I’ve been published in Junkee today, talking about what the recent incident with Lawrence Mooney says about sexism in Australian comedy. For men in comedy it’s an uncomfortable truth that even those who don’t sexually harass or intimidate women are complicit in a system that privileges them and their work.…
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Man Up: support your fellow writers
I had my first piece of writing published online at Overland today, which is pretty exciting. Overland have been publishing some really great, challenging articles about writing/writers lately, and I felt that this challenge to men in our industry would be perfectly at home there. The article was one I…
Read MoreMICF Review 2015 – Stuart Bowden: Before Us
The latest tale from storyteller Stuart Bowden delivers a melancholic and bittersweet hour of entertainment. Before us were our parents, and our collective human race. Before the lime green bulbous creation on stage before us were also her parents, her collective race, but they’re all dead now she tells us.…
Read MoreMICF 2015 – Three down, infinity to go…
I started my MICF 2015 off with a great night. This photo was captured by the MICF official Jeez Louise photographer, who is dashing around asking audiences about their favourite female comics. I usually avoid being photographed like the plague, but couldn’t resist sharing how I’d enjoyed my darling friend…
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015 kicks off today, and it looks to be a bumper year. I have managed to create an ambitious schedule where I attempt to fit in all the shows I would like to see, but it is hard to balance the realistic aims of seeing as…
Read MoreThe Noobz
I’m proud as punch to have a short contribution included in this collection by if: book Australia and Editia, The Noobz. Focussing on expermients in reading and writing, it’s a short and sweet collection featuring wonderful writers such as Romy Ash, Ronnie Scott and Benjamin Law. Not bad company to…
Read MoreThe Emerging Writer
Here she is, in all her glory, the 2013 edition of The Emerging Writer. Isn’t she pretty? I’m excited to have a chapter published in the book this year, talking about how vital community is to emerging writers and why it should be the focus of our energy rather than…
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SBS: Female sensibilities the undoing of kids’ books? I don’t think so
Are women in publishing the reason young boys aren’t reading? Some within the industry would have us think so, and I wrote about it for SBS News’ Comment and Analysis section. Here’s a taste: “Women are relegated to working in children’s publishing because, like many other services or industries, books…
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