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Tag Archives: Life; death; marriage; divorce
Time and the writer
FOR A WHILE now I’ve had this little private theory that writers experience time differently to other folk. Not in a better way, or a superior way, just in a different way. My theory goes that, unlike most, writers (and … Continue reading
On being a babe….or not
I see I am not the only one to find Pamela Stephenson’s comments on the ABC’s Q and A panel this week so fascinating. An actor, sex therapist, comedian and wife of Billy Connolly, I heard a long time ago … Continue reading
Posted in books; authors; Australia, Helen Garner; Doris Lessing; Hilary McPhee; Kate Grenville, Life; birth; marriage; divorce, women and ageing, writing
Tagged books; authors; Australia, Doris Lessing, Kate Grenville; Helen Garner; Australian women writers, Life; death; marriage; divorce, Q and A; Pamela Stephenson, women and ageing
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Here is the news….
Where to start? Haven’t had a chance to catch my breath, hence dearth of blog posts…apologies. Well, let’s start with last weekend at the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival. I hear that previous festivals have been waterlogged and muddy but, hey, … Continue reading
Posted in books; authors; Australia, BrizVegas; home; travel; life, My Hundred Lovers, Queensland, recto-vaginal fistula; Dr Catherine Ham;lin; fistula clinic; A Better Woman; Petja Grafenauer; Polish translation, writing
Tagged ANZlitlovers; Susan Johnson; Australian authors; Australian, books; authors; Australia, Byron Bay Writers' Festival; Ailsa Piper; Jane Caro; A Better Woman, Life; death; marriage; divorce, writing; endings; My Hundred Lovers; titles; women writers
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On divorce
Being one for hyperbole, as well as sensationalism (the last according to Hermione Lee, a few years back, when I broke the cardinal rule of journalism and gave her a copy of the story I wrote about her and her … Continue reading
On being swamped
I don’t know if my current state of feeling overwhelmed by life — the endless cleaning of bedrooms and dishes and clothes that needs to be done, the tax return that is long overdue, the dozens of emails from friends … Continue reading
Page proofing MY HUNDRED LOVERS
What a strange business it is, page proofing a book. The hard work is done (the writing that is — I always find editing easy in comparison. I am ruthless: cut, cut, cut). For the first time you are able … Continue reading
Posted in books; authors; Australia, Editing; My Hundred Lovers; Ali Lavau; Allen and Unwin, Life; birth; marriage; divorce, QWeekend; journalism; Susan Johnson, single mothers; meditation on single parenthood, writing
Tagged ANZlitlovers; Susan Johnson; Australian authors; Australian, Life; death; marriage; divorce, Susan Johnson; Queensland writers; floods; Australian authors; donations; Matthew Condon; Venero Armano, The Stella Prize; women's fiction, writing; endings; My Hundred Lovers; titles; women writers
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On being a ‘single mother’
Interesting phrase if you think about it. Is there such a thing as a ‘double mother’? Of course I know the meaning is that you are kind of like a single girl, except a mother as well. But I wonder … Continue reading
Births, Deaths, Marriages….and Divorce
I don’t often write of personal things here but, hey, it’s not every day you get divorced. It’s now official, the Decree Absolute signed off; the finances done and dusted (he got the lot except half the London house and … Continue reading