Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet, Editor and Creative Writing Tutor
I was sent a link to an interesting couple of articles about book reviewing, and where it can all go so horribly wrong. Start with Jeremiah Chamberlin's preliminary post on the concept of The Good Review. Read it, then come back. I'll wait. (Don't I always?) Then there's Charles Baxter on that classic Amazon-style me-fest, …
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the muse is a jealous [demotic use of the word properly used to indicate the female of the species Canis lupus familiaris], and there are nine of them. You don't have a dog, and “the chickens ate my homework” is unlikely to work as an excuse with anyone with enough intelligence to successfully wear pants. …
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Now that post title should get quite a few confused new visitors … The winner of my first Magazine De-clutter Giveaway contest (and only participant) is (drumroll please) Greg O'Connell! Well done Greg. I think your stilt limerick frightened the pretenders away. But I have say that my personal favourite was your cinquain “March Night”. …
I came across an article on the Sydney Morning Herald website about a brilliant idea – coffee shops having a Poet in Residence. Actually there are a lot of good ideas in the article, including a couple I recognise from Gary Mex Glazner's How to Make a Living as a Poet. I've often thought that …
In an effort to try and regain something resembling control of my life, I've decided to get rid of some of the literary magazines that I've subscribed to in the past. So this is your chance to snaffle a selection of literary periodicals, of varying age and origin. There are a lot of them, so …
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A Dark Feathered Art 