The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March 2009. It looks like this:
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Nobel Prize
First place I ever traveled, at age 20, was China. I had just finished three years language study at university, and was off to the East China Normal University in Shanghai for a few months’ language immersion. From Port Pirie … Continue reading
Maintain the rage
I don’t remember where I was the day the Governor General was lambasted from the steps of Parliament House. In a tyre swing in the front of our house at Essington Avenue, Clare, I’m guessing. But certainly, the incident shaped … Continue reading
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We interrupt this metaphorical flow…
I will never forget the night of the last election, and by the time my dad got to our place, they were already saying Bennelong was too close to call and what a night it was, and my children will … Continue reading
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Oh
Today, I was listening to the BBC World Service and I heard someone say something along the lines of “coming up, the controversy over drug testing in Third World countries”. I thought they were talking about drugs in sport or … Continue reading
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Happy 60th birthday to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (tomorrow)
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World Day Against the Death Penalty
Because, like they say, it’s cruel, inhuman and it’s morally wrong. Always.
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China
These are three of my not unrelated opinions: China’s human rights record is appalling. Sport is not free of politics. Words matter. International PEN is holding a Poem Relay for free expression in China (this last is not an opinion, … Continue reading
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The death penalty is wrong
I am against the death penalty in all cases. And yet, Kevin Rudd, I do feel for people who lost family members and friends in the Bali bombings. The two positions are not mutually exclusive. In fact, for me, the … Continue reading
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Hope there will be change #2 (or: every now and then, you get a little hint you're on the right track)
So I’m on the corner of South Terrace and Morphett Street, holding my placard RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI with my back to the traffic because I am watching my boys and their after-school friend sitting too high in the … Continue reading
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