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July 18, 2016
kinokuniya bestseller
Portable Curiosities is bestseller of the week at Kinokuniya Sydney, and the third bestselling title of the month! It’s also a Kinokuniya favourite:
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July 14, 2016
guardian interview & chat 10 looks 3 podcast
An interview I did with Doug Wallen for The Guardian Australia. Also, Portable Curiosities got a mention from Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb on Episode 37 of their podcast Chat 10 Looks 3.
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the next village
My grandfather used to say: ‘Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that – not to mention accidents – even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey.’— Franz Kafka, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. -
June 21, 2016
review on triple r breakfasters
Click here to listen to Chris Womersley, author of Cairo, Bereft and The Low Road, discussing Portable Curiosities and Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women on Triple R Breakfasters this morning.
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June 16, 2016
melbourne launch speech by nic low
Nic Low, author of Arms Race, was kind enough to give me a copy of his launch speech from the Portable Curiosities launch at Readings Carlton. * Good evening and welcome. Thanks for coming. Thanks to Readings and Alan and Kill Your Darlings for having us. My name’s Nic Low. Like Julie I’m a writer of satirical short stories. […]