tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11027077031752322692024-03-06T12:40:16.160+10:00poise on arrowsif you canBri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-87811088002574798432014-02-01T17:58:00.001+10:002014-02-01T17:58:15.439+10:00I WRITE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW :)Dear friends,<br />
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I write over at <a href="http://poiseonarrows.com/">http://poiseonarrows.com/</a> now, so please come visit.<br />The grass is a little fresher and snazzier on the other side.<br />
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Thanks for sticking with the original <i>poise</i> though. I aprreciate it.<br />
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BriBri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-227519468811972782012-09-08T10:20:00.001+10:002012-09-08T10:20:28.929+10:00Poetry in the Red Chamber of Government House - a Brisbane Writer's Festival event<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight I had the absolute pleasuring of covering the '<i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/default.asp?PageID=254&EventID=217">Poetry in the Red Chamber</a></span></u></i>' event which ran as part of the <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/">Brisbane Writers Festival</a></span></u></i>. I'm volunteering for the festival as a daytime production runner and a nighttime events photographer, and the experience has been damn wonderful. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The evening ended with many attendees getting to speak to their favourite poets, and I left the chamber listening to praise bouncing off the walls. It must be a nice change for this room because I think normally it's just a bunch of asses sitting on their asses in there. As I was filling out the forms to return my guest pass and leave Government House, I overheard an elderly woman asking a security guard if she could return to the seats while she waited for a taxi, despite having already signed out. </span><br />
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Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-88922031074496533972012-08-29T23:07:00.000+10:002012-08-29T23:07:43.460+10:00The Young Pioneer Magazine Launches Today!Hello friends, I'm the creator and editor of a brand new online magazine that's all about extreme travel, and it just launched this evening. The idea was born by Gareth Johnson - the guy that took me on a tour of North Korea, and all of the content is seriously badass. I mean, I feel honoured that these people sent me their stuff, and I'm incredibly proud of how the whole thing has turned out for this first issue. There are some really poignant written pieces and also some breathtaking photography.<br />
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Anna Apuli, the genius behind my poiseonarrows header you can see right above here, designed the site from scratch so that it actually looks beautiful too.<br />
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<br />Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-75522820035422780312012-08-13T17:05:00.000+10:002012-08-13T17:05:11.487+10:00Two of the Best Boutique Shops in Brisbane<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_910228031"></span><span id="goog_910228032"></span>I've been a little excessive lately with my spending. A new book - <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest">Infinite Jest</a></span></u></i> by David Foster Wallace is awesome and massive. Man it's a hell of a ride, I'll have to tell you about it soon. A new tote bag from the the <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.mummy.qm.qld.gov.au/">Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb</a></span></u></i> exhibit at the Brisbane Museum when I went to their sexy "<i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.mummy.qm.qld.gov.au/After+Dark#.UCiZtmgWHlI">After Dark</a></span></u></i>" session. The bag is calico and covered in hieroglyphs! So geek/chic, right!? Right, guys? Also, a new pencil doesn't sound like much - but <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://notemaker.com.au/products/palomino-blackwing">Palominos</a></span></u></i> are something altogether above the general level of pencils and go together just too beautifully with my <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://notemaker.com.au/collections/moleskine-notebook-store-at-notemaker-australia-new-zealand">Moleskines</a></span></u></i>. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIzI3E1ju89ocG9c53EZ9gjkn8pqUFRvuVSECvtqenSYKoIEdvW3Rx2ujYOtMChEUjK7pFri59YxfVutet_7fysuxLVi7DvoGh50G6mZ0aatKASazHl2wf3Gu4GYSL_oS1HQ-u6AQ8GyN/s1600/2012-08-13+14.44.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIzI3E1ju89ocG9c53EZ9gjkn8pqUFRvuVSECvtqenSYKoIEdvW3Rx2ujYOtMChEUjK7pFri59YxfVutet_7fysuxLVi7DvoGh50G6mZ0aatKASazHl2wf3Gu4GYSL_oS1HQ-u6AQ8GyN/s320/2012-08-13+14.44.08.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><u><a href="http://absofab.com.au/">Absolutely Fabulous</a></u></i> is a beautiful boutique in Woolloongabba's antiques district, and they sell a combination of beautiful new stock and carefully selected (from the surrounding purveyors of fine furniture, jewellery and household miscellany) vintage stock. Check <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://absofab.com.au/blog/">their blog</a></span></u></i> for updates about new stock and temptations. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/monsterplanetdesign">Monster Planet Design</a></span></u></i> does prints of sic-fi characters in a kind of pop/street art style which is just plain cool. It's what cool is all about. Lucy Lawless as Xena 2D rendered in blue, pink, and yellow? YES PLEASE!!! Oh - and they're actually affordable too, so perfect for kids like me who need cool things that aren't going to send me to the gutter. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/catamation">Gill Pyke's</a></span></u></i> work was exhibited in the <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/cool-person-bought-my-work-at-lust-for.html">Lust for Life exhibition I was in a few months ago</a></span></u></i>, and you can buy her crazy/strange/incredible (but this time wearable) creations which are like badass origami. </span></li>
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It was Thursday night and I passed up the highly-publicised <i style="color: orange;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/205214909608231/">Trent Jamieson</a></u></i><i style="color: orange;"><u> event</u></i> at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Avid-Reader-Bookshop-and-Cafe/62013203991"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Avid</u></i></a> to attend a small talk at
the <a href="http://www.qwc.asn.au/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Queensland Writers Centre</u></i></a>
headquarters in the <a href="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>State Library</u></i></a>.
It was an intimate talk with the editor of the <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Australian Book Review</u></i></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rose_%28poet%29"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Peter Rose</u></i></a>, and something told me it was going to be a gold mine of juicy
advice and information. That hunch proved correct, and the words that follow
are an attempt to reproduce some of the brilliance that eloquently spilled out of Mr Rose
that evening. The event was also <a href="http://www.electricalphabet.net/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Kate Eltham</u></i></a>’s last as Chief Executive Officer of QWC, and she was wished a
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novels. He’s been the editor of the ABR since 2001 and was at Oxford University
Press Australia before that. He’s written a total of 5 poetry collections, the
most recent of which is ‘<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15721328-crimson-crop"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Crimson Crop</u></i></a>’
released earlier this year. You can listen to him talking on 4ZzzFM <a href="http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/sites/default/files/cultural_package/audio/peter_rose_interview.mp3"><u style="color: orange;"><i>here</i></u></a>.</div>
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ABR turned 50 last year, and Mr Rose began the evening with
a brief introduction to the magazine and its content. He said its core mission
is still the same as it has been for decades - “to cover Australian literary
culture”. Reviews featured in the magazine are approximately 1200 words (which really
is quite large) and, rather impressively, only about 20% of the content isn’t
either Australian-written or Australian-published. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There have been some priority shifts in the
recent years, however, and Mr Rose highlighted the development of their
competitions and prizes focus. The ninth annual <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes/peter-porter-poetry-prize"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Peter Porter Poetry Prize</u></i></a>, for example, is currently open
for entry and has a first prize of $4000. There were 1300 short stories
submitted for the 2012 Elizabeth Jolley short story prize which carries a total
prize pool of $8000. There’s also the Calibre prize for an outstanding essay
with a totally prize pool of $10’000. It’s an intense and exciting list, and spectacularly funded, too.</div>
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A query by Ms Eltham into the financial situation of the
magazine gave Mr Rose an opportunity to express something he seemed to be
itching to say, which is that “actually, the magazine is in robust health.” I
want to end this sentence with an exclamation mark to indicate his satisfaction
and my surprise simultaneously, but for some reason I feel like he wouldn’t
appreciate that. Later on, though, he did mention that “it’s not Shangri-La,”
and that “there are realities here.” There was a nod and assenting murmur from
our Brisbane audience, all too aware of the abysmal cut of funding to the
Premier’s Literary Awards. </div>
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So how is ABR funded? “Through philanthropy we’ve been able
to fund a lot.” Mr Rose explained that “anyone who works in literature is aware
of the purpose of private patronage.” Later on he came back to the topic of
financial support, and expressed a kind of mild exasperation that “our
literature is amazingly sophisticated for a country of 20 [or so] million
people,” and yet “literature cops it in the neck regularly,” as compared to,
for example, the film industry. Apparently the film industry in Australia receives
considerable government funding, and yet something like 1% of films consumed in
Australia are actually Australian films. There appears to be a stupid disparity
between what the respective industries bring in and what they create, and how
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Moving on from the accounting talk, though, and Mr Rose
began singing into the ears of the nervous children (read: emerging writers)
surrounding him. In other words, we moved on to the part of the talk where he
got super encouraging and cuddly. Well, as cuddly as a tweed-wearing literary
critic can be. “It’s been a particular pre-occupation of mine… to help improve
and cultivate the next generation of critics.” Well thank you, Mr
Rose, thank you very much. He even acknowledged the stigma surrounding literary
criticism, but insists that ABR “is not a cliquey organisation... we are not
terrifying.” It seems a humble thing for such an established publisher of such a
prestigious publication to be saying, but he made it abundantly clear that ”ABR
can be a very useful launching pad for reviewers and also poets and short story
writers.”</div>
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I also found out that this QWC event was just one part of Mr
Rose’s sweep of Brisbane. He spoke earlier at UQ that day and had a talk at QUT
scheduled for Friday. He even mentioned that at UQ he met with 4 to 5 writers
whom he will “certainly commission in the coming months.” I mean, come on, how
goddamn encouraging can one dude be! For the trip, he even prepared a lovely
checklist for those newbies considering writing for ABR and other publications
in general, which is now available <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/from-the-editors-desk/824-advice-for-new-reviewers"><i style="color: orange;"><u>here</u></i></a>.
