After our wildly successful winter season back in July (taking in Port Fairy, Melbourne, Geelong and Christchurch), Bad Diaries Salon is back with an early summer cluster of salons, on both sides of the ditch. First up is Bad Diaries Salon #FIVE, as part of Phase Two of LitCrawl 2018. We’re thrilled to partner with … Read more…
Event
National Writers Forum, Auckland, 21-23 September
I’ll be taking part in two sessions at the NZSA National Writers Forum 2018, held in Auckland from 21 to 23 September 2018. The forum is a 2.5 day intensive conference where writers talk, learn and share information about the craft of writing, the business of writing and the world of words. Tickets for the forum are … Read more…
Ant Sang: Dharma Punk at WORD Christchurch, 1 September
I’ll be talking collaboration, animation and illustration with the mighty Ant Sang at WORD Christchurch 2018. Ant Sang: Dharma Punk Best known for his Dharma Punks comics, the award-winning graphic novel Shaolin Burning and his work on the ground-breaking animated television series, bro’Town, Ant Sang brings to WORD his latest work, a collaboration with author Michael Bennett. Helen … Read more…
Bad Diaries Salon WORD Christchurch, 31 August
We’re thrilled to be bringing Bad Diaries Salon to New Zealand, and to WORD Christchurch 2018, which runs this year from 29 August to 2 September. The theme for WORD Christchurch this year is ADVENTUROUS, and Bad Diaries Salon will be bringing the #RISK to Friday night at the festival, following on from the gala Starry, Starry Night event. … Read more…
Bad Diaries Salon, Geelong, 11 July
Bad Diaries Salon was established mid-2017 with a call out from Jenny Ackland on Twitter – were there any writers who still had their old, bad teenage diaries, and would they be prepared to read them live? The response was overwhelming. Result: four salons were held in 2017, and Bad Diaries Salon is back with a Winter 2018 series … Read more…
Bad Diaries Salon, Melbourne, 10 July
Bad Diaries Salon was established mid-2017 with a call out from Jenny Ackland on Twitter – were there any writers who still had their old, bad teenage diaries, and would they be prepared to read them live? The response was overwhelming. Result: four salons were held in 2017, and Bad Diaries Salon is back with a Winter 2018 series of … Read more…
Bad Diaries Salon, Port Fairy, 7 July
Bad Diaries Salon was established mid-2017 with a call out from Jenny Ackland on Twitter – were there any writers who still had their old, bad teenage diaries, and would they be prepared to read them live? The response was overwhelming. Result: four salons were held in 2017, and Bad Diaries Salon is back with a Winter 2018 series kicking … Read more…
An evening with Stephen Daisley, Wellington
I’m thrilled to share the stage at National Library in Wellington next week with writers Stephen Daisley and Catherine Robertson, in an event organised by Randell Cottage, where Stephen is drawing to the end of a six month residency. It’ll be the second time I’ve shared the stage with Stephen lately. I chaired an ‘in conversation’ event … Read more…
Short Story Book Club Live at LitCrawl Wellington
I’ve been enjoying heading in to the RNZ studio now and again this year (here, here, here and here) to take part in Short Story Club, a weekly feature on Jesse Mulligan’s afternoon show. One of my stories, ‘Once had me’, has even been the story for discussion (not, obviously, a week I took part in the discussion; … Read more…
Tell it Slant workshop, FAWWA, Perth
After a quarter of a century in research science, sticking with the facts, the biggest kick I get from writing fiction is the freedom it gives me to invent, to make stuff up (to lie?). I love working at the interface, too – the space where fact and fiction blend or join or mix, or where … Read more…