Click on the arrow above to listen to Gail’s reading. “Hello, I’m Gail Bell and this is from a true story called Golden Eye first published in 2009 in The Monthly magazine: I met Felix and Marjorie as a couple in the late 80s. One evening, a year into our relationship, Felix uncharacteristically took the [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Writer-a-Day: Gail Bell reading from “Golden Eye”
Posted in Nonfiction, NSW, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "Golden Eye", Gail Bell on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writer-a-Day: Stephen Scheding reading from “A Small Unsigned Painting”
Posted in NSW, Random House, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "A Small Unsigned Painting", Stephen Scheding on September 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Stephen’s reading. Hi, I’m Stephen Scheding. I’m about to read part of the preface of my book A Small Unsigned Painting published by Random House in 1998. It’s an art mystery, a who-dun-it – who done the small unsigned painting that I had bought at an auction [...]
Writer-a-Day: Deborah Rice reading from “Foil”
Posted in NSW, Short fiction, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "Foil", Deborah Rice on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Deborah’s reading. Hi, my name is Deborah Rice. My short story Foil was the winner of the University of Canberra short story competition a few years back. This is how it starts. “I am aluminium foil: I am bright and clean and shining. But not today. This [...]
Writer-a-Day: Helene Young reading from “Wings of Fear”
Posted in Fiction, Queensland, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "Wings of Fear", Helene Young on September 27, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Helene’s reading. “Hello, my name’s Helene Young. I’m reading from my story Wings of Fear. Her footprints laid an even path across the smooth expanse of beach, swept clean by the night’s high tide. White sand, right up to the line of pig face and dune grass, [...]
Writer-a-Day: Gillian Polack reading from “Life Through Cellophane”
Posted in A.C.T., Speculative Fiction, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "Life Through Cellophane", Gillian Polack on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Gillian’s reading. “Hi my name is Gillian Polack and I’m reading you two short excerpts from my novel Life Through Cellophane which is about a Canberra public servant. My problem is how best to count down the four more sleeps till I am officially a Free Failure. [...]
Writer-a-Day: Antonia Strakosch reading from “Remington Portable”
Posted in Fiction, Queensland, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "Remington Portable", Antonia Strakosch on September 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Antonia’s reading. “Hi I’m Antonia Strakosch, and I’m reading an excerpt from my fiction manuscript in progress, Remington Portable. The cabin fell silent, then a gasp rose up as the plane lurched forcefully to the right. It seemed fitting that the book Sarah was proposing to write, [...]
Writer-a-Day: Claire Corbett reading from “When We Have Wings”
Posted in Fiction, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "When We Have Wings", Claire Corbett, NSW on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Claire’s reading. “Hi, my name is Claire Corbett and I’ll be reading from my novel When We Have Wings. Peri stepped up to the edge of the cliff. She must let go. She must be prepared to die. A gust of air rushed over the cliff. She [...]
Writer-a-Day: Sally Rippin reading from “Angel Creek”
Posted in Children's, Illustrator, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "Angel Creek", Sally Rippin, Victoria on September 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Sally’s reading. “Hi, I’m Sally Rippin. I’m going to read a short extract from my children’s novel Angel Creek. “Hey, Jel, look at this.” Jelly walked to where Gino was peering out over the black water. “I can”t see anything.” “Over there.” Gino pointed. And then Jelly [...]
Writer-a-Day: Emilie Collyer reading from “Prestidigitation”
Posted in Performance, Poetry, Short fiction, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged Emilie Collyer on September 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Emilie’s reading. “Hi, my name is Emilie Collyer and this is my piece called Prestidigitation: If you can hear me, I need your help. One of the hardest things about prestidigitation is figuring out how to say the word. That is why most amateur magicians say: ‘Watch [...]
Writer-a-Day: Rebekah Clarkson reading from “Raising Boys”
Posted in Short fiction, Tyrone Guthrie Residency, Varuna Alumni, Writer-a-Day recording, tagged "Raising Boys", Rebekah Clarkson on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the arrow above to listen to Rebekah’s reading. “Hi, I’m Rebekah Clarkson and this is the beginning of my short story, Raising Boys — ‘Bins are up.’ It came out of Malcolm’s mouth half whisper, half question. His wife was sitting on the edge of their bed, picking at something on her heel [...]
