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Annalee Newitz: Scatter, Adapt and Remember Event · Thu, 04 Jul 2013

Climate change. Pandemics. Peak oil.These days, many of us have grimly accepted the fact that the human species is hurtling towards oblivion – if not in our lifetime, in that of our children or…

 

Erotic Fan Fiction Event · Wed, 03 Jul 2013

What’s funnier (and sexier) than Fifty Shades of Grey? Long before E.L. James turned her Twilight fantasies into a cash cow, there was Erotic Fan Fiction – a crowd favourite and unstoppable cultural …

 

Comedy Festival: Web Comedy: The New Joke? Event · Sat, 13 Apr 2013

Presented by the Melbourne International Comedy FestivalWebsites, blogs, social media, YouTube, iTunes, live streaming and podcasts…The worldwide web has put a worldwide audience directly into the…

 

Erotic Fan Fiction Event · Thu, 11 Apr 2013

What’s funnier (and sexier) than 50 Shades of Grey? Long before E.L. James turned her Twilight fantasies into a cash cow, there was Erotic Fan Fiction – a crowd favourite and unstoppable cultural…

 

Things I Didn't Expect (When I Was Expecting): Monica Dux Event · Wed, 13 Mar 2013

Pregnancy is natural, healthy and fun, right? Sure it is, if you’re lucky. But instead of a natural glow and orgasmic birth, Monica Dux experienced pregnancy as a medium-level catastrophe. In Things…

 

Edward St Aubyn Event · Tue, 26 Feb 2013

Edward St Aubyn’s novels are like black diamonds: dark, glittering jewels.His dark-witted books about the misdeeds of the privileged upper classes have been compared to Evelyn Waugh and Oscar Wilde. …

 

The School of Life Melbourne Secular Sermon Series: David Woods ON HUMOUR Video · Sun, 03 Feb 2013

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You are funny. We are funny. Everyone is funny. Some celebrate the use of humour; others merely come across it. Some are completely unaware of it. But all of us can develop it if we choose.Writer…

 

The School of Life Melbourne Secular Sermon Series: David Woods ON HUMOUR Event · Sun, 03 Feb 2013

A co-presentation with Melbourne Conversations.You are funny. We are funny. Everyone is funny. Some celebrate the use of humour; others merely come across it. Some are completely unaware of it. But a…

 

Friday High Five: Lizzie Bennett, Lou... Dailies · Fri, 01 Feb 2013

We bring you our favourite findings from around the internet this week.Lizzie Bennett: Looking good at 200 years oldIt was the two-hundredth birthday of Pride and Prejudice this week – and the New…

 

Friday High Five: Bad journalism, the... Dailies · Fri, 25 Jan 2013

We bring you our favourite findings from around the internet this week.Men’s magazine culture and the worst celebrity profile everThe internet has been aflame this week over what’s been described as …

 

David Sedaris on Film for the First T... Dailies · Mon, 21 Jan 2013

David Sedaris has long been opposed to seeing his work adapted for the screen. He told the New York Times that a decade ago, he began work on a movie adaptation of his essay collection Me Talk…

 

Gary Shteyngart and the Art of Blurbing Dailies · Tue, 15 Jan 2013

Comic literary novelist Gary Shteyngart is almost as well known for his prolific blurbing of his fellow authors' work as he is for his critically acclaimed books, Absurdistan and Super Sad True Love…

 

Weird Retail: Tales from the other si... Dailies · Wed, 19 Dec 2012

When we think twenty-first-century Christmas, we also think shopping. And if you think Christmas shopping is its own special squashy, noisy hell for you, just imagine (or remember) what it’s like…

 

Friday High Five: No, Actually, Writi... Dailies · Fri, 14 Dec 2012

We share five of our favourite links, videos and articles from around the internet this week.No, Actually: Debunking a Christmas film favouriteLove, Actually, Richard Curtis’s celebrity-packed…

 

Friday High Five: Weird Christmas Spe... Dailies · Fri, 07 Dec 2012

It’s December – and the holiday season has kicked into full gear, tinsel decorations and all. Any day now, we’ll be hearing carols broadcast in the shopping centres. Holiday decorations are festive…

 

Pernickety Parents: Catherine Deveny ... Dailies · Wed, 05 Dec 2012

By Catherine DevenyCatherine Deveny decries helicopter parents, attachment parenting, yummy mummies, kids in cafes and trampolines with fences around them – in favour of 1970s-style ‘blimp…

 

