Feb 26, 2014 | Belonging, Your Stories
‘‘To the contrary, one of the things that impels me to write is that my mind is huge with all the little stories I never told you.’’ Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk about Kevin Here’s a little story: I met Lionel Shriver and we had a chat about belonging....
Feb 9, 2014 | Belonging, Interesting Ephemera
”Really, what sort of man could go and name all the trees?’’ Murray Bail Eucalyptus Summer has returned to Varuna, the writers’ house where I’m staying in the Blue Mountains. I’m outside in the sun taking photos when I spot the gardener. I run after...
Feb 7, 2014 | Belonging, Interesting Ephemera
”Do you understand the sadness of geography?’’ Michael Ondaatje The English Patient It doesn’t feel like summer in the Blue Mountains. A cool change has come through the small town of Katoomba. The rolling mists and rain of yesterday are gone. The clouds remain....
Feb 5, 2014 | Belonging, Interesting Ephemera
”We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behaviour and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.’’ Lawrence Durrell (The Alexandria Quartet) I am at Varuna, a house for writers in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. A friend...