Many things on the list just gave me déjà vu from the <a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/so-you-want-to-be-writer-qwc-session.html"><i style="color: orange;"><u>So You Want to be a Writer</u></i></a> session I went to a few weeks
back. The first thing he emphasised was that “If you want to write for ABR, or
indeed any magazine, get to know it.” Specifically, he encouraged people to just send
him a succinct email (with emphasis on the word ‘succinct’ definitely clear). “By
and large, if the person can spell, use correct grammar, and they don’t address
the email with ‘Hi Pete’, then usually I’ll email back.” </div>
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Some considerable discussion also covered the editing
process. When a review or piece of writing is submitted for ABR it is, of
course, edited – “no hissy fits” Peter adds. The group chuckles. Here’s the great
thing about ABR too, they show the writer all the proofing and editing as it
goes along. As an emerging writer this process has<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> a </span>very particular and intense appeal. It allows
me to glimpse the editor’s thought process, it allows me to learn from my
mistakes with a precision that equates to real growth. It’s awesome. “If you
want to be a reviewer, you have to be prepared to be edited. It’s an artistic
process.” Yessir. Oh – and don’t be afraid to call a spade. Mr Rose said “I don’t
think we see enough decidedly stinging reviews…” and he blames this on
Australia’s literary culture being so very “polite”. I always imagined that a
scathing review from a newbie writer was just too presumptuous and borderline
arrogant, but it seems that sinking your teeth in, no matter how sharp, is fine.
So long as it is justified, spelled correctly, and contains no grammatical
errors.</div>
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<tr style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something else mentioned on the evening which I haven't covered properly in this post, is the paid internship position that ABR offers to a young graduate each year. This is Milly Main, the Ian Potter Foundation intern for 2012. Read more about how awesome this programs is <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/programs/ian-potter-foundation-internship"><u style="color: orange;"><i>here</i></u></a>. This position is the perfect example of Mr Rose putting his money where his mouth is in terms of supporting emerging writers and publishers.</td></tr>
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Another topic of conversation was the virtual side of things.
Mr Rose got a little bit negative here. He doesn’t seem impressed with the
whole online/blogosphere phenomenon, which initially made my fur prickle, but
he went on to explain his opinion that online content is responsible for the
suffering of artists, and I ended up agreeing with a lot of what he had to say.
He expressed genuine concern that the lack of money involved in online content usually
means that “someone is getting screwed.” I can relate to this on so many
levels. I blog, and I blog a lot about books and writing, and I don’t make a
cent from it. I do it because I love it and I do it because each post makes me
better at what I do here, and one day I’m going to get paid for working in the
industry. In the meantime though, I have a job with absolutely no correlation to
what I want to do with my life, and the hours I spend on poiseonarrows are
always rushed because of pressing university deadlines. I’m certainly not
unique in this lifestyle either. Blogging is a tough mistress, and it can feel
unthanking when you can’t see the faces of the people you’re writing to. I keep
doing it though, because I’m writing for myself more than anything, and I think
I would have gone insane if I didn’t have this platform for unloading my
thoughts all through 2011. Anyways, enough about me. I think Mr Rose is sweet
in his concern for people whose content is online when he asks “you do wonder
sometimes, how is the writer going to survive?” but it’s also a little
dismissive. The literary world is moving to the virtual plane in swift paces,
and whilst I admire people like Mr Rose sticking to their guns and continuing
to publish their magazines in print and support printed works, I would have
really liked him to be a bit more positive on this front. I don’t think
constructive adaptation to support emerging artists online as well as in hard
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One of the last things Mr Rose spoke about was the freedom
of ABR to follow its own vision because it wasn’t tied to profit-making
requirements. In fact, he seemed to trash talk the idea of similar
organisations which work for profit, saying they suffer from a “relentless
compromising of [their] standards”. Conversely, he says that “working for a
not-for-profit organisation is so liberating.” I mean, his argument makes
complete sense, but for some reason I still found it a little too high-brown
and impractical. I’m no expert on the industrial side of things, but I cannot
imagine it would be practical for all literary criticism magazines in Australia to offer tens
of thousands of dollars in prizes, and not have to make some kind of gross
income at the end of each July. I’m not saying I like it this way, but I think ABR is in
a very unique and privileged position, and it’s not really fair to judge other
magazines too harshly for their basic profit-based decisions. Perhaps this is a
cynical Brisbane opinion, but in our current socio-political climate, I think
all literary magazines that still function and support the industry in any way
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I think that’s about it! Mr Rose said he went on this
Queensland trip to “encourage people to cut their teeth” with ABR, and
repeatedly assured us that “there is a lot of work around for reviewers,” so I
think most of us left the night on a truly positive note. With his focus on
young and emerging writers, I think Mr Rose has made a bold and excellent decision
to really dig ABR’s roots into the future of Australia’s literary industry. His
passion as a poet and writer as well as a critic has clearly established the
organisation as a supportive and encouraging yet prestigious and impressive
publication. It’s a balance he himself seems to strike as well – walking the
fantastic line between warm and professional. I came away from the evening with
an excellent impression of Mr Rose (if you have the time, I highly suggest reading <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/whats-new/editors-blog"><u style="color: orange;"><i>his regularly updated blog</i></u></a> on the ABR website), and an itch to write for ABR which I might
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I usually hate it when strangers yabber on about their
dreams. I mean, it’s a notorious thing – when people begin a long story about a
dream they had and to them it’s totally fantasmagorical and amazing, but to
everyone else it’s just hell boring. For some reason we all believe our own
sleepy adventures are so meaning-laden that they simply must hold some kind of
key to unlock things previously unknown about our innermost psyche. Whatever
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Ironically, on that note, I want to super swiftly describe a
dream I had – but I implore you to bear with me through it because the
explanation is (I believe) interesting. I dreamt that I was just getting out of
the airport and arriving at a university. The university was in Germany. Ergo,
I was in Germany. The dream went for about ten dream-minutes (of course I have
absolutely no concept of how many real-life minutes that is) in which time I
met some nice new students, spoke a little bit of basic German with them, and
began to unload my luggage. </div>
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And then I woke up. Fairly simple, relatively straight forward,
I know. So what makes this dream at all significant? For one, I can’t speak any
German at all, so lord knows what the hell I was saying. But more importantly:
I had a dream about travel that wasn’t a nightmare. This is really big for me.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I went bungee jumping here (this is Uganda 2010, when I was 18) but oh no, I never have nightmares about it. Instead, I nightmare that I'm melting into the floor at the airport and I can't breathe... normal kid. </span></td></tr>
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I have nightmares almost every night. They vary greatly in
context and content, and I almost always remember them for at least a full day
afterwards. The only think that makes sleep bearable is that I also have some
of the most wondrous and crazy dreams. I’m not sure what difference there is
between me and most people I talk to, but my subconscious imagination manifests
itself quite vividly and memorably. Here’s another thing you need to know: a
frequently recurring nightmare theme I’ve been experiencing in the last six-months-or-so
is travel going wrong. Horrible things happen to me in unrecognisable
international airports, everything that could possibly go wrong with my luggage
