Writing for Meanjin
New year, new writing – a quick update Towards the end of last year, I received an unexpected email from a friendly staff member at the Australian literary journal Meanjin. […]
language
Difference and sameness – on individuality and language
. The beginning of 2018 has been a bit quiet on the writing front. Full-time employment doesn’t always leave much time or energy for writing on either side of the […]
Translator, Traitor
This article was first published here, as the final piece in my column for Capital Letters (ACT Writers Centre). To translate written work, especially colourful prose or poetry, is an […]
Vague
* * 七星潭,花蓮,臺灣 / Seven Star Lake, Hualien, Taiwan * What comes to mind when you think of waves? Hopefully it’s something nice. While the average Australian knows how it […]
A Matter of Perspective
When perspicacity really is little more than “keen vision” Look at a word, and what do you see? A jumble of letters, sounds; perhaps a stray verb tailing here, or […]
