David Bowie’s re-emergence is sneaky, surprising and very exciting, as the artist has been very quiet since his worldwide tour a decade ago. Angela Meyer reviews his new album The Next Day.
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Make some time for the classics
Angela Meyer, of Crikey’s books blog Literary Minded, is going to read 20 classic, modern-classic or cult books in 2011. All book-lovers have gaps in their reading — will you join her in catching up?
READ MORERead about a Utopian Man
Edward Cole was the forward-thinking, optimistic and eccentric founder of Cole’s Book Arcade. He lived a colourful life, and Lisa Lang’s book Utopian Man captures it beautifully.
READ MOREInterview with author Peter Goldsworthy
Angela Meyer talks to Peter Goldsworthy about his new book Gravel — a collection of amusing and moving short stories — and how to maintain a “perfect balance” in life for crafting good writing.
READ MOREIn this play, you are the star
You walk into a café. You take a seat with a friend, or a stranger, and you put the headphones on. A voice instructs you through a series of short scenes where you inhabit certain roles. It’s all part of Etiquette, a play where YOU are the star.
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Book review: Eleanor Catton’s The Rehearsal
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton’s debut novel The Rehearsal requires a bit of audience participation: the reader is all the roles, all the characters and all the actors, says Angela Meyer.
READ MORESense from chaos: a memoir born of pain
Literary Minded interviews Sarah Manguso on her memoir The Two Kinds of Decay, about life after being flattened by a rare neurological disorder and the inspiration she takes from Chekhov.
READ MORETwo writers who can’t stop winning awards
Literary Minded’s Angela Meyer recalls her interviews with writers Nam Le and Christos Tsiolkas in light of their recent awards.
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