goes wrong in new unforeseeable ways. I always end up with no money and no one
around, I never have my passport or important documents with me, I often end up
being violently mugged or locked in an interrogation room by intensely scary
customs officers that yell at me in languages I can’t understand, and sometimes
if I realise I’m in a dream (it’s called ‘lucid dreaming’) and I try to deny
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Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo you can imagine my
incredulation when I woke this morning, ate my fruit, started thinking about my
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Since I came back to Australia, I’ve lost count of the
number of people (both close to me and relative strangers) who have asked me “where
next?” To most of them I replied with an almost worrying certainty, that
absolutely nowhere was next, and that I wholeheartedly intended to stay in my lovely
hometown of Brisbane for a very very very long time. That was genuinely how I
felt. I didn’t want to go anywhere. A little part of me didn’t even want to
leave the house, and I had strange and constant worries about mundane things –
constantly stressed that I was going to burn the house down when I was using
the stove again, constantly stressed that I hadn’t locked the car door properly
and it would get stolen, constantly stressed that I hadn’t closed the front gate
properly and my dog would run out and get hit by a car. I suppose this all makes
me sound like a morbid freak, but coming home is turbulent. I was away for 13
months, which is really a long time for a 20 year old. Anyways, enough
rambling. I just want to illustrate that the nightmares of travelling were just
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Lately my friends have been talking about their travel plans
to New York and Latin America and two of my best friends are together in Scandinavia
right now. And finally it’s actually exciting to listen to them talk about it,
and I can finally tell them my crazy travel stories without going all
foetal-position on them. Lol. It only took 6 months for the deep cogs of
re-adjustment to get oiled back into gear. That doesn’t mean I’m heading off to
the travel agent to book my next trip, it just means I’m finally actually
chilling out. I’m properly settled back into daily life and things are going
wonderfully.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I consume so much Darrell Lea chocolate that it's not really alright. I'm a fiendish sweet-tooth, and my favourite sweet of all sweets, the king of sugary treats, is Darrell Lea's coconut rough. It only comes out in the colder winter months, and my personal record was 15 packets in just one season. I count down the days and I'm first in store for the special stock arriving, and as the days slowly grow warmer I begin the hoarder's delight of stockpiling packets in my secret top-shelf space. The way the coconut is toasted and the creaminess of the chocolate combine to make the most satisfying yet moorish coconut rough I have ever tasted in my life. I'm serious. I'm really keen on anything coconut and also anything chocolate, and no other brand (either independent or supermarket available) has ever been able to compete with Darrell Lea's secret recipe. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The facts of the current situation are as follows: that the company has been running for 85 years, it's still 100% owned by the Lea family, and that the jobs of more than 700 people are at risk if no big players step up to buy them out. The administrators have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-10/darrell-lea-enters-administration/4121098" style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">reported some offers already</a> </span>though, so at least we have reason to be hopeful. The company started out as one of those nan-and-pop outfits, where every inch of the layout was oldschool, and they garnered respect and loyalty from their employees - it's one of those places where some of them have been working in the same chocolate factory for decades. Apparently it went through some tough family feud stuff through the years, but nothing like that could possibly tarnish Australia's love for the brand. Even Julia Gillard <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8497096">had something to say</a></span></u></i> about their rocky road. (They mastered the pun of calling it RockLea Road. Go nan and pop.) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I myself am going into the city tomorrow and, if there's any left, I intend on spending a LOT of money on coconut rough. Until further notice, let's keep Darrell Lea in our hearts and prayers and treat cupboards. </span><br />Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-38441292901765089542012-07-02T00:44:00.003+10:002012-07-02T00:44:39.694+10:00The end of Rave magazine - a eulogy of sorts.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">The end of
Rave is, above all else, sad. I have not yet seen or heard of anyone crying out
and falling to their knees beating their fists on tarmac until bloody, so we
cannot say it is harrowing. Nor is it terrifying, because we know of the
motivations and the justifications for the actions and they were economically
logical. Distressing might be a reasonable description of the human emotive
response to the news, but it does not indicate an adequate emotional investment
and subsequent loss. Equally, we may be disappointed, annoyed, furious, or even
angry. If you experienced any or all of these responses to the news then I
think you’re on the right track and somewhere along the requisite stages of
grief and loss, but for me, it was sadness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">The adjective
cannot be undervalued. Sorrow is a profound thing. The gentle
sadness that comes with some disappointment and a small measure of guilt. I
learnt of the news a few days ago in an email from Chris Harms (the editor), and have been
sad since. There are larger questions to deal with of course. Questions about
the future of print media, Queensland’s cultural identity, and the waning
strength of local unity. As usual though, the mind brings the concern back to
oneself, and I wondered about my own relation to the publication. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I would read
RAVE whenever I stumbled across the latest edition either on the university
stands or somewhere in West End each week. Back in the days when I couldn’t
even get into 18+ events, and I had to save months of wages just to afford the taxi
fares to the all-ages gigs. (Subway paid $6.74 to fresh 14 year old recruits.)
I was never quite tough enough to know all the bands either, so Rave took on
that status reserved for older brothers, people who work at Rocking Horse, and
that cool chick you really wish you were friends with – somewhere between
awesome, unattainable, sexy, and frightening. Reading it was like dating
someone totally out of your league because you were so damn excited waiting for
them to call you out on all the things you don’t know. They (Rave) were also
far betting looking than I was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Fast-forward
a few years, and I still approached those pages with ever-so-slight
trepidation. I’d sit beside my computer as I read it, poised to YouTube or
Google, or (in recent years) follow through <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/">to their website</a></span></u></i> for the full story. I’d cut the pages out for makeshift
posters on my ceilings and think about how amazing it was that this publication
was free. That no matter how many shifts I worked, or how many times I forgot
to (read: couldn’t afford to) renew my Rolling Stone subscription, RAVE was
always there for me. Loyal from the start. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">And now we
come to now, and I’ve decided I want to be a writer, and so I email Chris and he says my stuff isn’t too bad, and maybe I could write for
Rave. So I pitch a bunch of events coming up in Brisbane for when I finish exam
block, and then I’m on the mailing list for contributors and the world of
Brisbane explodes into my face and I’m so goshdarn excited and stoked and I
can’t wait to start…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">And then email
comes in, that Rave is no more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Like a
melancholy spanner into the cogs/works of my holiday plans. Now I’m typing up a
eulogy instead of reviewing awesome stuff. Now I’m stressing about the future
of my city when I would have been in the middle of its making. It sucks. It
sucks real bad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Not only have
my rocking June/July arrangements been ruined, but the golden glow I’ve felt towards Brisbane
since returning home in February is beginning to wane. The only thing to quell
the concerns this new challenge raises, is the crowd-funding project for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.pozible.com/index.php/archive/index/6307/description/0/0">Queensland Literary Awards over at Pozible</a></span></u></i>.
