Louis de Bernieres’s new novel, The Dust That Falls From Dreams, taps a familiar trope – but gives it wholly original meaning.
Source: War and Everything After: Louis de Bernieres’s New Novel
MOBILES
Trendy shades that click to match.
Invisible.
Except for what looks like a hearing aid
turning us all into
business buskers barking at buildings.
And it’s natural to turn
when someone says ‘Hello’.
You even get a choice now.
Number display.
Answer or reject.
Interruptions.
(Blasted ‘Call Waiting’.)
Choose to ignore the insistent beeping
and inevitably
others can’t resist the burning question.
Favourite songs are ruined forever
by ringing interpretations.
Courtesy has gone out the window.
Lunch breaks deleted.
Performances interrupted.
Moving movie moments spoilt.
Availability questioned
by “This mobile is turned off”.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2001
(First published ‘Hidden Capacity ~ a poet’s journey’, 2003, Cork, Ireland.)
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Another fabulous WA Writer, Fiona Palmer reports:
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Roxi makes a lot of sense.
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Australian fiction.
Just out, the new issue of of Review of Australian Fiction , no. 4 in the special volume edited by Laurie Steed, featuring writers from Western Australia.
The first of this issue’s two stories is by dual Miles Franklin winner Kim Scott, author of novels That Deadman Dance, Benang and True Country, and chair of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project. Kim is paired with emerging writer Liz Hayden, currently a PhD creative writing candidate, whose work investigates the life of a Nyoongar woman’s experience living and growing up in a rural town in Western Australia
Kim Scott’s story, entitled ‘Departure’, introduces a vulnerable teenage girl, Tilly, on her way home from private boarding school to the southern camp that is her home:
Central Bus Station was built upon the principle of a large shed and, except for the large windows on one wall…
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Sage advice…
In this day and age, as painful as it is to admit, agents and publishers are drawn to writers who have evidence of a platform already in play. This is partly because it means there is already a readership ready to purchase any books that may be signed on, but it’s also partly because it shows a willingness on your end to do some of the hard yards of marketing. And I say ‘hard yards’ because building a following is not easy. It takes time, it takes dedication, it takes vulnerability. So if an agent or publisher can see you already have people interested in your words – whether through blogging or other social media avenues – that tells them that they can consider taking you seriously as well.
I know, I know, it kind of sucks. I mean, what happened to the good old days when all you needed was to write a decent story? Well…
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What an amazing effort, Mindy – well done!
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