I followed up last month’s essay on the hype leading up to the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special (published in Kill Your Darlings No. 15) with a review of the actual special, which I was lucky enough to see at the cinema.
Here’s my run down of the film!
I also have some very exciting news about writing next year … so watch this space.
Billie Piper as ‘The Moment’ in the Doctor Who Anniversary Special.
I’ve never written directly about politics before, but I gave it a crack over the past few weeks after the Coalition announced it would be slashing ‘ridiculous’ humanities projects that ‘left taxpayers scratching their heads’.
Mainly I was annoyed that a) politicians were using a pre-existing social bias against the worth of humanities in order to garner votes, b) politicians were making claims about research they know nothing about, without consulting experts and c) politicians did not discuss importance of the humanities. Even though the study of politics is part of the humanities. Read the deal here at the KYD blog.
The latest issue of Kill Your Darlings has arrived – and features my essay about Doctor Who fandom over the past fifty years. I wrote this in celebration of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special to be screened in November this year. Read an extract of the article here, order a copy here, or pick up a copy from Readings.
Photo taken by the lovely Meaghan JR Young.
Here’s a photo of me from three weeks ago at the 2013 Emerging Writer’s Festival (EWF), taking part in the TV Night with Kill Your Darlings – a panel session about TV criticism which was hosted as part of the “Late Night Lit Mag” series. I am, in this picture, rockin’ out with host Steph Van Schilt, former Online Assistant Editor at KYD and current Deputy Editor at The Lifted Brow (right) and Mel Campbell, author of Out of Shape (left). Aussie writers Luke Ryan and Rochelle Siemienowicz were also on the panel. Much fun was had, and Doctor Who was mentioned (several times). A wrap-of the evening can be read here at the EWF Blog.
Rad news! I’ve been asked to do one of my favourite things: rant about television, in public, at a bar. The gig is the “TV night in”, hosted by Kill Your Darlings, as part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival. Here’s the official blurb (full link here):
People who love TV consume programs vehemently and discuss fervently, yet there are few avenues for writers to critically engage with television as a central focus. From recappers to ‘shippers’, spoilers to distribution streams, this event will consider the different ways television is (and isn’t) being written about.
Featuring: KYD’s Stephanie Van Schilt and regular contributors Luke Ryan, Mel Campbell, Rochelle Siemienowicz and Julia Tulloh Harper.Come along!
It’s Tues 28th May, 9pm, at Thousand Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St Melbourne. And it’s FREE!
In other news…I updated my writing section. Okbye.
Some exciting things have happened lately! Namely, Going Down Swinging re-posted one of my Killings columns, about Angie Hart AND THEN ANGIE HART RETWEETED THE PIECE, THANKED ME AND THEN FAVOURITED ANOTHER TWEET ABOUT IT WHICH MADE ME VERY HAPPY.
Also I started reviewing for the Readings Monthy, which is cool coz I get to read new books before they’re released, including John M Coetzee’s biography.
Of course, I’m still publishing too much about Beyonce and pop-music. This was the funnest one to write all year. And I don’t plan on stopping!
ALSO though I have wrapped up work as Killings Columnist I’m still doing some writing for them – xmas piece up here!
Merry Xmas and everything okbye!
1. Kill Your Darlings Issue #10 got a write-up in last weekend’s papers, and my Del Rey article got a mention! Read about it here.
2. My latest Killings column was published a few weeks ago – an interview with Helen Hughes, co-editor of the totally rad new contemporary art journal, Discipline. Hughes told me all about how the journal started and why it’s so special (it is, you should read it). Interview here.
My article on Lana Del Rey, “Lana or Lizzie? Vintage Videos and the Del Rey Debate” is in Issue 10 of Kill Your Darlings, which comes out today! The issue also features amazo writers like Gideon Haigh.
Read part of my article here! Support Australian writing and buy the mag at Readings and other bookshops around Australia or buy/subscribe here!
SO Kill Your Darlings are publishing my article on Lana Del Rey in their print journal (as opposed to the blog, which I normally write for), which is released next week…but in the meantime, they have posted part of the piece as a KYD Issue 10 teaser on their website! Yeah boi. Read it.
Hey SO my article “Playing Within the Lines: a Glance and Gender and sport” has just been published in Issue 115 of Zadok Perspectives. Here’s an excerpt:
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