, and the fun won’t stop until 22 March. Those of you in Adelaide, or heading to Adelaide in the next few weeks, there’s no excuse to miss this show:Sound & Fury’s ‘Sherlock Holmes & the…… Continue reading When in Adelaide, Thou Shalt Fringe

From today’s thesis readings… It all comes back to writing stories."’Relations [meaning the interconnectedness of events and people] stop nowhere, and the exquisite problem of the artist is eternally to draw, by a geometry of his own, the circle in which they all shall happily appear to do so.’ Human experience is a continuum, but the…… Continue reading The artificiality of endings…

You know, when your head explodes it gives you a different perspective on things.The expert didn’t do exactly what I am doing.The expert did some of what I am doing, which means I don’t have to do it now.The expert’s views support my central argument, so now I can point at her work instead of…… Continue reading Post-head explosion

You know when you’ve been working on, say, a thesis chapter for so long it feels like you were still in diapers when you started and you’ll be back in diapers by the time you finish? And you know when you’re in the middle of this eternal torture, and you’re trying to find the right…… Continue reading The sound of my head exploding…

This time a certain Ms Slatter was getting married (and he was lovely, BTW, and tall.) The wedding was gorgeous, the bride was stunning, and before the wedding began the couple had exchanged wedding rings made out of slices of dried maple syrup with tiny leaves embedded in them. Magical. I was watching Ms Slatter walk down the…… Continue reading More Clarion dreams…

Last night I dreamt that unicorn_on_mars had a garage sale because she needed to clear her house out in order to fit in all of our Clarion crits. I bought two pairs of dream shoes from her, some jewellery, and several cute things to wear (*sigh* if only those shoes had been real!)Then I dreamt that…… Continue reading Clarion on the brain

I know I’ve gushed about it before, but I’ll gush again: Jeff VanderMeer rocks. We were so lucky to have him as a tutor in Week 6 at Clarion. So lucky. Here’s Jeff’s take on his experiences as our tutor:http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/02/22/clarion-south-2009/Also, a couple of other posts Jeff has made for Amazon about Australian writing (with recommendations…… Continue reading Jeff VanderMeer rocks

So I left one $$$ opportunity off my list the other day: The D.J. O’Hearn Memorial Fellowship is a biennial award that offers residency at the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, to emerging Australian writers. The Fellowship also has a current value of $5,000, and is awarded to a writer of fiction, poetry or drama.…… Continue reading Mixed bag

Some of you may be working on novels at the moment, and you may or may not have big overseas research trips planned in the near future (Yes, I’m looking at you, Angela!) So, thanks to the helpful folk at the SA Writers Centre, I have stumbled across the closing dates for Australia Council grants,…… Continue reading Money money money