A Totally Hip Tribute to E.L. James, ... Dailies · Tue, 04 Dec 2012

It’s been a weird year for publishing, with bad news about plummeting advances, disappearing bookshops and dwindling sales everywhere you turn.But there’s been the occasional good news too. A couple …

 

Friday High Five: Technology fails, B... Dailies · Fri, 30 Nov 2012

We share five of our favourite links and articles from around the internet this week.Why your passwords don’t protect youWired senior writer Mat Horan was famously targeted by cyberhackers earlier…

 

Michael Leunig: Five Favourite Cartoons Dailies · Mon, 26 Nov 2012

Michael Leunig is an undisputed national treasure. His particular blend of whimsy and wit, provocation and pure magic, has been bewitching Melburnians since his first cartoon in 1965.He’ll be

 

Friday High Five: Carver's Internet D... Dailies · Fri, 23 Nov 2012

We collect five of our favourite links and articles from around the internet this week.Carver’s OK Cupid profile, edited by Gordon LishWhat if Raymond Carver wanted to hook up, and turned to the…

 

An Evening with Ben Elton Event · Tue, 13 Nov 2012

Ben Elton is a writing all-rounder: he got his start creating cult television comedy classics like The Young Ones and Blackadder, then moved onto novels, movie screenplays and musicals.His…

 

Michael Palin Video · Fri, 09 Nov 2012

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Michael Palin was first famous as ‘the nice one’ in the Monty Python team (despite fraudulently selling John Cleese a dead parrot), then as an actor in films from Brazil to A Fish Called Wanda. He’s …

 

Truth is Stranger than Fiction: A Great Literary Debate Event · Thu, 08 Nov 2012

It’s the ultimate writing championship! Come see Australian authors go head-to-head in a fearsome battle of wits, words and waggery. Jeff Sparrow, Amy Espeseth, Shane Maloney and Wayne Macauley will …

 

Unexpected Passions Event · Fri, 26 Oct 2012

We all know Jonathan Franzen is a twitcher. But did you know Tom Hanks likes to collect 1940s typewriters? Or that Johnny Depp likes to play with dolls?Sadly, Tom and the two Johnnies couldn’t join u…

 

Friday High Five: Animals: Hitchcock,... Dailies · Fri, 26 Oct 2012

This week’s selection of articles and links from around the internet is animal-themed. Just because!How a Hitchcock heroine lived, filmed and slept with lionsA recent New York Times Q&A with Tippi…

 

Friday High Five: Binders Full of Women Dailies · Fri, 19 Oct 2012

During this week’s presidential debate, Mitt Romney answered an audience question about creating opportunities for women in an unfortunate way.‘We took a concerted effort to go out and find women…

 

Friday High Five: From Big Bird to Ba... Dailies · Fri, 12 Oct 2012

We share some of our favourite links and articles found on the internet this week.Mitt Romney versus Big Bird versus ObamaThe US presidential campaign has taken another bizarre pop culture twist in t…

 

Friday High Five: Mad and Apple maps,... Dailies · Fri, 05 Oct 2012

We bring you our favourite links and articles we’ve found around the internet this week.Mad spoof of Apple mapsApple maps has to be the most embarrassing product launch in Apple history (and a…

 

Erotic Fan Fiction Event · Thu, 04 Oct 2012

Sex, sex, sex … and celebrity. Not all storytelling is about boarding schools, bloodsuckers and bow-slinging lady killers. In this adults-only night of fantastical tales, anything goes.Four writers s…

 

Great Australian Moments ... in Lego Dailies · Tue, 02 Oct 2012

It’s the fiftieth anniversary of Lego being sold in Australia – and to celebrate, Lego has commissioned British photographer Mike Stimpson to put together scenes of ten great Australian moments, in L…

 

Unexpected Passions Event · Fri, 28 Sep 2012

We all know Jonathan Franzen is a twitcher. But did you know Tom Hanks likes to collect 1940s typewriters? Or that Johnny Depp likes to play with dolls?Sadly, Tom and the two Johnnies couldn’t join u…

 

Unexpected Passions: Tony Moclair and Jess McGuire Video · Fri, 28 Sep 2012

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In this instalment of Sam Pang’s series – focussing on the odd obsessions and unlikely fascinations of familiar faces – broadcaster Jess McGuire spills the beans about her love for British reality…

 

Friday High Five: Why Nana Needs a Gu... Dailies · Fri, 28 Sep 2012

Hey Girl, it’s Paul RyanIn the tradition of the Ryan Gosling ‘Hey Girl’ meme, lovestruck conservative ladies have started a tribute Tumblr dedicated to blue-eyed Catholic boy Paul Ryan, aka the…