In the first 24 hours $5000 was raised, and a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">s of this evening,
$12'000 has been raised. It’s been on the news and the radio, and its been in my
mind as a reminder that Brisbane can do this. I suppose I just have to have faith in my city. That, and make new holiday plans. </span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-60170361146020423392012-06-12T10:53:00.002+10:002012-06-12T10:53:28.659+10:00Getting an educayshen.I was recently accepted into <i><u><a href="http://www.law.uq.edu.au/human-trafficking-working-group-members"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">a prestigious study group at UQ</span></a></u></i>, which officially starts next semester. A small number of students and two academics come together and spend the greatest years (read: hours and hours) of their youth indoors in front of computer screens and books. The noble thing about it, is that the topics of research are human trafficking and migrant smuggling. The research we do is new and often taken quite seriously. The not-so-noble thing about it is that its so so very very cliquey and essentially validates all of my I-wasn't-popular-at-highschool insecurities. It's like <i><u><a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Slug_Club"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The Slug Club</span></a></u></i>, except in the TC Bierne Law School. But, I mean, everybody knows this place looks like Hogwarts anyways.<br />
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I digress.<br />
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I study Law/Arts (t)here and it's hell boring, but opportunities like this pop up every now and then to keep things spicy, I suppose. I mean, I'm memorising cases for contract law right now. Do I have deep-seated interest in contract law? No, not really. Again, I digress. So in this group, we research our chosen topic and each week one person presents a kind of lecture/progress-report of their research. We present fully-academic-style papers of approximately 9'000 words at the end of semester and if they're good enough and in a new enough field of inquiry, they get published in peer-reviewed law journals.<br />
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I'm brining this up as an excuse to why I haven't posted anything for ages and why I won't be posting for a few days to come - I'm in the lion's belly of a particularly gruesome exam block. Do you know anything about trusts and property law? Because I don't! It'll all be over by next Tuesday though, and things will get a whole lot better after that.<br />
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Anyways, my point is that I'll be starting the research for my topic: <b>"Victims of Human Trafficking Turning Into Perpetrators"</b> on the holidays and I'll be keeping you updated. Talk more soon.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had the absolute pleasure of attending
this <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.qwc.asn.au/">Queensland Writers Center</a></span></u></i> ‘Industry IQ’ on Saturday, and I’m just so
motivated now. So stoked, and so totally keen. I booked into it about three
months ago, totally forgot about it, then lost my shit when I got sent the
reminder email about it a week ago. Immediately began doing piles of research
on the speakers, which I will abbreviate here for you now:</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fzXGmib6dTL1v81JJ2NwTcUlpZCfAcTydZL7jkCcp4W084KslrDhI2z6wbBveqrK7z2PxdqBry3rGgWeQTjYCkKAKHu-AELJfeqdf9steK84VXAKQnpN_aq5xJ-AspA9PkKCziqnYY3K/s1600/ChrisCurrie-_regular.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fzXGmib6dTL1v81JJ2NwTcUlpZCfAcTydZL7jkCcp4W084KslrDhI2z6wbBveqrK7z2PxdqBry3rGgWeQTjYCkKAKHu-AELJfeqdf9steK84VXAKQnpN_aq5xJ-AspA9PkKCziqnYY3K/s1600/ChrisCurrie-_regular.jpg" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Christopher Currie</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Works at <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.avidreader.com.au/">Avid Reader</a></span></u></i> (my favourite indie
bookseller in the world, and the place where I <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/queensland-literary-awards-helping-out.html">did this</a></span></u></i> and <i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/floundering-romy-ash-at-avid-reader.html">saw this</a></span></u></i>) and is
wearing a nice check shirt like usual and has recently published his first
novel The Ottoman Hotel which has been nominated for the 2012 Commonwealth Book
Prize! Congratulations! He blogs at <a href="http://furioushorses.com/">http://furioushorses.com/</a>
. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DrFaCaTS4w_UYedNQWA1bHTGFtiMTkOShQfAbEAKUcvbP06RBcqlrj778au88lcCKoyi7vYzke5RrZRe-00fDUldndlpCRHzz0wv5VMzeO03V7_2iBUquNzE3xOY4A2R4gEPPrxpxNVI/s1600/angela2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DrFaCaTS4w_UYedNQWA1bHTGFtiMTkOShQfAbEAKUcvbP06RBcqlrj778au88lcCKoyi7vYzke5RrZRe-00fDUldndlpCRHzz0wv5VMzeO03V7_2iBUquNzE3xOY4A2R4gEPPrxpxNVI/s200/angela2.jpg" width="133" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Angela Slatter</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is a speculative fiction writer who used to
do normal people professions until she was 37, then got super cool and started
writing. Her short stories have been published in tons of anthologies and
journals, and she has been shortlisted for the Aurealis Award four years in a
row. Shazam. She’s currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing, and her
website is <a href="http://www.angelaslatter.com/">http://www.angelaslatter.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Benjamin Law</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Especially now that he’s wearing a Jurassic Park Tshirt. He contributes
regularly to Frankie, The Monthly, and QWeekend. His first book The Family Law
might just be beaten in awesomeness by his second one due to be released later
this year. His snazzy website is <a href="http://www.benjamin-law.com/">http://www.benjamin-law.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also to be mentioned was the
interviewer/questioner Aimee Lindorff who was funny and respectful and chaired
things very well indeed. I mean, I wouldn’t mention it unless it was good, and
I dunno, she just seemed really good at what she was doing. I searched and
searched, but couldn’t find a blog or any kind of web presence. But she works
for QWC. Duh.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, the event was held in the State
Library, which is always awesome, and there were two guys from QUT recording
the whole thing – apparently I’ll get an email about how to watch it, so I’ll
let you know about that when I find out. The format of the day was to hear from
each of these incredible authors individually and consecutively as they are
listed above, and then a short break, and then a question-and-answer session. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some reason I though the audience would
be young. You know, like, under 30. I guess I just presumed that older people
would already know if they wanted to be a writer or not. How stupid is that.
Ugh, I just get so angry at myself sometimes. What an idiotic presumption. I
mean, Angela Slatter didn’t even really start until she was 37 and look how
great she is! And as if we all know what we really want to do. Writing is the
surest I’ve ever been about wanting to do anything (aside from in primary
school when I was SURE I was going to be an Egyptologist) and I’m still wasting
my time at uni studying law. ‘You need that piece of paper!’ they say. And in
the meantime, which is six years for a Law/Arts degree, you don’t have a lot of
hours to do what you love, and you kind of get into the idea that, hey, maybe
law IS what I want to do? And then BAM you’re in your deathbed made of money
and rubies and you’re eating baked money and you’re like NOOOOOOOOOO I could
have been great! Why did I wallow away doing proper things when I should have
could have and would have done magical things! Unless you’re a judge, because
that’s pretty great. But I don’t think I could get that far. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mainly because it will be available for you to watch when the recording is
finalised, but here are some of the key messages that these professionals
(professional at BEING AWESOME, THAT IS) wanted to get through to us wannabes:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Be as realistic as you can.” Don’t expect any
great success in the first ten years. That it’s “not going to be like in the
movies where you’re a tortured genius with a rusty typewriter hanging around in
bars all day,” because the people who work the hardest and are the smartest are
the ones that get further.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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they want to be a writer, then you will succeed.” It’s about really knowing it,
and the difference between just thinking it and making it your numero uno. A
lot of people he went to uni with thought they might like to be a writer – but
it’s not enough. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ONE way to get published,” and that it’s always one step at a time. I think
this point is particularly relevant when you hear how each of these three
people got to where they are now – extremely different paths of life, all with
successful outcomes. So don’t limit your thinking to just what’s been done
before you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Stephen King also said once, that if you don’t have the time to read, then you
don’t have the time to write. Later on the three of them were talking about how
to tell when what you’re working on is finally done or still needs more work –
and the answer was, that at the beginning you don’t know, but you read others’
work more and more to get a better idea of what yours should eventually feel
like. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Remove your ego. Don’t get too precious
about the sanctity of your art.” Let people edit your work, because they’ll
make it better. Always be willing to adapt and learn. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“When you start out, take every opportunity
possible.” Christopher did student newspapers, RSL newsletters, and websites
that never got made. You build your skills bit by bit and no experience is ever
a waste. Be prepared to write things you might not have normally chosen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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same time, a lot of people don’t have the talent to put words together in a
pleasing way, and people will need your talents.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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free.” All three writers mentioned their volunteer experiences with street
press, the QWC, and other things. It gives you knowledge that sets you apart
from the masses, and also gets you contacts. “At this stage, it’s like free
writing practice.” Lol. True. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the publishers/journals give out. Then you’re halfway there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">DON’T enter expensive
competitions, you can’t afford to. Also, don’t buy all of their back issues
when they tell you to. Make sure you’re familiar with their publication, but go
online or to the library. Be smart with your money. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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if it’s a little different than what you’d expect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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profession if you want to be a professional writer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">DO read as much and as widely
as you can. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">DO let the success of other
writers spur you on. They’ll always get better before you, so be envious, but
then figure out how they did it and do it too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">DON’T buy into the ‘failure
fetish’ a lot of writers’ advice has (when you make a pinboard/shrine out of
your rejection letters and ‘harness your rejection’ or whatever) because it’s
bullshit. Get rejected and then MOVE ON – don’t obsess about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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but<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">DON’T put up with dickheads and
posers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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If you’re scared of it, get unscared quickly. It helps to read your work out
