Wonderful to see Curtin Masters graduate Thomas Simpson shortlisted for the Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer in this year’s WA Premier’s Book Awards;
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Vale Hilary Mantel. Aside from the trilogy, her memoir is wonderful, her writing about Saudi Arabia and mysteriously moving furniture too. When I need a dose of good writing, I sometimes return to this, which I consider one of the best essays I have read:
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“Giving Up the Ghost is one of my favorite memoirs—a book about illness without sentimentality, let alone self-pity; about the supernatural, without the woo-woo; about motherhood without children.” —Emily Stokes on Hillary Mantel (1952-2022) https://t.co/ZI2Eekvf2L
“I find that almost all images get in the way of the text. They prevent the text from being heard. And what I want is something that lets the text come through. That’s my only concern.” —Marguerite Duras
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"The moment you are not here to defend your work in interviews, you literally do not exist. There is a penalty." —Javier Marías. Read Marías's Art of Fiction interview, unlocked this week. https://t.co/ytk08z6Ndb