Category Archives: books / writing / creativity

The Age of Fibs

Happy birthday to The Age of Fibs. Big thanks to all who have read, bought a copy, ordered at a library, reviewed, sent lovely messages, liked or shared posts & tweets, commented or recommended it to others, given it stars … Continue reading

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Vagabondage — video-footnotes — a companion Youtube playlist

For readers of my poetry memoir, Vagabondage (UWAPublishng, 2014), about the year I lived in a campervan and ideas about ‘home’ — here’s a playlist of video ‘footnotes’. So if you were wondering where the phrase ‘leave no trace’ came … Continue reading

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I’d like to have permission to be post-modern, but I’m not sure who to ask…

This essay/talk explores some of the issues I encountered with the publication of my fiction book How to Conceive of a Girl (Vintage/Random House, 1996) regarding how and when (and if) to seek permission to use short quotes from a wide range … Continue reading

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