Anthony Panegyres on writing and reading

The purpose of literature is to Delight. To create or endorse the scholastic is a craven desire. David Mamet, The Humble Genre Novel, Some...

Great to see Dreaming of Djinn ed. Liz Grzyb as a finalist for the best anthology. A huge huzzah to all the writers, publishers and editors...

Books Read in 2013 The 25 books I read in 2013 are listed below: Levant: Splendour and Castastrophe in the Mediterranean Philip M...

In 2013, I read 106 'long' short stories. Finalising a list of 25 highly recommended stories is never easy but these were m...

In the UK on holidays, so I'll post my usual year in review regarding reading and writing when I'm back in Australia. It'll incl...

That creativity lies on the other side of madness is commonplace, though popularly the madness with which art is associated is of the delusi...

Overland Literary Journa l is having its annual Subscriberthon. For me, it’s not about the gifts and packages Overland is offer...

Serious writing is not better; it has a different origin. It is writing what you have to write, what you hear in your mind.          You do...

Writers [on Writing]: Barbara Kingslover In actual word count, if the literary novels in my bookcase accurately represent human experienc...

A Few Years Ago A few years ago I despairingly forced myself to read Munro. I couldn't appreciate her style at all: overly descriptiv...

Locus Magazine Review of "Oleander: An Ottoman Tale" from Rich Horton The end of Rich Horton's Short Fiction Review in Locu...

Allow for Serendipity: Murdering themes or preconceived ideas. Writers are told all manner of 'rules': don't pull the readers...

Currently Reading (outside of this edition of Meanjin, which I've a story in ) : Richard Yates, Alice Munro, Philip Mansel and Michael...

Nalini Haynes' Dark Matter Review of my story "Oleander: An Ottoman Tale" from the Dreaming of Djinn Chrisaphina lives in a ...

Writers [on Writing]: Jamaica Kincaid I have noticed that when you know people who die, you catch it and end up dead, too. Jamaic...