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- Tár (Todd Field 2022) 27 January 2023A brilliant performance by Kate Blanchett. I think the fuss about it is part of the all too usual pre-Oscars nastiness.
- Fear Agent Final edition volume 2 (Rick Remender and others 2018) 26 January 2023The second half of my annual comics gift.
- Fear Agent Final edition volume 1 (Rick Remender and others 2018) 24 January 2023The first half of my annual gift of comics
- Overland 247 (ed Evelyn Araluen & Jonathan Dunk, Winter 2022) 21 January 2023This issue kicks off with an excellent essay on Wake in Fright, the novel and the movie.
- SBS On Demand: Pandore (2022) 21 January 2023A Belgian political thriller.
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Moreno Giovannoni’s Fireflies of Autumn and November verse 3
Moreno Giovannoni, The Fireflies of Autumn and other tales of San Ginese (Black Inc 2018) The Fireflies of Autumn begins with a bang. To be more precise, one of its first stories is a tall tale involving a vast explosion … Continue reading
SWF 2019: Friday
I was in England when last year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival broke away from its harbourside venue, so this is my first Festival at the Carriageworks. I miss stepping out of dim rooms full of bright words into the dazzle, or … Continue reading
Southerly 75/3
Elizabeth McMahon and David Brooks (editors), Southerly Vol 75 No 3 2015: War and Peace (The Journal of the English Association, Sydney, Brandl & Schlesinger 2016) In last May’s Quarterly Essay, Blood Year, David Kilkullen quoted Trotsky: ‘You may not be interested in … Continue reading
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Tagged A B Facey, Anne M Carson, Beth Spencer, Brook Emery, David Brooks, Elizabeth McMahon, Ffion Murphy, Jordie Albiston, journals, Larry Zetlin, Lorraine McGuigan, Michael Hamel-Green, Moreno Giovannoni, Peter Dickison, Philip Butterss, Richard Nile, Robin Gerster, Rory Steele, Sylvia Martin, Tessa Lunney
Rhyme #4 and Southerly 75/1
Elizabeth McMahon and David Brooks (editors), Southerly Vol 75 No 1 2015: Elemental (The Journal of the English Association, Sydney, Brandl & Schlesinger) Rhyme #4: What’s in a title (with anagrams)? Blow the wind southerly, Southerly, southerly, rattle our windows and … Continue reading
Tagged Alice Bishop, B R Dionysius, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Claire Corbett, Dael Allison, David Brooks, Dugald Williamson, Elizabeth McMahon, Felicity Plunkett, George Kouvaros, John Stephenson, journals, Kate Livett, Laurie Duggan, Moreno Giovannoni, Nicolette Stasko, Pam Brown, Roslyn Jolly, Stuart Cooke, Vivian Smith