My first year art history subject, ARHT1001 Style and Substance: Introducing Art History, discussed “women artists’ as a ‘theme’ in…
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I immediately bought a copy of Prophet Song and joined the line to get it signed. When I finally reached Lynch, he glanced at my name and quipped that it was an amalgam of his mother’s and ex-wife’s names. This was a small moment, but one that became the highlight of my night.
“On this panel you have three women who are standing up to the Crown, standing up to the law, [and] standing up to the church. That’s beautiful, that’s what we share as writers.”
Cohen highlights how so many of the books people claim fall into this category, including her own, are in fact, works of autofiction. She emphasises that the pervasion of these stories in contemporary literary fiction is perhaps more telling of the general state of women’s mental health rather than a simple aesthetic or fad.
The Sydney Writers Festival hosted a panel which was facilitated by Hamish Macdonald, and featured Alisa Sopova, John Lyons, Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Julian Borger.
I would like to begin this review with a conclusion. Put simply, Eleanor Catton’s Sydney Writers’ Festival talk left me…
While their experiences differ, their stories of bravery, courage, grief, loss, resilience, and hope bring them together. It was noted, too, that the end of the Holocaust didn’t mark the end of survivors’ troubles, grief, and loss.
As I sat down for the Sydney Writers’ Festival Great Adaptations panel, I heard from writers from all walks of…
Speaking about her new book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock at the Sydney Writers’ Festival this past weekend with Jess Scully, Jenny Odell reframes our modern lingua franca for time.
To grapple with the perennial question of the future is an onerous task on a good day. In a world plagued by climate change, enduring coloniality, racism, a regression of women’s rights and the rise of nationalism, this query only becomes all the more daunting. Try making the discourse comedic, and you are venturing into shaky territory.