 

Friday High Five: America Special Dailies · Fri, 07 Sep 2012

This month, our AMERICA series features a whole host of great events focusing on the US, just as the world watches the ailing superpower as it heads into a presidential election. This week, we…

 

Why Private Education Shouldn't Get a... Dailies · Mon, 27 Aug 2012

By Catherine Deveny The public/private schooling debate hit the news again last week, sparking debate over government funding of those schools – and how the Australian government will respond to the…

 

Friday High Five: Dickens Special Dailies · Fri, 17 Aug 2012

In this week’s Friday High Five, we celebrate what would have been Dickens' 200th year with a look at five pieces from around the web that look at Dickens' legacy, or use it as a springboard for…

 

Friday High Five: Dr Seuss in Adverti... Dailies · Fri, 10 Aug 2012

Most people know that children’s author Dr Seuss used a pseudonym: his real name was Theodor Geisel. But did you know that his day job was in advertising?In this week’s Friday High Five, we share

 

Unexpected Passions Event · Fri, 27 Jul 2012

We all know Jonathan Franzen is a twitcher. But did you know Tom Hanks likes to collect 1940s typewriters? Or that Johnny Depp likes to play with dolls?Sadly, Tom and the two Johnnies couldn’t join u…

 

Unexpected Passions: Dave O'Neil and Kick Gurry Video · Fri, 27 Jul 2012

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Always diverse, occasionally devilish, the one thing you can always expect from Unexpected Passions is an evening of laid-back laughs, with wizard of wit Sam Pang at helm. Who’s next?Well… it’s…

 

50 Shades of Bad (And Good) by Cather... Dailies · Wed, 25 Jul 2012

Catherine Deveny explains why 50 Shades of Grey is one of the worst books she’s ever read, with terrible writing and sexual politics alike – but she’s still really glad that people are reading…

 

Friday High Five: The Wire as Lego, K... Dailies · Fri, 20 Jul 2012

The Wire: As Told in Lego AnimationJust when you thought you’d seen and read everything you could possibly handle about The Wire (aka The Best TV Show Ever Made), here comes something you need to…

 

Erotic Fan Fiction Event · Thu, 19 Jul 2012

Sex, sex, sex… and celebrity. Not all storytelling is about boarding schools, bloodsuckers and bow-slinging lady killers. In this adults-only night of fantastical tales, anything goes. Four writers s…

 

Unexpected Passions: Days of Our Lives Dailies · Wed, 18 Jul 2012

The Wheeler Centre’s Shannon Hick confesses her unexpected passion for the daytime soap Days of Our Lives – and how she once shaped her uni schedule around it, so as not to miss the antics of Devil…

 

Top Five Literary Cat Videos Dailies · Mon, 16 Jul 2012

What do literary ladies (and men?) love more than their books? Their cats. At least, that’s the stereotype. And it’s kind of backed up by the frequency with which LOLcats seem to pop up on literary…

 

If You Meet Me You Might End Up in a ... Dailies · Mon, 09 Jul 2012

Comedian Lawrence Leung shares his dirty little writing secret – his habit of filing away life moments for use in his work, even while he’s living them.I was trying to write – or to put it another…

 

Unexpected Passions Event · Fri, 29 Jun 2012

We all know Jonathan Franzen is a twitcher. But did you know Tom Hanks likes to collect 1940s typewriters? Or that Johnny Depp likes to play with dolls?Sadly, Tom and the two Johnnies couldn’t join u…

 

Unexpected Passions: George McEncroe and Dave Graney Video · Fri, 29 Jun 2012

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In Unexpected Passions, host Sam Pang invites familiar faces to share their less familiar obsessions. This time around, Dave Graney drops by to tell us about his passion for explorer Sir Richard…

 

Inappropriate Golden Books: From The ... Dailies · Mon, 25 Jun 2012

In his spare time, Pixar story artist Josh Cooley likes to sketch wildly inappropriate cartoon images of classic movie scenes, in the style of the iconic Golden Book children’s series.After two…

 

Friday High Five: French bookshops, W... Dailies · Fri, 22 Jun 2012

We share our favourite internet reads and discoveries over the past weekWhy French Bookshops Don’t Get AxedThe New York Times has reported that the French are doing things differently (as is their…

 

