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The Choke by Sofie Laguna: ReviewIn ReviewsNovember 4, 2020The Choke by Sofie Laguna is a superb piece of writing. Structurally well-crafted with prose that's full of the vigour of youth, the nasty resourcefulness of degrading poverty. […]
A Future Now in HERIn MiscMarch 17, 2006HER (dir. bySpike Jonze) holds a mirror to what we have now – people disengaged with people. The love affair is with the technology that binds us together. […]
World Music: Areas of NegotiationIn ArticlesApril 21, 1998The simplicity of the term ‘world music’ betrays the […]
Tabloid journalism impacts health and health policyIn ArticlesAugust 17, 2016People are afraid of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre because they don’t understand what it does. When pregnant women are brought into the conversation, this fear predictably turns into hysteria. […]
Melbourne Street ArtIn ArticlesMarch 22, 2013Street art musings from Melbourne, Victoria. […]
StormIn Short FictionMarch 22, 2013Lying on a white bed in a wooden room listening to the […]
The 45-Minute ChairIn Short FictionMarch 16, 1998The chair’s bamboo legs slide across the thin carpet. […]
Powerhouse PJ Harvey on Hope Six TourIn Articles, ReviewsJanuary 23, 2017It’s loud but nuanced. Polly’s vocals are masterful and she soars over the industry sounds and the male voices to pierce the rafters—pitch perfect, every note. One forgets what an extraordinary vocalist she is. […]
The FractureIn Short FictionMarch 21, 1998A seven-year-old, abandoned by her mother at a carnival, rides a swing and witnesses a catastrophe below. Psychological suspense with supernatural elements. […]
Letter to my AccountantIn MiscMarch 21, 2009Thank you for your very kind letter. My initial tax […]
Bad Feelings on Good FridayIn ArticlesApril 3, 2013I hear a lot of people bemoan the secularisation of […]
Zen & the Art of Washing DishesIn Short FictionJanuary 1, 2019They say life is a series of imperfect facts with many […]
Reckoning by Magda SzubanskiIn MiscFebruary 2, 2016There is no gloating or syrup. There are therapy sessions, and a belief that trauma may be genetically carried from one generation to the next through nightmares and imagery. […]
The Man Who Loves MusicIn ArticlesAugust 30, 2014He launched Kate Bush, The Rolling Stones, and Queen, started Ticketek, Sonart, and now EOS. Meet Les Hodge--the Man who loves music. […]
Mining Industry PropagandaIn ArticlesSeptember 21, 2009The recent Australian mining industry campaign (not […]
From the Village to the BrothelIn ArticlesMarch 21, 2013After nearly 30 hours of flights, the city of […]
Inside the Kings Cross Medically Supervised Injecting CentreIn ArticlesOctober 29, 2014When Courtney Love kicked off her tour of Australia last month, I took a tour of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. […]
Love Letter to BundanoonIn Articles, MiscMarch 21, 2009To be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d like it. It was […]
A Moment of NihilismIn ArticlesMarch 21, 1998A self-proclaimed esoteric god that I used to […]
The Natural Way of Things: ReviewIn Articles, ReviewsSeptember 2, 2016Review of The Natural Way of Things, Stella Prize-winning novel by Charlotte Wood […]
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