loud even to yourself, and it helps with events like this. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angela was living in Sydney and miserable
at 37, and decided she wanted to try writing before 40 – so she quit her job
and just wrote for six months, then realised she needed some
personal/proper/professional training, and so went to QUT. From there she did
her masters and her fist collections came from that. In fact, she published ALL
of the stories from her masters in various magazines and journals. Then she
started her PhD, which she is currently continuing, and she’s also had two
collections of her short stories published. She’s also funny. I thought she was
really funny. And chilled out, too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Australia.” She got published overseas quite early on in her literary career,
and sometimes the market for what you do can be better or bigger in another
country too. Keep thinking outside of the box. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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guidelines – they are God’s law.” Don’t argue with them. When it comes to font
and practical layout and format, don’t try to be different or creative, you
just need to give them exactly what they want.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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at least keep the crazy pushed deep down inside.” Apparently there are tons of
insane people in this industry who are just unreliable and instable, and it
goes a long way if you can just appear relatively normal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about it.” I think this point adds to the professionalism thing Christopher
talked about. If you want to be a professional, treat writing as your
profession. Quarantine your writing time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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people will notice you – but having said that, awards don’t make you a better
writer.” You can get your name on that list, but if you don’t publish
afterwards or if you publish crap stuff afterwards, the list don’t matter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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because that way leads madness. And a lot of writers’ block.” Every writer has
such a different process, and led such a different life to get to where they
are now. Don’t dwell on what they’re doing otherwise you’ll stifle yourself and
block your own good process/practice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Angela, is that he ONLY does freelance work, and ONLY non-fiction. He led
us through his life as a writer chronologically, from the time when he was
young and just wanted to be a logie-winning soap actor, to now when he is a
full-time writer. (As Aimee put it, a “Writer” with a capital ‘W’.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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books and got really into magazines, with subscriptions to Rolling Stone and
Juice and Spin and otcetera. Obviously with a focus on music journalism, he
also loved the hard-hitting pieces that RS published in each issue about
“politics and gender identity. Being exposed to that level of journalism as a
teenager was eye-opening.” He started writing letters to the editor, and when
one of them was chosen as the letter of the month he got sent a stereo, and
that was the best he got paid as a writer for a long time. LOL. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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had planned to enroll in journalism, but at the last minute he changed to
creative writing – and that’s exactly what happened with Christopher! They both
just kind of flipped at the last minute. Benjamin didn’t like the idea that in
hard-hitting news journalism you have to be absent from the written story. He
wanted to make things emotive and creative. So the three of them were pretty
much in the same intake at QUT! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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students scrambling around realising that “no editor cares about your GPA.” And
so he started work experience at Rave and gradually got himself a nice
collection of bylines. Whilst there he also learnt a super great deal of
valuable information about the industry. What editors like, and what the layout
guys like, and when to submit things, and when to pitch things etc etc. The
other thing he learnt from uni and work experience was how nice Brisbane is for
new authors on the block. He said: “don’t get into the mindset where other
writers are competition,” they are community, and we should “form an ecosystem
where we help each other out.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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program, began his honours (or was it masters? Sorry!) and started working at
the Courier Mail. By this stage he had also written for various other magazines
and publications, and so he had a few notches in his belt. He knew what was
involved in editing and writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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And it ran for three issues. And again, we all laughed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Belle & Sebastian concert where he met a friend from uni who was now in the
publishing industry and asked Benjamin if he would be interested in a little
magazine they were starting up called ‘Frankie’. Of course he was interested,
so he took a train to the coast to meet the woman setting it all up, and they
talked about what magazines they liked and what magazines they didn’t like, and
that’s how the Frankie chapter of his life began. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in my notes, so it must be honours, not masters, right?) and got a scholarship
for his PhD that gave him a financial security blanket. He was also working at
Avid Reader (Damn, they’re good!) for five years, and he tutored at uni. And
this is where my notes stop. Oh hang on, one last quote: “If you stop writing
you get really really bad really quickly. It’s not like riding a bike.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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interesting stuff, but you can watch that when it comes out, because trying to
transcribe it was a bit of a nightmare, and my notes are a mishmash of who said
what when. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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away from the session, was that you CAN do it, you just have to get up and DO
IT. I’m not going to try and be cool and detached and say that I wasn’t moved.
I’m not going to lie, this session really inspired me. To see people sitting
just metres away from me, people from Brisbane, people who were writers with a
capital ‘W’, and that they’re human beings, made from essentially the same
marrow and cells as me (especially Christopher because we’re both
gingers),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it just made me feel like the
idea of doing what I love for a living is really possible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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IN THE MORNING) in the UQ Law Library, with a seriously intense load of exams
speeding up towards me, and this idea is like the light at the end of the
tunnel. Come holiday time, I’ll be planning my exhibition and writing
(hopefully for Rave, it’s in the works) and writing for myself. My brother and
I are going to play Diablo 3 together, and watch Prometheus approximately one
trillion times, and he’s finally going to teach me how to ride his motorbike. I’m
going to spend some time in the countryside reading, and I’m going to try and
get a holiday job to pay for some new subscriptions. Right now, I’m reading for
exactly 2 hours each day, and writing a little bit in the library in the
mornings before I study, and I would love to do both of those things a lot lot
more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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information. Ummmmm I’m going to go now. BUT I have some exciting news to share
with you as soon as I’m allowed. And some cool pictures of fire I want to
upload. They’re cool. You’re cool. Especially if you got this far. Thanks.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I went to the <i><u><a href="http://www.brisbanemarkets.com.au/brisbane-market-place-rocklea/sunday-discovery-market/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Rocklea Sunday Markets</span></a></u></i> a little while ago, and I found the mixed bag of vendors and attendees to be quite entertaining, so I've put together a humble collection of what I saw. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So yeah, never underestimate your local flea markets as a source for portraiture practice. There are also Saturday morning and Wednesday night farmers' markets with tons of wonderful fresh produce - and a lovely flower/florist market across the road too. I'll say it again - I love Brisbane. </span><br />Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-4183134706995994912012-05-22T23:25:00.001+10:002012-05-22T23:25:28.041+10:00Spotify in Australia! YAY! Requires Facebook Account. BOO.So, evidently this post is going to be a little bit of a rant. But it's valid. It's a valid rant.<br />
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<a href="https://www.spotify.com/au/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Spotify</u></i></a> finally came to Australia, and you can only use it if you have a Facebook account.<br />
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I was still living in China <a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/end-of-facebook-era.html"><u style="color: orange;"><i>when I decided</i></u></a> that I would quit Facebook as soon as I returned home. Even now I get asked 'why?' a lot, and I suppose the simplest answer is that I did it becase I felt like I couldn't. I felt like Facebook had carved a place for itself in my life, and that there was no way I could function as a social being without it. I don't like the idea of that thing being a corporation, and that corporation having so much power over the relationships and events in my life. (That sounds a lot more ridiculousconspiracytheory than I want it to.) Also because I was being signed up to notifications about swimwear collections. I don't know what the fuck that was about because I never even talked about the beach in any of my status updates anyways, so their special intel was clearly wrong.<br />
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I love not having Facebook. I think it's one of the best decisions I've made in my life so far as a young adult - but here's the thing. I didn't totally delete it, nor did I just 'deactivate' it (which everyone knows doesn't work). I still have the page, I just deleted all my friends. It's the only way to ensure that I can still 'like' local businesses, enter great competitions, and get updates from vital university study groups, whilst not ever actually 'using' Facebook. It also means future employers know I don't have a super gross/kinky/overtlypublic page, and if I were to ever throw in the towel, I would have to search through and find each one of my friends again, request their friendship, and concede to each one of them that I couldn't survive without it. I don't think this will ever happen though, because I still get invited to all the parties and I still see all of the photos of my friends' holidays and I still talk to my overseas friends - all better and more meaningfully. <br />
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It also means that I have an account when I need one - like when I'm registering for Spotify.<br />
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I think what I want to express here, is that it's totally bullshit that someone who loves music needs Facebook to be able to get Spotify. I mean, on the download page there's a quote from Mark Zuckerberg about how much he loves Spotify. Talk about conflict of interests! - AT LEAST DON'T BE SO VULGAR ABOUT IT, FOR CHRISTS SAKE! I don't want to need Facebook! When will this madness end? Will I need a Facebook account to pay bills online? Will they team up with Ebay next? What if I need a Facebook account to use Skype? <br />
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I first found out about Spotify almost a year ago, when I was in Shanghai, when it was available to my roommate Hanna because she's from Finland. It struck me as something wondrous, and I began counting down until its Australian arrival, and now I'm just a bit bitter.<br />