World's Worst Book Covers: Our Top 10 Dailies · Tue, 19 Jun 2012

We’ve toured the web and found some of the world’s worst book covers, for your amusement. Some are the victims of bad design, some of unfortunate titles, and others were just plain bad (or weird…

 

Friday High Five: Azaria Chamberlian,... Dailies · Fri, 15 Jun 2012

We take a look at five features from around the internet that caught our eye this week. Enjoy!John Bryson on Azaria ChamberlainThis week, a Northern Territory coroner has found that a dingo was…

 

Friday High Five: Ray Bradbury, Terri... Dailies · Fri, 08 Jun 2012

We take a look at our five favourite links from around the internet this week.Keep the night-light on: Terrifying French picture booksSome believe we should tread cautiously with our children’s…

 

Unexpected Passions Event · Fri, 01 Jun 2012

We all know Jonathan Franzen is a twitcher. But did you know Tom Hanks likes to collect 1940s typewriters? Or that Johnny Depp likes to play with dolls?Sadly, Tom and the two Johnnies couldn’t join u…

 

Friday High Five: Seriously silly aut... Dailies · Fri, 18 May 2012

When serious authors wear silly outfitsLooking for an end-of-week giggle? Flavorwire has published a selection of photos of writers looking silly. There’s Susan Sontag sitting at her typewriter in a …

 

Modernist Romantic: Jeffrey Eugenides... Dailies · Wed, 16 May 2012

The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides’ third novel, opens with a look at the bookshelves of his heroine, English literature major Madeleine. It’s stacked with nineteenth-century romantic novels…

 

Kathy Lette Event · Wed, 09 May 2012

Kathy Lette pioneered smart, funny fiction with a frivolous edge (and a feminist flavour). Her heroines find themselves in sticky situations that range from the outrageous to the outrageously…

 

Kathy Lette Video · Wed, 09 May 2012

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Kathy Lette pioneered smart, funny fiction with a frivolous edge (and a feminist flavour). In 2012’s The Boy Who Fell to Earth, Lette’s character Lucy has more to manage than most: she’s trying to…

 

Friday High Five: Video Edition Dailies · Fri, 27 Apr 2012

In another Friday High Five themed edition, we share five bookish videos from around the web that made us giggle, including looks at the art of pencil sharpening and the smell of old books, a…

 

Books That Make You Cringe Dailies · Mon, 23 Apr 2012

My Monday morning amusement was an article at The Awl, asking various writers and editors to share books they read as teenagers or twentysomethings that now make them cringe. Revelations included…

 

Friday High Five: Mean Critics and 50... Dailies · Fri, 20 Apr 2012

We share five of our favourite links to news, reviews or articles that we’ve discovered on the web over the past week.Fifty shades of spanking and Katie RoipheIt’s a bit weird to think that one of…

 

Friday High Five: Hey Girl, It's Ryan... Dailies · Fri, 13 Apr 2012

This week’s Friday High Five is shameless click-bait, as we share five of our favourite internet stories, links and images of everyone’s favourite heart-throb, Ryan Gosling. Why? Because it makes us…

 

Working with Words: Toni Jordan Dailies · Thu, 12 Apr 2012

Toni Jordan is one of Australia’s most loved comic writers, with her sharply funny novels Addition (longlisted for the Miles Franklin) and Fall Girl.Toni’s essay about humour in Australian fiction,

 

The Hipster Games Dailies · Wed, 11 Apr 2012

The Hunger Games is the film – and the book series – of the moment.Everyone’s talking about it, from comparing how the screen version measures up to the beloved books (verdict: pretty well), to

 

Unexpected Passions: David Bridie and Noni Hazlehurst Video · Fri, 30 Mar 2012

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In the second instalment of Unexpected Passions, Sam Pang persuades Noni Hazlehurst and David Bridie to join him in revealing their unheralded pastimes. Bridie discusses his love of suburban…

 

Friday High Five: New Sedaris, ghostw... Dailies · Fri, 30 Mar 2012

We share five of our favourite links to news, reviews or articles that we’ve discovered over the past week.Naomi Wolf versus Katy PerryFile this under ‘strange but (maybe) true’. Feminist writer…

 

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Michael Shmith: Away with Cliché Video · Thu, 29 Mar 2012

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Join Michael Shmith, Age Senior Writer and Opera Critic, for hi-jinks and hilarity, as he runs through his A-Z hitlist of terrible words and phrases he never again wishes to see in print or hear in n…

 

Unexpected Passion: Project Runway Dailies · Mon, 26 Mar 2012

Sam Pang’s Unexpected Passions events series is proving hugely fun so far. Last month, Kate Langbroek shared her passion for op-shops while Adam Zwar talked cats. This Friday, we’ll hear from Noni…

