Max Vos
- Dec 19, 2018
"Spider-Man is trans!": the transgressive potential of superhero queer readings
“Those of us schooled in the humanities and social sciences have become familiar, over the past twenty years or so, with queering things;...
Georgie Sweeting
- Aug 3, 2018
How to Write a Book Review
Sometimes a book really just speaks to you, and other times it doesn’t. Book reviews detail honest opinions about a book – most commonly...
Max Vos
- Apr 6, 2018
The Aura of Books
“That which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction is the aura of the work of art.” —Walter Benjamin For German philosopher Walter...
Cassandra Elliott
- Mar 27, 2018
Scarce Memories
After stealing a bickie from the jar in the kitchen cupboard, I made my way through the dining room and into the lounge. I knew where the...
Max Vos
- Dec 20, 2017
It is you who are the zombies, we are the Walking Dead
"Their fathers, shadowy creatures, your creatures, were but dead souls; you it was who allowed them glimpses of light, to you only did...
Armelle Davies
- Oct 7, 2017
5 Things I Learnt at the Newcastle Young Writers Festival
Last weekend, I flew over east for the Newcastle Young Writers Festival, a four-day event for writers, editors, and others in...
Max Vos
- Sep 13, 2017
Psych appt. 12.30PM
22/04/2016 BOOKING AN APPOINTMENT (AND ASKING FOR HELP) Asking for help. Those words are enough to make me withdraw. It’s not that I...
Penny Walker
- Aug 18, 2017
Fitness, Food and Family: A Complex Relationship
Shortly after my father died, probably in response to some deep and unacknowledged fear that if I didn’t buck my ideas up I’d be next, I...