Author results: Kirsten Law
Kill Your Darlings
Despite its title, there's very little actual or suggested violence between the covers of Kill Your Darlings. Unless you count Gideon Haigh's point-blank assassination of Australian book reviews.
Named for William Faulkner's oft-quoted advice to writers to 'ruthlessly cut out that which doesn't serve a purpose', the brand new fully independent local journal is neatly segmented into Commentary, Fiction, Interview and Review, assisting reader and writer alike.
books@manic and Modern Journal MASSIVE SALE!
Book distribution is a funny business. To the naked public eye, it's no more visible than Phil Spector before he murdered that prostitute, but boy is it important! Books@manic is a nationwide operation that takes beautifully produced books about architecture, art, cinema, photography, graphics, landscape and design from Europe, Asia and the US and plonks them in the likes of Metropolis, The Brunswick Street Bookstore and The Paperback (aka dream bookshops).
The Journeybook
‘Plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom.' - Ken Kesey.
Psychedelic revivalists are rife in the ranks of music, comedy (thankfully not musical comedy... unless you count Hair) and visual art. Heck, even Jamie Oliver's jumped on board. But if it's the crux of the matter that you seek, The Journeybook is for you.
A Picture's Worth
Paul Meates, local artist and purveyor of fine book-wares, has put together a collection of very short stories. Fostering a culture of interdisciplinary harmony, Meates invited writers respond to pictures in pieces of 1000 words.
‘Wait, wait, wait - whaddaya mean "very short"?' ‘All the stories in A Picture's Worth are 1000 words in length.
Torpedo, Volume 4 - Brautigan
‘I don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.'
FACT: Richard Brautigan's story, ‘The Abortion', inspired the Library of Unwritten Books. FACT: Brautigan recorded a spoken word album for the Beatles. And you thought he was small-time. Tsk. FACT: I ‘discovered' Brautigan because my well-read, fashion plate of a housemate had him on her bookshelf.
The Lifted Brow No. 4
The fourth offering from the Melbourne-based editors of The Lifted Brow is indeed a hefty one, though its paperback cover may be flimsy.
Content-wise, Brow is pretty special. There are entertaining short works of fiction from Sarah Manguso, Anna Krien, Adam Levin, Kevin Moffett, Chris Bachelder and other bright sparks (indeed, too many to mention here.
Team Australia launch
What:
Team Australia launch
Where:
The Carlton Hotel & Studios, Lvl 2, 193 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
TONIGHT! Gallery opens 5pm, drinks from 6pm
Description:
Just where does Australian art stand on the world stage? Are we part of an international community? What is the Australian aesthetic? How do we see ourselves? Are we suffering an inferiority complex? Is it our fault that our Dads couldn't cry? The artists in Team Australia mutate Australian icons such as the gumtree, the kangaroo, the dead sheep and Peter Weir.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: Popcorn & Beer
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