 

Friday High Five: From Murakami pie t... Dailies · Fri, 16 Mar 2012

Murakami pieFans and sceptics alike will enjoy this chuckle-worthy breakdown of a typical Murakami novel. there’s cats, classical music, bizarre dream sequences and jazz. It’s all there; the only…

 

Friday High Five: Publishing Euphemis... Dailies · Fri, 02 Mar 2012

We share five of our favourite links to news, reviews or articles that we’ve discovered over the past week.Cooking with Poo and the Great Singapore Penis PanicThe whimsical Diagram Prize for Oddest B…

 

Friday High Five: Pigs' Heads, Rachel... Dailies · Fri, 24 Feb 2012

We share five of our favourite links to news, reviews or articles that we’ve discovered over the past week.Feast of Thrones: Eyeballs, pigs’ heads and dragon eggsFans of Game of Thrones, the series b…

 

Agents Provocateurs Dailies · Wed, 09 Nov 2011

Is nothing sacred? It’s a subject that continues to torture the stylish brows of French literary types following the bombing of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last week. Last week’s edition &ndash…

 

No One Understands Me: Teen Diary Readings Video · Fri, 30 Sep 2011

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Join Nick Coyle (Pig Island, Me Pregnant!), Justin Heazlewood (aka the Bedroom Philosopher) and host Virginia Gay as our guests read excerpts from their own personal archives of angst and ecstasy –

 

[Oslo Davis](http://wheelercentre.com... Dailies · Thu, 13 Jan 2011

 

Earlier this week we reported on Twai... Dailies · Thu, 13 Jan 2011

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMark Twain Controversywww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire…

 

The venerable literary journal the *P... Dailies · Tue, 21 Dec 2010

The Paris Review, Winter 2010 from The Paris Review on Vimeo.

 

World's Oldest Joke Inspires Crickets Dailies · Mon, 20 Dec 2010

Paul McDonald writing for the Independent believes he’s found the world’s oldest joke and it’s a good indication of just how much humour dates.According to McDonald the oldest recorded joke came…

 

Soho! A Literary Boardgame Dailies · Wed, 15 Dec 2010

Looking for a bookish gift that’s not a book? Soho!, a literary board game could be the answer.The game revolves around collecting “6 pieces of rashly commissioned copy [that] need to be retrieved…

 

Writing Comedy with Ben Pobjie Dailies · Thu, 09 Dec 2010

Writer, critic and comedian, Ben Pobjie Comedians are, as we all know, tortured. The only trait that better defines the comedian than being tortured is the habit of…

 

Shaun Micallef Event · Mon, 22 Nov 2010

Shaun Micallef, Australia’s pre-eminent comic renaissance man, turns his genius to novel writing.Having conquered television, radio, theatre and film, Micallef smashes his mighty fist onto the…

 

Shaun Micallef Video · Mon, 22 Nov 2010

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Funny man Shaun Micallef has gone from that ‘bloke on Seachange’ to sketch comedian to nationally adored gameshow host. With his first book Preincarnate he adds novelist to his long CV and in this…

 

Fright Night Video · Fri, 22 Oct 2010

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From Imperial Panda, who brought you Erotic Fan Fiction – the Wheeler Centre’s least family-friendly session to date – comes Fright Night.Toby Schmitz recounts the story of a wartime navigator’s…

 

Andrew Weldon sees the romance in adv... Dailies · Thu, 21 Oct 2010

 

Tony Martin Fills Your Bookish Stocking Dailies · Wed, 20 Oct 2010

Tony Martin probably has advice on buying gift books for pets The irrepressible and ingeniously pre-planned Tony Martin has posted his bookish stocking fillers as he beats …

 

Dictionary Creator Gets Modern Rhymes Dailies · Tue, 19 Oct 2010

Dr Samuel Johnson has been an active Twitterer for some time but recently he has published a new dictionary based on our modern world.Of course, it’s a fake but as an extract from the Quietus shows, …

 

Question Marks and Commas Make For Cl... Dailies · Tue, 19 Oct 2010

Punctuation can tell you a lot about a person, but at Slate Nathan Heller has traced the rise and fall of film director Woody Allen all through his use of the humble comma. …

 

White People Unite as Christian Lande... Dailies · Tue, 12 Oct 2010

Click to see the full video When the author of Stuff White People Like came to the Wheeler Centre, it was a house packed with hipsters. Christian Lander…

