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review of TL@V in SMH 27.12.2019
The review of Turn Left At Venus in the Sydney Morning Herald [full text]:
Turn Left at Venus
Inez Baranay
Transit Lounge, $29.99
Ada’s first name is pronounced ‘‘ardour’’ and her professional name as a writer is A.L. Ligeti, which at once erases gender and indicates a nod to a fellow-artist, the composer Ligeti. Ada is in the last stretch of her life, surrounded by people who know her work and are preparing to give her an appropriate send-off, and her memories swim through her elderly consciousness taking various narrative forms. Inez Baranay’s metaphysical concerns are given substance by the intense physicality of her settings and characters. Always an imaginative and intellectually uncompromising writer, using a broad canvas in her work that stretches across the world and beyond the bounds of the human, Baranay combines realism and speculative fiction in this tale of women’s friendships, the life of art, artificial intelligence, and the limits of ageing.
By Kerryn Goldsworthy
December 27, 2019 Sydney Morning Herald
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/fiction-reviews-cilka-s-journey-and-three-other-titles-20191217-p53kvl.html
Interview about Yoga+Writing workshop
Here’s a link to an interview I did for Byron Writers Festival in advance of the workshop I’m giving on 6 December 2019:
http://byronwritersfestival.com/blog/two-sacred-worlds-and-the-space-between/
Workshop “lessons from yoga for writers” Byron Bay 6 Dec 2019
I will be giving this one-day workshop for interested people who practice both yoga and writing in Byron Bay. Here’s the link for more information and bookings:
http://byronwritersfestival.com/whats-on/lessons-from-yoga-for-writers-with-inez-baranay/
a reading from TL@V and an interview at Narratives Library
Narratives Library is produced by Karena Wynn-Moylan. We recorded this reading from Turn Left At Venus, and a talk about it, at her studio in Bangalow.
http://www.narrativeslibrary.com/2019/11/04/inez-baranay-turn-left-at-venus/
some recent print interviews about Turn Left At Venus
All the reviews and interviews will eventually go on the Turn Left At Venus page on this site.
Book Lovers Book Reviews “Why Inez Baranay wrote Turn Left at Venus”:
https://bookloverbookreviews.com/2019/10/why-inez-baranay-wrote-turn-left-at-venus.html
In Their Own Write: meet the author
https://intheirownwrite.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/meet-the-author-inez-baranay/
Female.com.au “A Haunting Story Of Writing, Relationships and Ageing”
https://www.female.com.au/turn-left-at-venus.htm
audio interview with Paul Laverty The Quiet Carriage Main FM
I enjoyed talking with Paul Laverty on his show The Quiet Carriage on Main FM recently.
first review of Turn Left at Venus
The Canberra Times review includes the phrases “a rich and rewarding reading experience … a book of many pleasures” …
Turn Left At Venus: see cover and publication details here
Publication date for my novel Turn Left At Venus is 1 October 2019. Here is the link to the Turn Left At Venus page at Transit Lounge Publishing, with cover image.
https://transitlounge.com.au/shop/tun-left-venus/?fbclid=IwAR24W7o7MgpNca5-90q_h4SUmrSxGKLDLNIM9_wtMjcCuQGhH6EsiLrp3tw
Turn Left At Venus will appear in October 2019
My new novel Turn Left At Venus will be available in October 2019, published by Transit Lounge. Currently we are choosing the cover and I expect to be proof reading soon. I’ll post cover image before long and more information. There’ll be a launch in Sydney.
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APWT conference at Gold Coast, 5-8 December 2018
I’m excited to return to Gold Coast (where I lived for a few years) and Griffith University (where I did my PhD and taught Creative Writing) for the conference of the Asia Pacific Writers Translators
I’ll be on a panel called Writerly Authenticity: individual and inter-cultural considerations.