http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/10/guest-post-swept-away/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/10/guest-post-swept-away/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:38:35 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273659 Andrew Stafford lost a treasured collection of children's books in the Queensland floods. But in this guest post for Liticism, he explains why he isn't crying a river.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/10/guest-post-swept-away/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/06/all-the-dark-places-michael-salas-the-last-thread/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/06/all-the-dark-places-michael-salas-the-last-thread/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:52:32 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272734 Bethanie Blanchard. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/06/all-the-dark-places-michael-salas-the-last-thread/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/03/guest-post-finding-the-people-behind-a-revolution-johnny-west%E2%80%99s-karama/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/03/guest-post-finding-the-people-behind-a-revolution-johnny-west%E2%80%99s-karama/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:49:19 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272654 Karama! Journeys Through the Arab Spring, a travel book by former Reuters Cairo correspondent Johnny West, is a compelling book about the Arab Spring, writes Max Denton.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/03/guest-post-finding-the-people-behind-a-revolution-johnny-west%E2%80%99s-karama/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/02/the-death-and-life-of-great-american-cities/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/02/the-death-and-life-of-great-american-cities/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:07:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272377 The Death and Life of Great American Cities," writes Alan Davies.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/02/the-death-and-life-of-great-american-cities/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/01/a-place-in-which-to-write/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/01/a-place-in-which-to-write/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:19:45 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272186 ways we write can be as important as what it is we write, says Bethanie Blanchard. The little rituals or habits, the strange superstitions we have about composing, the things that must occur if we are to have any success.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/02/01/a-place-in-which-to-write/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/29/mungo-maccallums-the-good-the-bad-and-the-unlikely/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/29/mungo-maccallums-the-good-the-bad-and-the-unlikely/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:39:16 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271368 Bethanie Blanchard.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/29/mungo-maccallums-the-good-the-bad-and-the-unlikely/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/27/on-the-call-for-a-return-to-an-australian-canon/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/27/on-the-call-for-a-return-to-an-australian-canon/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:29:03 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271058 Bethanie Blanchard discusses. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/27/on-the-call-for-a-return-to-an-australian-canon/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/24/f-scott-fitzgeralds-letters-of-note/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/24/f-scott-fitzgeralds-letters-of-note/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:54:23 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270740 Letters of Note, a website that provides tiny glimpses into writers' lives and minds, writes Bethanie Blanchard.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/24/f-scott-fitzgeralds-letters-of-note/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/movies/baz-luhrmann-puts-the-great-gatsby-into-3-d.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/movies/baz-luhrmann-puts-the-great-gatsby-into-3-d.html#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:30:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269435 The Great Gatsby to the big screen. It was another to do it in 3D, writes Michael Cieply. ]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/movies/baz-luhrmann-puts-the-great-gatsby-into-3-d.html/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/14/returns-to-roald-dahls-matilda http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/14/returns-to-roald-dahls-matilda#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:18:58 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269052 Matilda, Roald Dahl's enchanting story about a little girl with awful parents, fascinatingly addresses young readers at a very high level, writes Bethanie Blanchard.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/14/returns-to-roald-dahls-matilda/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/12/a-good-bad-review-the-omnivores-hatchet-job-of-the-year-award/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/12/a-good-bad-review-the-omnivores-hatchet-job-of-the-year-award/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:51:57 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268207 Bethanie Blanchard.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/12/a-good-bad-review-the-omnivores-hatchet-job-of-the-year-award/feed/ 0 http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/contenders-first-novel-written-word-processor/47199/ http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/contenders-first-novel-written-word-processor/47199/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:51:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268150 Adam Clark Estes.]]> http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/contenders-first-novel-written-word-processor/47199/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/10/come-in-spinner-how-the-so-called-experts-always-get-it-wrong/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/10/come-in-spinner-how-the-so-called-experts-always-get-it-wrong/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:58:39 +0000 Noel Turnbull http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267380 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/10/come-in-spinner-how-the-so-called-experts-always-get-it-wrong/feed/ 2 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/06/lessambitiousbooks/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/06/lessambitiousbooks/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:36:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267399 Bethanie Blanchard. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/06/lessambitiousbooks/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize?CMP=twt_gu http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize?CMP=twt_gu#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:49:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267338 Alison Flood.]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize?CMP=twt_gu/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/05/update-on-d-publishing-agreement/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/05/update-on-d-publishing-agreement/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:03:11 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267291 Bethanie Blanchard.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/05/update-on-d-publishing-agreement/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/04/on-reading-and-re-reading-and-not-reading/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/04/on-reading-and-re-reading-and-not-reading/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:13:11 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267224 Crikey's book aficionado Bethanie Blanchard. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2012/01/04/on-reading-and-re-reading-and-not-reading/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-2011-crikeys-the-best-in-film-music-books-tv-and-stage/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-2011-crikeys-the-best-in-film-music-books-tv-and-stage/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:55:09 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266808 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/the-2011-crikeys-the-best-in-film-music-books-tv-and-stage/feed/ 1 http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/12/writers-and-their-books-inside-famous-authors-personal-libraries/250280/ http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/12/writers-and-their-books-inside-famous-authors-personal-libraries/250280/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:46:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266642 Maria Popova takes a look at 'Unpacking My Library: Writers and their Books'.]]> http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/12/writers-and-their-books-inside-famous-authors-personal-libraries/250280/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/21/authors-beware-interview-with-steve-rossiter/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/21/authors-beware-interview-with-steve-rossiter/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:36:58 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266607 Australian Literature Review editor Steve Rossiter, who spoke with Bethanie Blanchard, has been at the forefront of it. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/21/authors-beware-interview-with-steve-rossiter/feed/ 0 http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/12/20/25-ways-for-writers-to-help-other-writers/ http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/12/20/25-ways-for-writers-to-help-other-writers/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:41:35 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266381 Chuck Wendig from Terrible Minds lists 25 ways wordsmiths can share the love.]]> http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/12/20/25-ways-for-writers-to-help-other-writers/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/rundle-the-war-decade-the-enlightenment-armed-and-101-uses-for-a-dead-hitchens/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/rundle-the-war-decade-the-enlightenment-armed-and-101-uses-for-a-dead-hitchens/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:56:45 +0000 Guy Rundle http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265805 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/rundle-the-war-decade-the-enlightenment-armed-and-101-uses-for-a-dead-hitchens/feed/ 33 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2011/12/19/pod-and-prejudice-podcast-faves-2011/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2011/12/19/pod-and-prejudice-podcast-faves-2011/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:09:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265908 W H Chong presents his favourite podcasts of the year, which include Crikey's Canberra Calling, the BBC's World Book Club and The Guardian's Politics Weekly. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2011/12/19/pod-and-prejudice-podcast-faves-2011/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/18/review-women-of-letters/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/18/review-women-of-letters/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:10:55 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265862 Women of Letters seeks to revive 'the lost art of letter writing.' There are some funny and beautiful pieces in this collection from writers who have spoken at Women of Letters events, writes Bethanie Blanchard. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/18/review-women-of-letters/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/15/the-dying-of-the-brightness-didions-blue-nights/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/15/the-dying-of-the-brightness-didions-blue-nights/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:16:07 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265520 Blue Nights, a novel about her daughter's death described with such close detail it makes you wince, writes Bethanie Blanchard.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/liticism/2011/12/15/the-dying-of-the-brightness-didions-blue-nights/feed/ 0