5 favourite quotes from my fiction

5) If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heartbeat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence. – George Eliot. (For the Light of the Stars) 4) To Romans I set [...]

Modern Myth

Well, I’m still working on Shards of Babylon. Should be finished soon… or at least as “finished” as any story of mine ever is. In the meantime I’ve started planning a few short stories to work on later this year. One I’m looking forward to is The Last Giant. It’s going to be a bit [...]

Banning people with HIV from entering Australia

HIV border control suggested to stop outbreak Am I the only one who finds John Howard’s comments here difficult to understand? Or am I getting senile or something, because the reaction to these new guidelines has been very muted. The new system proposed by Tony Abbott would require visa applicants over the age of 15 [...]

Pan's Labyrinth

I saw Pan’s Labyrinth last week, the first film I’ve seen for a long while. What a beautiful film, one of the best I’ve seen. Sometimes I have trouble with subtitles, but I didn’t even notice with this. Visually Pan’s Labyrinth is stunning; the look of it, the costumes, graphics, light and dark. The story [...]