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I don't appreciate Facebook having such wide-reaching tentacles. I'm not worried about my information being collected, I'm not even really worried about my privacy. I just feel like Facebook is an obnoxious drunk that turns up to all of my parties and tries to feel up my friends. That's what it's like. And you say "Go away, Carl!" And everyone says "Let him stay, it would be wierd if he wasn't here." And so you reply "But he's a fucking douchebag" And then they tell you that "We know he sucks, but he's the social glue" and that he sets people up with new people all the time and that he takes photos and projects them on his ass. And then they say "You've taken the analogy too far." And you concede that yes you have, but you're still pissed, so you just walk away humming Champage Supernova and have some more punch.<br />
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And then you blog about it, and it feels a bit better. At least you're not wasting your hours stalking pictures of the idiots you went to school with that you don't even like or know. <br />Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-52812573365906259872012-05-20T16:17:00.000+10:002012-05-20T16:17:05.054+10:0048 Hour Film Competition - I'm a documentarian by tradeHey! I've been hanging out with a swashbuckling group of people who are making a film for an international 48 hour film festival. It's a whole separate tumblr project, and possibly a kind of draft for a new venture of mine - helping creative people document their projects.<br />
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Everybody here has had little-to-no sleep over the weekend, and they're so committed to the work it's just awesome. I'm so glad to have done this, and the tumblr will be totally finished over the next couple of days. The aim was to document the whole process of making a film in 48 hours. I hope you like it.Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-28029241425320361172012-05-18T12:32:00.000+10:002012-05-18T12:32:33.830+10:00She Stole My Every Rock and Roll - another sneaky Anywhere Festival Review<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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I'd never been to a real spoken word performance before, and this totally just blew me out of the water. So emotive and so powerful and so impressive! I can't believe people can do that with words. I'm serious, it's like, all of their lines were totallly understandable but just had SO MUCH MORE meaning than normal sentences. All of the beats and the rhythm was so great too - the interplay between the actual words and the way they were spoken. </div>
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The two super talented ladies (<a href="http://betsyturcot.com/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Betsy Turcot</u></i></a> and <a href="http://eleanorjjackson.com/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Eleanor Jackson</u></i></a>) (left) are performing this again tonight and maybe even tomorrow night? PLEASE <a href="http://anywherefest.com/betsy-turcot/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>go see it</i></u></a> if you have even the slightest interest in the way remarkable human beings use words. The zine of the performance is sitting here on my desk and I've already re-read through half of it. Even on the page it's moving. </div>
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I have to mention too, that it's a love story (but so much more than that) between two women, and I'm not gay, but I was totally engrossed. I'm going to be honest and embaress myself here and say that prior to last night I didn't give a lot of thought to queer film because I presumed I wouldn't be totally engaged. And so now I realise what a STUPID FUCK I was to think that and I feel like my universe of potential interests just exploded. I mean the sexy parts were SO SEXY. I feel like anyone who saw <i>She Stole My Every Rock and Roll</i> who was actually interested in women must have just creamed. Yes. Ijustsaidthat/seriously/sorrymum.</div>
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</div>Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-57784310379865267172012-05-14T13:35:00.000+10:002012-05-14T13:41:25.763+10:00The Tip Shop Project #2 - vote for your chance to win $500!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<i>(To read the original #1 post and actually understand what the heck this is about, <a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/brisbane-tip-shop-project-1.html"><u style="color: orange;">click here</u></a>.) </i></div>
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The project is done and over and it looks fantastic!!! I think the most impressive thing to show you, first of all, is the classic before-and-after shots. So...</div>
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So yeah, as you can see, it was just an average piece of furniture. Some kind of television cabinet or something else entirely unremarkable.</div>
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I think my favourite thing about our work is the irony. The outside of the cabinet is white and clean and covered in illustrations from vintage kids' books that we sourced from the tip shop and then chopped into bits. BUT THEN - you open the doors and it's like SHAZAM, and you get hit in the face with all the lush reds and golds and the velvet and shine. Now it's a drinks cabinet, with a pull-out tray for mixing, shelves for glasses and draws for bottles. Subtle lighting reflects off the red paint to coax you inside as well... the whole thing is really quite shifty. I like to think of it as an adults' tardis. Some kind of naughty optical illusion. You could have this baby sitting in your bedroom and even a nun wouldn't suspect a thing - three little pigs on the outside, Bombay Sapphire and Captain Morgan and Bicardi on the inside. </div>
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<b>So now the important thing is to vote for your favourite piece in the competition! </b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/BrisbaneCityCouncil/app_403359706360567"><u style="color: orange;"><i>When you place your vote</i></u></a> you have the chance to win $500 cash! And the winner of the competition recieves $500 cash too, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for our piece!! We decided to go to Stradbroke Island for a few nights if we win - wanna join us? Kidding. Although I guess you could if you wanted to.</div>
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On a serious note, there are eight other wonderful entries. I don't mind if you don't vote for us - as long as you vote at all! <a href="http://nancybrownstudio.wordpress.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Nancy Brown</i></u></a> is an artist we're friends with who does wonderful workshops with Multicap centres for the disabled and she gave an old table a new life with carrot-bodied print-made dragonflies! That sentence made no sense, better read her blog. </div>
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The winner will also have their work shown at the state library, so hopefully I'll show you a nice snap of the family in front of the winning peice. Lol. Alternatively, drinks at my place?</div>Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-61966355268703048072012-05-10T23:48:00.001+10:002012-05-10T23:48:22.529+10:00a cool person bought my work! (at Lust for Life)<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Well well well, I bark at you now as a very happy little dog. As you know (read: <a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/my-work-showing-at-lust-for-lifes-viva.html"><u style="color: orange;"><i>as I informed you earlier</i></u></a>) my work was showing at <a href="http://www.lustforlifetattoo.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Lust for Life</i></u></a>'s 'Viva La Femme' exhibit. I don't know where that dog thing came from just forget about it. But don't forget this: <b>a cool person paid money for something I created.</b></div>
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I've only been back for a couple of months, but even so, this was the first time I'd ever (read: as in, my whole life) shown my work to a professional standard in a for-fucking-real setting. The exhibition opening night was a fantastic evening, and I got super drunk because I was so damn nervous. Seriously, the calibre of work on show was simultaneously awe-inspiring and terrifying. My favourite work was that of <a href="http://www.visualartist.info/visualartist/artist/?artistId=1774"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Symone Male</u></i></a> and although <a href="http://www.sarahhickey.com.au/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Sarah Hickey</u></i></a> was one of the big-name drawcards of the evening, all of my friends were drooling over <a href="http://daily-make.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Emily Devers</i></u></a>' work. It was withoutadoubt exemplary. Go check her out. </div>
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So now to the crucial information: the person who actually worked to earn money which they then spent on something that came from me. I was lucky enough (read: as soon as the red dot went up I madly dashed to the curator begging to be introduced to my patron) to meet this wonderful woman who, as it turned out, I have a shitload in common with. It was almost insane - the level of detail of similarity in our lives. To the point where we both eat from a Chairman Mao dinner plate. HOW INSANE IS THAT!?!!? SHAZAM. Her name is Eleanor and she does so many awesome things in Brisbane, please have a poke around <a href="http://eleanorjjackson.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>her site</i></u></a>. You won't regret it.</div>
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Also, I just want to say here that this really is a big deal for me. Regardless of the fact that four differet people (including the purchaser) told me my work was underpriced, it is a very profound thing to suddenly realise that other people might really truly actually value what you do. And value it enough to spend their hard-earned money on it. I never imagined my photograph would sell, and in fact I already have the screw in the wall where I was going to hang the piece upon its return home. (I'm looking at the empty spot now and it's the epitome of bittersweet.) I digress. I just want to really clarify, that I don't think I will ever forget this landmark. It's experienced by all artists and writers and creative others, and it is just so fucking validating. The honour of being included in this exhibition was enough of an ego-boost, but selling my work has kicked me into overdrive. I have such vigour and such new thirst to be super-saiyan levels of productive. Like I'm on speed or something. Like I'm on Crash Team Racing and I just drove over one of those lit-up arrow panels that give you a shitcrazy boost. Just like that.</div>
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So we had a brilliant evening and finished at <a href="http://theweekendedition.com.au/the-street-photographer/the-brunswick-social/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>The Brunswick Social</u></i></a> for Mint Juleps and dumplings!</div>
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Alright people of my fair city, this is a brief post to let you know that I've been asked to attend and review a super intruiging piece of theatre next Tuesday night as part of Brisbane's '<a href="http://anywherefest.com/"><i style="color: orange;"><u>Anywhere Festival</u></i></a>' - the basic concept of which is that the performance in question has to be anywhere apart from in a theatre. (Hence the use of the adjective "intruiging".) Check out their website for all kinds of kooky performance locations. I think I love this festival most of all because it's gonna make such good use of the city and its surrounds. I know that sounds a bit nanna of me, but seriously, I think I even heard one of the performances is going to be near a riverbed! How fresh is that!?!?! (I meant 'fresh' as in 'prince of Bel-Air' as well as in physically 'in-the-wild-kind-of' fresh.) As far as I know, Brisbane is the first place in the world to host a festival of this nature. Damn, we're cool. Go us. </div>
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The team of crazy kids putting this one together is rather impressive and if you have the time, pop on over to <a href="http://alleywayproject.blogspot.com.au/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>their pop-up blog</i></u></a> and have a browse. If you can't be fucked clicking your pointer on that link you lazy-ass, here are the details:</div>
