Curtin Writers Club

Snack foods and blame

Jan 31, 2017

Snack foods and blame

It had been a long few hours in the library, the study load was a heavy weight on my shoulders, and I couldn’t seem to shake the stress. I went and sat down on the grass to eat and reflect on my current situation; a well earned break in a barrage of assignments. I couldn’t help but think I might be out of my depth in this welcoming, friendly place of learning. When I finally made it into a relaxed state and was aware of my surroundings, I could hear a loud agitated voice comi

Gridiron Grommit

Jan 24, 2017

Gridiron Grommit

Grommit: Noun. A young or inexperienced participant, the term is often used in surfing or board sports. See also: Rookie, Novice. Everything hurts. The muscles in my arms, legs, butt, and hands ache. My fingers are purple and swollen and my forearms are spotted with bruises and scrapes. And we aren’t even training in gear yet. It’s been a month of sprints, ladders and agility training, all the while trying to learn plays in a sport that I’ve never even watched, let alone pla

Michael Moshos

Jan 23, 2017

Michael Moshos

Michael is a young Perth-born Writer/Director/Actor. When I first met him he had just finished a run in a Fringeworld show, an experience that has set him on a new path. “It was quite a big thing for me, I met a whole bunch of lovely people.” The show, “Breathless”, an almost wordless re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream set to music in which he played one of three Pucks, relied heavily on physical movement and expression. He was well cast, his lively dark ey

Faerie Tales

Jan 19, 2017

Faerie Tales

[Image source] Chris Adrian’s short story ‘A Tiny Feast’ (2009) utilises multiple narrative strategies to position readers in a way that forces them to confront the topics of mortality and the subjectivity of passing time. The narrative uses two characters from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania and Oberon, and can be thought of as a continuation of the faeries’ story begun by Shakespeare in the late 16th century. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania an