Underground Writers is a creative writing zine started in 2009 with a focus on writing by students and newly emerging authors. They release online editions quarterly and are working on expanding the zine to reach writing students all over Australia and the world. Issue 20 of Underground Writers is themed “Nostalgia” and contains the first
CategoryWatching Cartoons with Boys
Book Launch: Thursday 23 November
My self-published book Watching Cartoons with Boys will be launched on Thursday 23 November and I’m so excited to share it with you. Watching Cartoons with Boys is a collection of short stories and personal essays that catalogues different cartoons that have been important to me at different stages of my life, as well as
Update: Watching Cartoons with Boys
It’s late September 2017 and I’m well and truly scrambling to finish off my self-published book Watching Cartoons with Boys by the end of the year. It’s an incredibly personal collection of short stories and essays that I began writing last February, and something I’m incredibly proud of. Hopefully I can share it with you
Short Story Collection
Those of you who may have seen my social media or kindly asked how my novel is going will know it’s taken a backseat while I finish a short story collection. Titled Watching Cartoons with Boys, the collection is almost done and I’ve got big things planned. What big things, you ask? Well, I’ll be
Update: Rare Birds
Last night I finished the second rewrite of my debut novel Rare Birds, which is being edited by Zoya Patel in preparation to send to a literary agent. I’ve been calling this the “second” rewrite because getting the manuscript up to a standard that I was happy enough with to show an editor last year
New Article Published by Farrago
Today is World Book Day and in celebration I’ve written a piece that’s up on Farrago Magazine‘s website. It’s titled “88 Lines about 44 Books” and the structure is (of course) modeled on the lyrics of the 80s new wave classic by The Nails. It’s a fun, general interest piece based on my years of
New Interview & Forthcoming Short Story Collection
Exciting news! Following my January 27 piece published by The Conversation I was invited to speak on ABC Local Radio NSW with Dominic Knight. This was my second appearance on their Evenings program in the capacity of my interest in academic research, this time talking about the influence of J. D. Salinger’s writing on culture,