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"Set in the heart of Fortitude Valley, four playwrights turn a dirty
alleyway into the legends of nights out – where drunken youth roam free
and the pavement becomes a stained and silent tapestry of history." <br /><br />
<strong>The Alleyway Theatre Project</strong> invites you to grab a milk crate and squeeze right up next to the stories of the Valley’s night animals. <br /><br />
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<strong>Playwrights:</strong> Dan Evans, Eloise Maree, Dan Maloney and Maxine Mellor<br />
<strong>Director:</strong> Kat Henry<br />
<strong>DATES:</strong> Mon 14th & Tues 15th @ 7:00pm ONLY<br />
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Apparently tickets for the two evenings above are already sold out (read: ITS GOING TO BE AWESOME) but a third performance is certainly rumored - so keep your wiskers horizontal! (It's a cat thing, they started it on their blog then I got carried away thinking of cat puns. And now I'm rambling.) </div>
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So yeah, stay tuned and try to make it to a riverbed before we talk next!!! Also, there is something <a href="http://anywherefest.com/blog/2012/03/lunchtime-morsels/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>here</i></u></a> about free food. Yeah that's what I said - FREE FOOD. <br />You can thank me when we see each other there. </div>
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The betrayal of our Premier to the literary community of Queensland is already well-documented. It is a shocking and unjustifiable decision that makes me genuinely sad. What Mr Newman's cut means for the industry, for emerging and indigenous authors, and for people growing up in Queensland - what kind of shitty message this 'cost-cut' sends to the world. I can't believe I ever liked that guy. What a douchebag.<br />
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I don't want to dwell on it negatively like this for too long though, because from the burning rubble of Mr Newman's mindfuck, a movement has well and truly begun, and we're seeing a community come together. It's a sign of defiance and it's fucking fantastic. I spent two days at <a href="http://www.avidreader.com.au/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Avid Reader</i></u></a> this week volunteering for the independant version of <a href="http://queenslandliteraryawards.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>The Queensland Literary Awards</i></u></a> - which will flourish this year.</div>
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In this month's <a href="http://www.qwc.asn.au/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Queensland Writers Centre </i></u></a>newsletter, a note from <a href="http://www.electricalphabet.net/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Kate Eltham</i></u></a> was included and she agreed that "the grassroots response of the Queensland literary community has been nothing short of astounding." She also singles out a few of Brisbane's most awesome writers/personalities, one of which is <a href="http://www.furiousvaginas.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Krissy Kneen</i></u></a>, with whom I've been working at Avid Reader with! Krissy is the bomb, and she's working so damn hard, it just renews my faith in the very essence of grassroots movements. I went to the post office with her and the wonderful <a href="http://betweenthedogandthewolf.tumblr.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>Michelle</i></u></a> (you know, to help lifting boxes, because I'm so strong and shit) and in just one day, we filled a whole car with boxes and boxes of submissions. Processing all the entries takes hours every day, and every day new volunteers turn up to help because they love books and they want to be proud of their community - and seeing all these people come together for this makes me proud of my community.<br />
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You should also know that the submission deadline for the awards has been extended to the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/348096638583249/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>20th of May</i></u></a> - so there's no excuse not to submit your work-in-progress. Especially because they're calling for more "emerging writers'" submissions. This is their latest press release:<br />
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Literary Awards. Originally slated to close at close of business on the
6th May, submissions will now be open till Sunday 20th May. The reason
for the extension is a change to the rules
of entry. After many queries from publishers we have decided to change
the 'residing in Australia' status to clear up all confusion and to
bring the awards into line with similar awards in other states. The
guidelines previously stated that an author needed
to reside in Australia for a minimum period of three years prior to the
closing date of the award. This particular rule has caused great
confusion for submissions and due to a high number of requests to bring
this award into line with awards in other states
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Qld author and David Uniapon catagories which will continue to have
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The piles of processed entries ready to be judged - they're being stored <br />under the State Library of Queensland, and I got to go to this special underground <br />place where they store all the SUPER old newspapers.<br />
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If you have any free time over the next few days, I urge you to get in contact with Avid Reader or Krissy and help out however you can. As usual, buying books by Queensland authors is one of the best ways to put your money where your mouth is - and buying them from an indie bookstore like Avid is even better.</div>
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So I just want to conclude by saying thanks to my hometown. I'm so proud to be from Queensland and I'm pissing myself in excitement for the awards. Eloquent, I know. Wink. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've always been a runner - but only, like 10km. Half marathons are 21km. Which is double what I can run when I'm fit. Which is half of what a real fucking marathon even is. What a KOOKY world we live in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And then yesterday I went to see The Avengers and decided I wanted to get super-duper fit like Black Widow, because lord knows I can't get super smart like Tony Stark or super green and monstrous like The Incredible Hulk or be from a different planet that likes hammers like Thor or learn how to shoot arrows like Hawk Eye or become the Captain of America. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And lord knows I love comic books being turned into movies. It's just about my favourite kind of movie. The Avengers was also made by Joss Whedon, and lord knows he's just about my favourite creator of just about anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was talking about running. And now I'm talking about 'barefoot running' and how just yesterday I saw a young man who wasn't wearing shoes step on broken glass and how I don't like feet, let alone dirty feet, and so I'm never actually going to run barefoot. I also don't like those shoes that look like gloves with little toes and everything. Call me old-fashioned, but I just like the idea of normal shoes and socks. Fuck I love socks. They keep your feet so nice and they keep everything clean and they're soft and comfortable. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />These New Balance Minimus shoes are a good compromise (I hope/think/pray because fuck they were expensive). The soles are made by those Vibram people who do the wierd foot-glove shoes, and they're all thin and flexy and superfine. Most people have Nike Free's, and normally I like Nike shoes to run in, but I've hear so much shit about the Frees I didn't want to risk paying this big-ass pile of money on them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In March Lust For Life invited women of Brisbane to submit their artwork for inclusion in the gallery’s first group show since launching in November 2011. After receiving an overwhelming response to the callout, curator Melanie Mason and the Lust For Life team selected a total of 19 artists to showcase a striking variety of paintings, photographs,drawings and mixed media works to communicate their shared perspective of celebrating all things woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So... the opening is this Thursday night and there will be cool drinks and cool people and cool weather - so please try and make it. A small covern of my foxy friends will be coming with me, and the more people the better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have one photograph on show, an image from my time in <em><u><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://poiseonarrows.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html">North Korea</a></span></u></em>. I'm really proud of how it turned out, and I'm flattered to be showing beside such seriously talented artists. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh dear, oh dear, where to begin?! I just
got home from another INCREDIBLE night at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.avidreader.com.au/index.php?t=1334838312&option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1">Avid Reader</a></span>.</u></i> Oh, such evenings unfailingly leave me with such feelings that
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tonight was the launch of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.romyash.com/">Romy Ash</a></span></u></i>’s new novel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Floundering’</i>. I’ve read about 20
pages so far and I’ve already stumbled into an emotional attachment - the two
young boys in the book are mesmerisingly portrayed. I can feel something harrowing is coming, and I’m
thirsty. It’s a thing. I mean, the book makes you thirsty, it’s kind of a recurring
theme but also a plot point but also
head-exploding-symbolism-for-a-billion-different-intense-things. I guess that’s
why I think she’s an incredible writer. Must just be some kind of bi-product of the words making my head explode. You know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of the most interesting things Ms Ash
spoke about was how she didn’t want any “bad guys” in her book. I mean, the people
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Floundering</i> make mistakes (read: I’m
looking at you, Loretta) and they aren’t small mistakes. Some other people are
not exactly normal either, and yet all individuals are handled with such
respect and delicacy that you aren’t given the easy road out by being able to
hate the villain of the piece. What does that even mean? It means that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Floudering</i> is particularly harrowing. The
interview was recorded for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/">RN</a></span></u></i>
too – so tune in if you missed it. My <u style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://poiseonarrows.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a></span></u> has a picture of the evening too - you know, the whole real-time instagram thing. (Read: mostly I take douchey pictures of food.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ms Ash herself seemed honest and clear, albeit a little bit shy. She spoke plainly about her admirable achievements and
when I was getting my book signed she found it very difficult to accept my
compliments. It was lovely. You may know her from the incredible food blog <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.trotski-ash.com/">‘trotski & ash’</a></span></u></i> or perhaps the food column of <u style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.yenmag.net/">Yen</a></span></u>, or maybe from her contributions to (among other things) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.frankie.com.au/">Frankie</a></span></u></i>
or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.bigissue.org.au/">The Big Issue</a></span></u></i> and if you’re
a fan of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://thethousands.com.au/brisbane/">Four Thousand</a></span></u></i> then <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://thethousands.com.au/brisbane/read/romy-ash-floundering-2/">this</a></span></u> </i>is what you should have seen
a week or so ago and then written in your Moleskine and then turned up to
tonight. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The great thing about Avid Reader is that
it’s great and the people there are great. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Floundering
