Michael Cathcart and Radio National’s Books & Arts have a lovely section called Top Shelf. In this 10 minute edition I’ve shared a few cherished memories across art, film, music, novels and a Mary Oliver poem http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/top-shelf:-heather-rose/8075752
The Mercury published an edited version of a speech I recently gave to The Friends School. If you have a budding (or languishing) reader, this might prove useful. The whole speech appears in a previous blog below. Happy reading. This lovely image with thanks: http://thats-normal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/book-623163_1280.jpg
Here is the review for The Sydney Morning Herald by the wonderful Louise Swinn for The Museum of Modern Love. Also written for The Age.
Here is the review for The Age by the wonderful Louise Swinn for The Museum of Modern Love. Utterly unexpected and totally appreciated. This review also appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald – see above.
Some of you may have already discovered the works of Dominic Smith. His latest novel is the Last Painting of Sara De Vos and it’s a beautiful read. Dominic very generously took time to review another book about art in The Australian newspaper. The Museum of Modern Love reviewed in the Australian
Here is Sarah L’Estrange on Radio National’s Books & Art having a chat with me about writing The Museum of Modern Love – and how real life events created a world of characters and ideas.
Not long ago I was asked to judge the Jean Yates Writing Prize for 2016 for year 11 & 12 students at Hobart’s Friends School. Along with the awarding of the prize, I was asked to give a speech about why reading matters. It caused a bit of a stir – so here it is in full. […]
The Age & The SMH published this article on the writing of The Museum of Modern Love. The essay is here too (and without the ads!) The writing of The Museum of Modern Love As a writer you hear lots of stories about the writing process. How sometimes novels are written fast. How novels come […]
