cartoons by eric yoshiaki dando
A selection of cartoons by Eric Dando, a writer I admire. the plot Aspects of the Novel only two flavours booty is this funny? not wrong at all is it? tribute to Henry Dreyfuss teapots uppity love poem pork pies *** About Eric Eric Dando was born in Tokyo in 1970 and lives in Daylesford, Victoria. Copies … Read more
colin the dog goes to st kilda
The world premiere of Colin the Dog’s Fabulous Midnight Adventure and Another Story, Staple Fiction‘s film adaptation of my first published story, will be at the St Kilda Film Festival as part of Australia’s Top 100 Short Films. If you happen to be in Melbourne on Saturday 26 May, come join us at 9.00pm at The … Read more
a4 paper festival: yoshinobu miyamoto
A horribly late post but better almost a year late than never! Professor Yoshinobu Miyamoto, a paper engineer and Professor of Architecture at the Aichi Institute of Technology in Japan, visited Sydney in June last year to present at the Paper Convention Collective‘s A4 Paper Festival. He is famous for creating amazing paper models like … Read more
evelyn waugh: cover designs
For some unknown reason, I go around collecting different editions of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. I bought my first copy of the novel at St Mark’s Bookshop in New York, read it on the plane home and I haven’t stopped buying since. I’ve just discovered this great series of Evelyn Waugh cover designs by Bill … Read more
book review: ’1Q84′ by haruki murakami
This was always going to be a biased review. Murakami is one of my literary idols. In the past few years, I’ve read more books by him than by any other author and his work has had a strong influence on my own fiction writing. So I was one of the fans eagerly counting down … Read more
happy 2012
Happy Belated New Year! Thanks to all of you who subscribed to this blog in 2011. It has had about 3,000 hits since my first post in July last year, which is a rather nice figure. I have to admit, though, that many of the hits originated from kooky Google searches such as “fantastic breasts” … Read more
the sleepers almanac no. 7
I was in Melbourne on Thursday for the launch of The Sleepers Almanac No. 7 at Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall. The evening kicked off with a hearty welcome from Louise Swinn and Zoe Dattner, editors of the Almanac and founders of Sleepers Publishing. Jessica Au, author of Cargo, launched the book. (I got her autograph!) Here … Read more
