Someone just asked me what you have to do to become a writer. Here’s what I should have said: have an imaginary unicorn friend, take your hands off the handlebars, explore stormwater pipes, grow silkworms, get lost in a forest, fly a kite, turn the lights out in a cave, get dumped by a colossal […]
Month: August 2012
Next week in Melbourne…
Aside from my Melbourne Writers’ Festival sessions, there’s a special event being held at the State Library next Tuesday evening. I’ll be in-conversation with Fiona Wood, author of the wonderful Six Impossible Things, talking about Friday Brown (which is released tomorrow), my inspiration, ideas and how to disembark a tree (that’s how to get down from […]