Motorcyclist Marco Simoncelli was killed in the Malaysian Grand Prix two weeks ago. I know because it was trending on Twitter. There was also a motorcycle accident that Friday night, two weeks ago. I know this because I sat in…
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Author: Claire Zorn
Claire Zorn is a Sydney-based writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her work has been published in various literary journals and she has a particular passion for writing young adult fiction.
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Attack of the 50ft heroine
Ah, women. Give them the vote and the next thing you know they’ll be writing books and jumping up and down about equality. In pants! Recently, on a particularly cold Sydney night, four such women braved the elements, gathering in…
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(Overdue) Notes from the Sydney Writersʼ Festival
I have, in the last couple of years, had the opportunity to meet several of my heroes. No-one you might call a megastar, but then, who would want to meet a megastar? They are terrifyingly hot and often 20 million…
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Tobogganing, childrenʼs writing, lateral thinking and (unfortunately) Martin Amis
I have often wondered whether a blog on childrenʼs literature was appropriate for the Overland blog. Then issue 202 appeared with cover feature on Shaun Tan and a column by Alison Croggon about the experience of childhood and the often-inaccurate…
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The next breath
I am not a sporting person. Some people are born with the ability to catch balls with their hands as if they have an in-built homing device. I, it would seem, was born with such a homing device in my…
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You Twit?
Recently, someone of substantial literary clout asked me a question I have been dreading for some time: ‘Can we expect to hear more from you on Twitter? It can be very useful for writers.’ Oh dear. I’d been sprung. I…
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173 lives
As I begin to write this blog I am sitting in the stairwell of my building because it is two degrees cooler than in my apartment. The touch-pad thingy on my laptop isn’t really working because of the sweat on…
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Fiction review: The Best Australian Stories 2010
The Best Australian Stories 2010 Cate Kennedy (ed) Black Inc. There has been a lot of discussion over the last year about the future of Australian writing and reading: Will Twitter reduce our collective attention span to that of a…
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The L word
This blog will be in two parts. Part One: a rant about how bloody important literature (and thus Overland) is to life, the universe and everything. Part Two (at the request of Rjurik Davidson): a short Choose Your Own Adventure…