Hard surfaces
Cancel culture strikes again? Adelaide Writers' Week, risk management, and our de facto national cultural policy settings
Books in Crisis
On the books we don't need about Bondi
Pumpkin Season
Miscellaenous texts, occasional writings, anthologies, beefs, trauma, birds
So long, Meanjin
Meanjin down the drain, criticism still in crisis – plus Wuthering Heights and a withering review
Help Wanted
What they left out of the position description for the boss job at Writing Australia – plus John Jeremiah Sullivan, Jennifer Mills, Andrew Dean and Mel Brooks
Boundless Risk
On creative business models, risk, and the Unbound fiasco
Back from the beyond
Two elections, Cancel culture or bust, Art to put you to sleep
So long, Substack
Gotta bounce, there's too much Elon in the air
A haunting debut
Here I am, taking Ghost for a test-drive. This is the new home of the newsletter formerly located here.
Shopping List Season
The greatest holiday tradition of all: grumbling about end of year lists.
Big Feelings
Cashing in on anger and despair.
Two new reviews and a lot of nail-biting
'Your vote, your choice' – thus spake Julia Roberts.