I’m not racist, but … try and advance, Australia Fair
Just back in Vienna after a month in Sydney, and watching French TV coverage of the way Australians treated Indian students in Melbourne – “curry bashing” they called it. I’m… more
Austr(al)ia
Spooky Christmas!
I just woke up to this article on the government’s website censorship plan and another on radio broadcast controls in Wollongong. Going by the kerfuffle over art work earlier in… more
Australia – the film
Trailer via SMH. more
Writing is hard, and Egon Schiele (died 1918)
Every new bit of writing is hard for me. I recently wrote my first (fiction) book review and entered it in the Australian Book Review Book Reviewing Contest – more… more
Shades of Schiele with a Henson Lens
I’d just finished reading The Pornographer of Vienna, Lewis Crofts’ excellent “bio novel” of Egon Schiele, when the Australian press ran reports that charges were being brought against Bill Henson… more
I am sorry
and so glad I voted, expat or no. For the pain and suffering, we apologise. It’s not about guilt, it’s about “A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and… more
Transitions Austr(al)ia
New Oz lit prizes for fiction and non-fiction
Winds of change are definitely blowing. Here’s an announcement from the Australian Society of Authors – and it’s for Aussie writers anywhere in the world! “The Australian Society of Authors… more
