30-May-08

Wayne Macauley's essay on publishing is one of the many excellent pieces in the upbeat new Meanjin
I just heard that one bookshop in Broome has been filing the Sleepers Almanac under "Australiana", so this piece on whether America is still the home of the short story interested me.
Hanif Kureishi on writing courses – 'new mental hospitals'
Murakami, talking about the influence of some classic American novels on his own fiction, makes a terrific point about the importance of rhythm.

3 comments:

parker said...

meanwhile, I'm excited about this http://www.readings.com.au/event/shaun-tan-book-launch

parker said...

oops got cut off - oh well, matches my anticipa-

Louise Swinn said...

So, Parker, was it a brilliant launch? Did it go OFF? I think you'll find that there was a review in the paper on the weekend... but you probably already know about that...