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Brisbane Writers Festival 5-10 Sept 2012
I’ll be at the Brisbane Writers Festival from 5 to 10 September. I’m giving a workshop (on character), a reading, and am on a Panel. Here’s my page at the BWF site and you can find out more there about the program and other writers:
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/default.asp?PageId=71&Action=Profile&SearchValue=,PDS25,85,96&Author=69887
"Fantastic Nationality" in Griffith Review 37
My essay “Fantastic Nationality” is published in Edition 37 of Griffith Review (page 185 – 191).
It’s a version of the last chapter of my (not yet published) memoir.
Griffith Review at http://griffithreview.com/
Always Hungry ebook for 99 cents for limited time
The ebook Always Hungry is only 99 cents for a limited time. Get yours from Smashwords, the iTunes store, or the Kindle store. Read about the novel at the Always Hungry page of this website.
Ubud writers & readers festival 1-7 October 2012, Bali
I will be on the program at the Ubud writers & readers festival in Bali, 1-7 October 2012
http://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/
And before that, at Melbourne Writers Festival late August and Brisbane Writers Festival early September. Details when I have them.
Surrealistic Pillow: a novella
My novella ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ has just been published by Review of Australian Fiction
http://reviewofaustralianfiction.com/
Volume 2 Issue 4 shared with Daniel Stephensen’s story ‘A Field of Yellow Flowers’. Buy this one issue for $2.99 or subscribe to the series.
Daniel’s post on this at his tumblr:
http://forgetlings.tumblr.com/post/23053209028/available-now-2-99-aud-my-dear-friend-inez
Coming Soon: Surrealistic Pillow at RAF
Advance news posted by Daniel:
http://forgetlings.tumblr.com/post/21371375539/in-about-a-month-my-dear-friend-inez-and-i-will
and the Review of Australian Fiction site is at
http://reviewofaustralianfiction.com/
Izmir Institute of High Technology on 19.4.2012
On 19 April 2012 i gave a talk at
Izmir Institute of High Technology at Gülbahce Urla just outside of Izmir (Turkey), introduced by Zeynep Ciftci Kanburoglu, the translator of With The Tiger (Kaplanla Yan-Yana in Turkish).
“The idea of Europe” in Antipodes
My essay “The idea of Europe” is published in the December 2011 issue of Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian/New Zealand Literature.
Canakkale OnSekiz Mart University on 2 March 2012
I gave a talk at Canakkale OnSekiz University on Friday 2 March. Afterwards i was taken on a tour of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian Consul Andrew Coc-Mcdonald and his assistant Baris Kaya.