MakeSpace – a Renew Newcastle project I’m on the road for about a month in the USA and Canada and meeting a lot of people who are interested in Renew Newcastle but don’t know too much about me, Newcastle, the project or its history. I thought i should try my best to put a few [...]
A quick Renew Newcastle reader
February 2nd, 2011 2 Comments
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Tiny Revolutions (Meanjin Essay)
January 21st, 2011 No Comments
I am about to head off for 3 and a bit weeks in the USA so updates may be sporadic for a while. In the meantime if you want to read something longer and chunkier of mine, the good folks at Meanjin have just put my essay Tiny Revolutions from the last issue online. It’s [...]
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Evolution and Creation: Australia’s Funding Bodies (Meanjin Essay)
July 6th, 2009 4 Comments
I was commissioned by Meanjin late last year to write an essay about the role that funding bodies play in Australian culture. It appears in the current edition of the magazine and is now available online. Meanjin is one of Australia’s oldest and most esteemed literary journals and one that is currently enjoying a renaissance [...]
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