 

Christian Lander Video · Mon, 04 Oct 2010

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At what exact moment ‘alternative’ and ‘yuppy’ became friends, nobody is quite sure. But the rise of the hipster is a well documented one – and not just in Tumblr photo blogs. Advocates celebrate t…

 

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Am I A Feminist? by Michaela McGuire Dailies · Thu, 16 Sep 2010

Michaela McGuire I have spent most of my life avoiding thinking about whether or not I am a feminist. My earliest ideas about my place in the world as a young lady were…

 

Lunchbox / Soapbox: Disco: The Vinyl Solution Event · Thu, 16 Sep 2010

Why does Melbourne, the classiest city in Australia, have such a problem with street violence? Is it the licensing laws? Is it the parents? No and no. Is it the rise of house music at the expense of …

 

Anh Do Presenter · Fri, 20 Aug 2010

He has become one of Australia’s best-loved comedians appearing on TV programs including SeaChange, Pizza and Thank God You’re Here.He co-produced the film about street kids called The Finished…

 

Palin's Lessons from Shakespeare Dailies · Thu, 19 Aug 2010

Politicians say the dumbest things. Over at Slate they’ve compiled their favourite Palinisms, tweets, Facebook updates and other wit from former Vice Presidential hopeful, Sarah Palin.And she’s got p…

 

Sue-Ann Post: The Case Against Monogamy Video · Thu, 19 Aug 2010

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What if the whole idea of ‘the one’ is nonsense?With the aid of a whole lot of love (and a little bit of cake), Sue-Ann Post explains why honesty and jealousy shouldn’t be strange bedfellows.…

 

A Night of Two Tones Video · Wed, 21 Jul 2010

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To coincide with the publication of Tony Wilson’s much anticipated second novel, Making News, join the two Tonys as they discuss celebrity culture, media, sport, comedy writing and much more.

 

A Night of Two Tones: Tony Wilson & Tony Martin Event · Wed, 21 Jul 2010

To coincide with the publication of Tony Wilson’s much anticipated second novel, Making News, join the two Tonys as they discuss celebrity culture, media, sport, comedy writing and much more.

 

Martin on Politician Lookalikes Dailies · Wed, 21 Jul 2010

Over at his regularly hilarious and randomly thoughtful Scrivener’s Fancy, Tony Martin had some thoughts on the Hawke telemovie and the nature of impersonating the greats.Martin “found it impossible …

 

John Birmingham Video · Wed, 14 Jul 2010

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John Birmingham discusses his latest book After America, the empowerment of women as action heroines and how he came to be writing thrillers. He also touches topics as broad as the reaction to his w…

 

If you need a laugh, this vintage Rac... Dailies · Thu, 08 Jul 2010

 

Steve Martin leaks his own rider Dailies · Sun, 04 Jul 2010

Comedian, novelist, playwright and all-round wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin has prefaced his upcoming tour by leaking his rider onto his own website. Who says Americans don’t do irony?Among…

 

Monica Dux: The Happy Gestator Video · Thu, 24 Jun 2010

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Pregnancy is natural, healthy and fun. Yeah, right. When Melbourne writer and procreator Monica Dux got pregnant she failed to see what all the joy was meant to be about. Here, Monica grapples with h…

 

It's Official: the New Vampires Found Dailies · Thu, 17 Jun 2010

According to satirical newspaper the Onion, minotaurs are officially the new vampires.The article has a faux-publishing executive touting the ancient Greek monster as the next big thing in…

 

Tim Ferguson: Secrets Of Sex Video · Thu, 17 Jun 2010

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Tim Ferguson laments the conservatism of Generation X, the death of feminism and the wit of Sex And The City 2.

 

Birmingham's Book Tour Weight Watching Dailies · Fri, 04 Jun 2010

Author John Birmingham enjoys book tours with the exception of buffets and their bad health implications, according to his latest post on his deliciously named Gothic Cheeseburger blog.“Book tours…

 

Chris Flynn: Heroic Hounds Video · Thu, 27 May 2010

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Chris Flynn surveys history’s chivalrous canines: Lassie vs Nazis in Norway, Inspector Rex as a speedboat-piloting crimefighter – and his own family pup’s skill in dodging the authorities.

 

Shane Maloney: In Praise of Shhhh Video · Thu, 22 Apr 2010

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Regular browser Shane Maloney asks for a bit of shoosh as he talks about the value silence in our public places, how libraries were once carried on camel back in alphabetical order and how crucial…

 

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