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How I write, and more importantly, how you can

Dom — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:37:23 +0000

So many people have been asking how I managed to write a book that I’m starting to wonder whether I should be feeling a little insulted. Yeah okay, so I produced something that someone, in a moment of either extraordinary generosity or extraordinary folly, decided to publish. But me succeeding in releasing a book isn’t, [...]

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Be careful what you wish for…

Dom — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:32:02 +0000

Okay, it’s time for me to eat some humble pie. Or perhaps humble Codral would be more appropriate. Because – oh, what fun I had last week with my jokey little piece on swine flu, and my little list about what I’d read if I was confined to my home with an illness. Oh how [...]

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The Joy of Marketing

Dom — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:30:19 +0000

Marketing is a bit of a dirty word for writers. We like to think of ourselves as releasing our work into the world like a precious, special patch of flowers that discerning readers will bend over and pick, sniffing gently and appreciating each petal’s delicate beauty. But that’s not how it works. It’s a struggle [...]

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Stockpiling books for swine flu

Dom — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:28:20 +0000

The world has been panicking. As if the climate crisis, economic crisis and Spice Girls reunion tour weren’t keeping us sufficiently terrified, we now have to deal with swine flu. Experts warn that it could become a global ‘pandemic’, a term which I find bizarre because it reminds me of ‘pancake’ and ‘panforte’, making the [...]

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First review, and other articles

Dom — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:28:00 +0000

I’ve added Disco Boy’s first review, from the Sunday Age, and a few other profile pieces to the new Media page. I’ll figure out how to make the page look spiffier soon, but at least it’s up!

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Appearing at Sydney Writers’ Festival May 2009

Dom — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:36:07 +0000

In connection with the launch of Disco Boy, I’m excited to be appearing at three events this year, as follows. Please come and watch as I pretend to be a notable literary figure in this idyllic harbourside location. Sensibly, SWF has made all my events free. Irreverence – panel on Thursday 21 May at 1.30pm, [...]

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Announcing my first novel, Disco Boy

Dom — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:29:55 +0000

My big news for this year is that I wrote a novel. It’s called Disco Boy, and it’s a story about living in Sydney, and being a bit immature, two areas in which I have considerable expertise. Disco Boy was published by Random House on 1 May, and I’m currently gallivanting around the country to [...]

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