It’s been quiet over here in the Land of Deadline Hell — quiet online at least — but I’m popping my head out because this story is too delightful to resist. Two delicate paper sculptures made from old books have been discovered at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and no one seems to have any [...]
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My husband is currently compiling a book about his great-great-grandfather, Konrad Nahrung, who emigrated to Australia from Germany back in the 19th Century. Most of the book consists of an annotated transcription of Konrad’s memoirs, along with whatever supporting documents my husband has been able to dredge up from various people and places. One of [...]
Adalita: Good Girl, Amazing Woman
Tomorrow’s just an outline of how we spent today . . . Last night my beloved and I braved the unexpectedly wild weather to trek into the city and catch Adalita Srsen (formerly of Magic Dirt) touring her self-titled solo album. I’ve seen Magic Dirt perform a few times over the years and on each [...]
Brown paper packages tied up with string . . .
Here are some things of eclectic wonder and joy that I’ve been meaning to recommend: Galactic Suburbia A podcast of crunchy awesomeness, hosted by Alisa Krasnostein (Perth), Tansy Rayner Roberts (Hobart) and Alex Pierce (Melbourne). Lots of news, chat and incisive critical analysis of all things speculative fiction, with a feminist bent. Galactic Suburbia celebrated [...]
New Zealand, New Zealand
For the second time in less than six months, the New Zealand city of Christchurch has been hit by an earthquake of devastating magnitude. Today’s 6.3 tremor was lower in intensity than the 7.1 quake last September, but the shallower depth and closer location of the epicentre to the city has meant the damage this [...]
Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian writer living in Melbourne. Mostly.
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