</i>is the book for my next <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.avidreader.com.au/index.php?t=1334838343&option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=64">Young and the Restless</a></span></u></i> book club meeting, and I have a feeling opinions and
sentiment and discussion will be in a state of overflowal, so I’m going to take
my idiosyncratic nerdy notes and report them back to you after the 3<sup>rd</sup>
of May.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You know, just in case you aren’t already
convinced. To buy and read this book. One more reason? Support Australian
authors, people. Because it’s the right thing to do and they’re fucking
fantastic. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also - tonight I ran into 2 cool people. 1: <u style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.benjamin-law.com/">Benjamin Law</a></span></u> who will be teaching me lots of incredible things at <u style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.qwc.asn.au/courses-and-events/courses/industry-iq-seminars/so,-you-want-to-be-a-writer/">this</a></span></u> session run through the <u style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.qwc.asn.au/">Queensland Writer's Centre</a></span></u>, and who has a pee-my-undies hilarious <u style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/mrbenjaminlaw">twitter account</a></span></u> full of great things from our silly sunny country. 2: Angela Goddard who is one of the curators of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/">QAGOMA</a></span> and who is currently running the stunning <u style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/modern_woman_daughters_and_lovers">"Modern Woman: Daughters and Lovers"</a></span></u> exhibit that we all have to go see when it opens on the weekend. </span></div>
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Way back on the 29th of March, I went into <a href="http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>GoMA</i></u></a> for an 'In Conversation' event about their current <a href="http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/social_networking"><u style="color: orange;"><i>'Social Networking'</i></u></a> exhibit. The curator Peter McKay was talking to Brisbane artist Pat Hoffie, and because I forgot my Moleskine, I had to type the whole damn think into my iPhone. I took some snappies and thanks to GoMA's free wifi they went straight up to <a href="http://poiseonarrows.tumblr.com/"><u style="color: orange;"><i>my tumblr</i></u></a>.</div>
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First off, it must be clarified that the exhibit isn't about 'social networking' in the same way that you're probably thinking. In fact, most people arrived at the exhibition expecting some sartorialist and clever insight into the role of social media in our lives. As someone that just quit Facebook, I was certainly looking foward to some critical discussion on the topic. However, this is how the exhibit is described:</div>
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"This exhibition shows how contemporary artists are exploring social
contact with their subjects and audiences. Many are interested in
historical events, but others look at the ways we perceive the world
today and our place within it. Addressing themes including human rights,
sustainability and cultural exchange, the works reflect on the ways
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So.... It's more about the process of humans creating networks with one another, than about the movie about El Douchebagorado Zuckerberg. </div>
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The works themselves were not too numerous, but the photography by Darren Siwes was fucking incredible. SO DAMN EERY. Really moving. I'd never even heard of him before, but I did a little searching and found him to be a talented and accomplished indigenous photomedia artist. </div>
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This is just one photo from a whole, breathtaking, series. I would also highly recommend reading into the story behind the photos. The whole thing is really powerful. </div>
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But anyways, scooting right along to the part where the important ARTY people talked to each other then asnwered our (read: my) questions. These are the notes I took from the 'In Conversation' session. They're in chronological order as the talk progressed, so you can even map my opinoin of Pat and of the exhibit slowly changing: </div>
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As a single exhibit, I wouldn't kick your ass out the door to see it. Darren Siwes' photography is obviously the highlight for me, but what I will also say, is that GoMA are currently showing a LOT of really great exhibits. There are some pictures of the great stuff on the 3rd and 4th levels of GoMA on my tumblr from that day, but what I'm saying is that if you haven't been into the gallery for a month or so, then definitely make the trip. The '<u><i><a href="http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/lightness_and_gravity_contemporary_works_from_the_collection"><span style="color: orange;">Lightness and Gravity</span></a>'</i></u>, and the '<u><i><a href="http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/across_country_five_years_of_indigenous_australian_art_from_the_collection"><span style="color: orange;">Across Country</span></a>'</i></u> were particularly strong showings. </div>
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Also, I'm not sure if this is open to non-members of GAQoMA too, but this Sunday at 11:30 there will be <a href="http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/members/events_and_programs"><u style="color: orange;"><i>a little preview</i></u></a> of some of the gallery's new acquisitions. It will be in the QAG not GoMA, but the details are all on their website (scroll to the very bottom of the page).</div>
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<br /></div>Bri Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15180506542757400585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102707703175232269.post-16128180652885233432012-04-02T23:28:00.000+10:002012-04-20T13:13:09.761+10:00Script Frenzy!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I’m a big stupidhead who has a squillion
things to do and absolutely no free time but then also signed up to do this
year’s </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Script Frenzy</u></i> </a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and so of
course I’m really excited about it. My Finnish friend </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://inarelationshipwithchina.tumblr.com/">Hanna</a></span></u></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and I agreed to do it together, so I do feel somewhat
compelled to make a ‘good and proper’ ‘go of it’. I swear, I am positive about this. No, really. I am.</span><br />
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principle – except with a script, instead of a novel. Obviously. There aren’t
many rules, but the main one is that you have to totally start fresh, which
means you’re not allowed to work on any drafts, which is perfect for me seeing
as how OF COURSE I don’t have any half-written scripts lying around the place.
Not like novels though, that’s another story. But anyways, if you go to their
website they have a whole plethora of great writing resources for writers and
it’s really inspiring and exciting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So what’s my screenplay going to be about? Well, I
don’t want to give away too much (read: I have no fucking clue how it ends),
but it’s an idea I’ve been throwing around in this dustbowl brain of mine for
some time now. A comedy, about a boy whose childhood illness renders him wholly
responsible for keeping his crumbling family together – he’s a young man with a
kook plan and it involves drugs and also some sex and maybe just a wee little
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encouragement. If you’re into this sort of thing, then you should also sign up!
I think you still can… surely? Also, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.celtx.com/">Celtx</a></span></u></i>
is the software I’ll be using, so I suppose I’ll let you know how that goes as
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about this Easter long weekend too. I have this grand idea that I might sit in
it and write this script, but I anticipate that might be a gross overestimation
of my structure-creating skills. I mean, no, technically I have never felled a
tree before. Doesn’t mean I didn’t google “how to build a cabin”. In truth I
just ended up at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://freecabinporn.com/">Cabin Porn</a></span></u></i>.
So then I ate some Mint Slice and looked at pretty cabins in Scandinavia for
ages. Then I got really excited thinking that maybe one day MY cabin would be
on there! Then I got real and got down and so just watched Hot Fuzz and at the
WHOLE pack of Mint Slice. It was a good night in the end. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dog barked and I looked up to see him and saw that yet again, something kook is
occurring in my house. The first banana harvest from the banana palm! Is
hanging from our staircase balustrade! </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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tip shop. Tip, as in, rubbish tip. And shop, as in, the place where you buy
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at this remarkable place. My wonderful <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.sharonleeartist.blogspot.com.au/">artist mother</a></span></u></i> found out about a competition being run by the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.endeavour.com.au/">Endeavour Foundation</a></span></u></i> people who
run the tip shop and the Brisbane City Council. You had to apply (then be
accepted) and what happens is that you are allowed to pick any one piece of
furniture for sale at the tip shop, then you have about 3 or so weeks and a
$250 stipend to totally re-vamp it, and then you present it and the winner of a
publicly-voted ‘people’s choice award’ wins the competition and pockets a tasty
$500! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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wonderful competition I’ve ever heard of, and I agree with you that it’s almost
too good to be true, but it’s real. The tip shop needs some positive publicity
to bring recycling issues to light, and it’s a brilliant way for the council to
remind people that awesome things can be done with the old tables and couches
and cabinets that we grow bored with. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that’s kind of embarrassing because I’m such an avid vintage and op-shop lover.
Apparently it only opened a year or so ago, so maybe my ‘but I was away!’
excuse can get me off the hook here. There is a wonderful tip shop on the Sunshine
Coast near where my brother lives, but it’s only open on the weekend and it’s
always PACKED with people. I think this new one </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(read: you know, new for me) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in Brisbane at Acacia Ridge is
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turned up bright and early at midday, and behind a high steel fence, within a
big industrial shed, was a treasure trove of oddities and retro furniture and
bikes and books and walking frames and wheelchairs and kitchen sinks and mirrors
and fish. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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cabinet and immediately began brainstorming all the radical things we could do
to it to make it awesome. Trouble was, that it had a big ‘SOLD’ sticker on it!
But nevermind that - the ideas we came up with involved drinks and children’s
books’ illustrations and maybe even LED lights… so we need a cabinet! We’re
heading back on Monday for anther look when new stock arrives (which is every
Monday, by the way) and I’m sure we’ll find a big wooden thing that fits the
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person that enjoys op-shopping a Lifeline and Vinnies and Endeavour shops, then
you MUST (read: ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO NO OPTIONS) visit the tip shop. Let it
surprise you by not being at all rubbish. I guess I’ll keep you updated with
how our project progresses, and probably post more pictures of the awesome
things I buy from the shop every time I go back there. I’m sure that will be
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