The art or writing
The art or writing
Review: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
August 3, 2015 | Sophie Clews
I had heard a lot about this book before I started reading it, from friends, from critics, from the Internet, all talking about how good it was, how clever it was, how it could make you well up with emotion and start laughing in the same sentence. And yet, it still took me years to pick up the book, and to get past the fact that it was co-authored.
Queensland Poetry Festival
July 20, 2015 | Madeleine Dale
If you’re a poet, a performance artist or just a lover of words with a very short attention span, mark the Queensland Poetry Festival down in your diary. Under the new creative management of David Stavanger and Anne-Marie Te Whiu, and with a huge line-up of artists and events, the biggest event in Brisbane poetry is looking better than ever.
Upcoming Australian Book Releases
July 19, 2015 | Sophie Clews
As the year carries on, talented Australian writers are continuing to release new books. We’ve rounded up four upcoming Australian books that we’re looking forward to reading in the second half of 2015. Read More
Review: The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave
July 8, 2015 | Sophie Clews
“It occurs to him that with each tick of the clock the memory of his mother fades, and she slips away. He feels, with a rush of iced wind across his heart, that even by just lying there he is losing her, little by little. He closes his eyes and attempts with reasonable success to ransack his memory and conjure up images of her. He hopes by doing this that he will prevent her from melting away completely. He wants, deep down, to remember her back into existence.†Read More
Interview: Creativity with Sarah Darmody
June 20, 2015 | Sophie Clews
In preparation for her class on How To Be Creative at The School of Life, we sat down with the very talented Sarah Darmody to discuss her thoughts on all things creative. Read More
What’s On in Melbourne for Writers This Winter
June 9, 2015 | Sophie Clews
The Emerging Writers’ Festival might have passed, but there are still plenty of events happening for writers over the colder months. If you can convince yourself to go out into Melbourne’s blustery weather, you can be rewarded with great events on for writers.
What Melbournians Are Reading
June 3, 2015 | Sophie Clews
We’re always on the lookout for new books to pick up, so we went out and asked a few Melbournians what they’re reading at the moment to get inspired. Read More
Australia’s Up and Coming Writers
May 28, 2015 | Sophie Clews
The Australian literary scene is an exciting place to be at the moment, with plenty of new authors on the rise. We’ve just seen the release of some amazing new works of fiction from young Australians, and here’s a list of people to watch over the next few years. Read More
The Queensland Literary Awards Regain Funding
May 23, 2015 | Madeleine Dale
The Queensland Literary Awards are back, and this year so is their funding! After several long years in the wilderness, the state’s major literature prize is finally seeing some cold, hard cash from the people in power—and if you’re a writer with a published or unpublished manuscript, that is a welcome sight indeed.
Review: Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
May 17, 2015 | Sophie Clews
“Afterwards, it is possible to see the beginning of things, the point at which you had already plunged in, while at the time you thought you were only testing the water with your toe.” Read More
Books for Cooks: A Fitzroy Delight
April 28, 2015 | Sophie Clews
There are few things I love more than food and books, and a remarkable shop on Gertrude St, Fitzroy combines the two. Read More
What’s On: Melbourne’s Emerging Writers’ Festival
April 21, 2015 | Sophie Clews
It may be over a month away, but it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to see at Melbourne’s Emerging Writers Festival. Read More
Therapeutic Writing with Sian Prior
April 11, 2015 | Sophie Clews
She’s worked as a writer, an opera singer, a broadcaster for ABC, a journalist, a university lecturer, and an MC. Following the release of her memoir, Shy, Sian Prior is out to teach Australia how therapeutic writing can be. In preparation for her upcoming seminar at The School Of Life in Melbourne, The Creative Issue talked to Sian about her experiences with writing as therapy. Read More
Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
April 6, 2015 | Sophie Clews
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’â€