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Writers, writers everywhere…
Yup, it’s (been) that time of year again—Sydney Writers’ Festival and the many and varied events that go along with it. It’s a busy time of year for me—made slightly less so by the fact that the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards dinner didn’t happen this year, and also by the fact that I piked on…
Read MoreIn a related world…
Somewhere filed away are the first drafts—rough, meagre things that they are—of my first attempt at writing a thesis for my Masters degree. I was in my late 20s, newly married (though not for long), and desperately in love with the books I was writing about, and the field that I had entered into with…
Read MoreViewing The Hunger Games
I won’t pretend to be the world’s biggest Hunger Games fan. I’ve only read the first of the trilogy—which I thoroughly enjoyed, despite having some misgivings about some of the world-building—and while the news I heard about the film all sounded good to me (casting, the fact that author Suzanne Collins was involved in the…
Read MoreGleeful about YA
aka Infinite Glee! Blink and you would have missed it…
Read MorePicking your brains
Hello dear neglected readers… In a little under a month, I am presenting my picks for this year’s CBCA Older Readers’ shortlist at the NSW Branch’s annual “Triple A: Anticipate! Appreciate! Applaud!” event (what we used to call the Clayton’s Shortlist back when I was on the committee). I am starting to narrow down on…
Read MoreA Vagrant Thought
Last year, I attended an “In Conversation” between author (and my friend and colleague) Libby Gleeson and Geoff Williams at the University of Sydney. Libby is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education and Social Work, and the In Conversation canvassed her creative process as a writer of picture books and longer fiction for…
Read MoreSendak on Colbert Part 2
Bingo! Part 2 at last! The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
Read MoreMaurice Sendak on The Colbert Report Part 1
It’s taken me a couple of days to be able to see this video, but here it is, available outside the US at last! Part 1 here, Part 2 to come. What a joy to make this the first embedded video on the new WordPress Misrule! The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political…
Read MoreWelcome to Misrule on WordPress
Hello and welcome to the brand new platform for the Misrule blog. If you have travelled over from the old site at misrule.com.au/s9y , thanks for making the move. If you’ve come across this as a new site, well, thanks for dropping by. The history is, this is the third incarnation of the Misrule blog,…
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