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Interview in Galician in Vigo

In Vigo i was interviwed for the university paper – questioned in Spanish, answered in English, results in Galician. I

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Lectures in Oviedo and Vigo, Spain, October 25, 27

Still traveling in Spain. Gave my talks at the universities in Oviedo on October 25 and Vigo on 27th, speaking

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Yoga and writing workshop July 2007 in USA

I am scheduled to give the yoga and writing workshop next July in Santa Clara, California, at the Yogacharya Festival,

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Lectures in LLeida and in Tarragona, Spain.

Thursday 5 October in LLeida Monday 9 October in Tarragona Each of these towns is a day-trip from Barcelona. A

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Lecture in Barcelona Spain

I had been invited to give the sixth MacDermoot Lecture here on 5 October 2006. At the “Centre d’estudies Australians,

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Sasha Soldatow 1947 – 2006

Sasha was an old old friend. He gave me a writing lesson i never forgot when he edited an early

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Review of Best Stories in French journal Cercles

A review of Best Stories Under the Sun (D. Myers and M. Wilding, eds) CQUP, 2004 in which my short

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“Scene Stealers” in The Weekend Australian

A piece I wrote on novels based on earlier novels and my recently completed novel Lotus Feet (based on Somerset

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Ulrick Prize Dinner and Readings June 13, 14

The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts offer a yearly prize of $10,000 each for a short

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Casual academics article

My essay (“At Last A Job”) on the casualisation of academic teaching was published in the Autumn 2006 edition of

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Chiasmus Reading Surfers Paradise 28 May 06

The writing group Chiasmus from Griffith University Gold Coast were joined by writing students from QUT (they share charismatic teacher

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Sunshine Coast short story competition May 06

I judged this, choosing 1st, 2nd and 3rd plus 7 commended from 149 entrants. They will be published in an

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Josephine Ulrich Literature Prize May 2006

I read the 271 entrants for the country’s richest short story prize ($10,000) and chose the winner and runner-up with

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Meera Nanda Delhi

Back in Delhi i had the great pleasure of meeting Meera Nanda, whose work I have admired since i came

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Australian Studies conference Ajmer Jan 06

Set off on a freezing, dark, pre-dawn Delhi morning to get the train to Ajmer; Australian poet Les Murray and

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booksource.com.au

Kathryn Johnson has her new Booksource website up (www.booksource.com.au). She is the exclusive distributor for my in-print titles in Australia.

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Creative Writing course Chennai

My old friend Eugenie Pinto is the headmistress here – I wrote about meeting her in “Letter from Madras” published

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Writers Workshop Kolkata

I spent three weeks in the astonishing city of Calutta and met several writers, booksellers and librarians. And notably, I

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Beyond Borders conference Melbourne Nov 05

“Beyond Borders – creative strategies for global harmony” inaugural conference of the Asia Pacific Writers Network I went travelling in

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Yoga and Writing Workshop November 05

Held at Victorian Writers Centre Am WAY late posting this but wanted to note how stimulating it was to give

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New book: sun square moon has arrived

Now that I’ve got a blog I’ve had to decide what to write here. No book reviews, literary journalism, political

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Not crazy any more

Elise is over helping me update my website. She said it was crazy to be a writer and not have

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