I went down a long hypertunnel and came out at Bear Parade, full of weird fiction and poetry including pieces by NY scene darlings Tao Lin and Zachary German. This one by Ofelia Hunt, caught my eye for its exciting and yet unnerving style, told by an apparent compulsive liar. It’s separated into hyperlinked sections […]
May 17, 2013
Writing this from Lithgow. It’s freezing. But the vibe is right for reading. This week’s fiction snippets are from all over. Firstly one from home, from the Griffith Review’s WOMEN AND POWER issue in it’s cheeky ‘online only’ section, by Suvia Mahonen titled The Fig Tree. It’s feisty and engaging, narrated by a 36 year […]
May 10, 2013
So yeah, you love reading, it’s stimulating, all that, but your life just flies by, too much work, too much fun, oh no. Novels are insurmountable… Give up? NAY! Welcome to your next internet fiction digest: some of the best stories the webs have to offer. First up: the wide world of NPR. It’s world-famous […]
April 23, 2013
On April 2nd Penguin Plays Rough spent an evening at the Mitchell Library in the Friends Room, furnished from wall to wall with an extensive collection of Miguel de Cervantes’ work. The featured writers read stories inspired by material from the State Library’s Special Collections. The audience sipped wine and nibbled on the assortment of […]
March 28, 2013
In week 3 of the Adventures South of No North series, Nitin Vengurlekar introduced us to protagonist Bertie Ingtonlandsonman, postman and erstwhile coffee table in his story “The Crimes of Neville Umbrellaman”. Bertie decides to digitise his perishable goods to save on grocery bills and while shopping for toner he meets Bernard, artist and analogue […]
March 21, 2013
Fair to say that last week at the MCA, Melbourne writer and make-shit-happener Oliver Mol let rip on the gallery space. He threaded a wild and sprawling travel narrative through the South of No North exhibition space, taking us from deepest weirdest Texas, up through sexy Canadian ski ranches, down for some epiphany-having in […]
March 14, 2013
Last Thursday, at 6pm, a small group of us huddled around Spiderman, who stood frozen before a face leaping out of a wall of the MCA. Zoe Coombs Marr was nearby with microphone in hand, ready to make sense of it all, and the MCA staff stood behind, armed with paper, pencils, and clipboards. Zoe […]
May 24, 2013
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