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Category Archives: About the author
A couple of things before the end
As I near the end of this sad, sad year, there is light at the end of the tunnel. After writing little more than a few blog posts and short tributes to my mother and father, I managed to write … Continue reading
Out of the starting gate
Escher jigsaw: a distraction in troubled times It has been a tumultuous start to the new year/decade, as Australia suffers through an unparalleled bushfire crisis, the fate of entire communities–human and animal–subject to the vagaries of a sudden wind change, … Continue reading
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Tagged #AuthorsForFireys, Angela Savage, bushfires, Enza Gandolfo, Escher, Geelong, jigsaw, Mother of Pearl
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Kill your darlings
In the lead up to the crime writing workshop that I’m giving this weekend in Castlemaine, I did the following Q&A with Writers Victoria, reproduced here with permission. By: Angela Savage interviewed by Nicola Wetzel For Angela Savage, great crime … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Savage, crime writing, kill your darlings, writing tips
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Mouth piece
I was asked to contribute to a piece for Sunday Life Magazine in which three writers tell of the parts of their bodies that consume their attention. I was tempted to write about my feet, but Fay Weldon beat me to … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Savage, body, body image, Kirsten Krauth, Michelle Law, mouth, writer
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Paint the Town READ: 20th AIDS Conference
I’m thrilled to have been invited by Melbourne Library Service to be part of ‘Paint the Town READ, a cultural program to coincide with Melbourne’s hosting of the 20th International AIDS Conference. From Sunday 20 July to Friday 25 July at venues … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th AIDS Conference, Angela Savage, discrimination, HIV/AIDS, Melbourne, Paint the Town READ, storytelling
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The Melbourne Quiz
The decision by Fairfax to close its monthly glossy supplement to The Age, the (melbourne) magazine, might signal the end of my ambition to guest appear in its (melbourne) quiz. But there’s always this blog: behold the responses I would’ve given, … Continue reading
Fan mail
This week I received fan mail from Austria via my publisher. Real mail. A hand-made card in an envelop, the message inside written in ink, complete with quote from Emily Dickinson. The sender, Ms Theresia Raditschnigg, asked for my autograph … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Savage, author, Behind the Night Bazaar, fan mail, Hilary Mantel, Nachtmarkt
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A Hemingway-esque short story
Legend has it Ernest Hemingway once won a bet by writing a story in just six words. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Whether true or part of the myth surrounding the twentieth century American writer, the anecdote illustrates how much … Continue reading