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    • July 31, 2016

      interview with READ WRITE THINK REPEAT

      Here’s an interview I did with Sarah Fallon at READ WRITE THINK REPEAT. We talked about Portable Curiosities, working with illustrators, and my exciting new project with Math Paper Press: BooksActually’s Gold Standard. Sarah also recently wrote an article for Overland: What does everyone have against speculative fiction?. In it, she discusses ‘The Sister Company’, one of the stories in Portable Curiosities.

    • 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.

    • June 26, 2016

      portable curiosities sydney launch

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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.  

    • 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. […]

    • June 7, 2016

      portable curiosities melbourne launch

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      June 1, 2016

      portable curiosities available now

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