Ben Walter

Just finished Byung-Chul Han's little book on the Burnout Society and a cool book of poetry by Autumn Richardson.

Meanjin returns! Thanks so much QUT…

oh I was just joking but hell, maybe?

Fermenting cherry plums this time of year.

Username checks out, I guess?

in fairness, she wouldn't have written the headline...

Just got to interview Academy Award-nominated film director Paul Greengrass about some Tasmanian horses in the 1980s.

I love being a weird writer.

35 Degrees in Huonville, can't cope. I know you have it worse in Melbourne but I have Tasmanian blood which actually boils around this point.

This is such a good book! Highly recommend...

We got the kids up. We’re all out here lying on the grass in the Huon…

It always used to die around 4pm on Christmas eve at Fullers. We would be delirious, basically.

wish I could have been there!

Lithosphere I’m told humans can only genuinely experience a natural environment by staying still for at least 10 minutes. Only then do birds and other animals begin to emerge from their cautious retreat. There’s ...

"On a closer, slower read, the poems reveal themselves. Their depths, it turns out, are camouflaged by how sonically seductive they are". Andy Jackson on @benwaltez.bsky.social's debut volume of poetry, Lithosphere www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/book...

Critic Swallows Book | Sydney Review of Books To call into question the literary value of Dalton’s fiction is not to disqualify the pleasure and imaginative release that hundreds of thousands of readers have found in his novels, especially Boy Sw...

Martin, I feel Catri's excellent long form piece (which James mentions in the review) provides a couple of useful angles on why this might be important?

sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/crit...

What if the Tim Tams are being reframed by the industry as that very Michelin dessert?

It's just so naive. What on earth does she think is going to happen when the costs blow out?

Thank you Michael!

Thanks Andrew, appreciate you listening!

The Oysters Roar by Benjamin Walter - ABC listen This poem explores the experience of walking among the oyster bursting from the tidal flats around Cygnet. Ben Walter is a Tasmanian writer, and the author of the recent poetry collection Lithosphere...

Really nice to read from Lithosphere for Radio National's Line Break series today - always such a privilege to have your work broadcast to unsuspecting ears.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The Razzle Dazzle Restoration Project Readings, Music and More for Robert Skinner Help Robert get his razzle-dazzle back after his bike accident! With readings from Andy...

If you're a friend or fan of writer Robert Skinner, you may have heard about his terrible accident a couple months ago.
This Sat night at Coburg RSL is a benefit to help him back on his feet, out of debt, and to get his razzle-dazzle back.
Music, fun and party guaranteed. Details below.
Come along!

congratulations Jake but also damn I feel you on this...

I don't honestly know that it's ebooks? (though that might be part of it). I tend to think people are attracted now to books that seem 'manageable', which may be a time thing, or concentration, or both, or everything else...

oh yeah tell me about it! :) I struggle with a clear anything.

Ridiculous, but somehow this rotten poetry book is still topping the bestsellers at Fullers six weeks after launch…

jeez

They're not accepting scripts.

Yeah there are a few about. Samantha Harvey too...

Yeah I dunno. I guess it depends on the book? I think publishers used to find this length hard to market, especially cause you couldn't publish it in trade pb, but maybe the vibe on that is changing...

So probably straightforward novellas and nonfiction that they happen to like?

For narrative non-fiction, we welcome projects that combine a distinctive perspective with narrative drive. This may include essays, memoir or reportage, as long as the writing is compelling and original.