All essays tagged: On writing Writers at Work Essay: Justin Clemenson email Attachment Theory I then attempt to unblock the blocked emails which, it turns out, come with attached sets of proofs marked HIGH PRIORITY as, due to outsourced publishing deadlines, the expected turnaround is prohibitively tight… Sep. 2019 • On writing • Work • Writers at Work Writers at Work Essay: Dominic Amerenaon writing In Real Life But when I’m hungover in the office it feels like every second is being seared into my skin, a line I used many years ago, in a short story about a woman who had suffered a great bereavement. Sep. 2019 • On writing • Work • Writers at Work Writers at Work Essay: Maggie MacKellaron writing The Turning of the Line I write in my journal the list of jobs for the week. Then I read from Mary Oliver’s Poetry Handbook: ‘The most important point in the line is the end of the line. The second most important point is the beginning of it.’I make a note. Aug. 2019 • On writing • Work • Writers at Work Writers at Work Essay: Sam van Zwedenon creativity and rest Learning to come back: On creativity and rest Physical rest is emotional, whether you want it to be or not. Slowing down physically means the insides follow sometime after, though they cannot be rushed. Aug. 2019 • Health and bodies • On writing • Work • Writers at Work Writers at Work Essay: Bill Wilkieon writing My Difficult Apprenticeship The Daintree blockade had lasted about eight months all up, and here I was into my eighth year of writing about the damn thing. Aug. 2019 • On writing • Work • Writers at Work Writers at Work Essay: Ellena Savageon writing I want to live in a classless society My skin is white, or rather it is a soft, warm pink, which is the colour of the skin of the most dangerous and successful pillagers in recent times. I descend from them. I am them. Nothing is random. I am capable of killing another person but I would prefer not to. I would prefer not to survive an apocalypse. Aug. 2019 • On writing • Work • Writers at Work Essay: Alexis Wrighton the ancient library The Ancient Library and a Self-Governing Literature Tracker is a blueprint for building an independent Aboriginal-controlled university, one that is tied to land, culture and people. Jun. 2019 • Australian literature • Libraries and archives • On writing Interview: Helen Garner Mandy Sayer interviews Helen Garner, 1989 ‘Thirty years ago I wrote to Helen Garner, via her publisher, and asked if I could interview her.’ Mar. 2019 • Australian writers • On writing Essay: Oliver Molon writing again This Is Not A Love Story ‘This is not an essay or a book review. This is a love story. I fell in love with writing, and then I stopped. I’m trying to figure out what happened, and whether I can fall in love again’ Oct. 2018 • Health and bodies • On writing New Nature Essay: Christie Niemanon ecocentric fiction When The Clay Has You ‘Writing ecocentric fiction is relational. Like ecology, like phenomenology. Like a medicine bundle. Like a carrier bag.’ Oct. 2018 • Environment and climate • On writing • New Nature Previous 1 … 8 9 10 … 13 Next