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JULIE KOH Portable Curiosities. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

JULIE KOH Portable Curiosities. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

by NRB | 1 Aug 2017 | Fiction | 0 comments

Portable Curiosities portrays a world of comic misery and brightly coloured heartache. Portable Curiosities, Julie Koh’s debut full-length short story collection (after a capsule collection, Capital Misfits), earned her a spot among 2017’s Sydney...
Random Thoughts: On writing tips and publishing insights from the Sydney Writers’ Festival. By Linda Funnell

Random Thoughts: On writing tips and publishing insights from the Sydney Writers’ Festival. By Linda Funnell

by NRB | 2 Jun 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 1 comment

As the Godfather continues to recuperate, the NRB editors take turns to share some random thoughts. This week Linda writes about the Sydney Writers Festival, which finished last weekend. I’m told there were 450 writers participating in this year’s Sydney Writers’...
             

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