Art making is how I understand the world: Reed Weir
Can you tell us a little about yourself and your art practice? I am a multidisciplinary visual artist. I sometimes describe myself as a “serial material monogamist,” meaning that I…
“You should go to university.” What was there to fear? But the mother of all fears lived inside of me …
by Donna Morrissey “You’re so smart,” said my friend, Jude, in a crowded bar one night over drinks and smokes. We were sitting in a booth, the four of us…
The Dog, The Dress & Memorial
By Eva Crocker It’s damp early spring and my across-the-hall neighbour, Michael, is stacking smashed car windshields in the hall outside his unit. Michael collects cracked windshields from garages, and…
“There’s an ease and freedom to making up a story, paring it down, sending it away; anything can happen to it then”: Nicholas Ruddock takes us around Planet Earth
You are very versatile with literary forms – with the NQ alone you’ve published non-fiction and poetry, and you’re also a novelist, with Last Hummingbird West of Chile just released…
Have camera (and dog), will go birding: Sheldon Anthony shares some snaps
Winter wren Tiny, short-tailed, plain-brown wren with a huge voice. Subtly patterned, with indistinct pale eyebrow and diffuse dark barring on flanks and wings. Constantly keeps tail cocked at an…
A History of Her Majesty’s Penitentiary: David Harvey takes readers Inside the Walls
Can you talk about the format of this history – it’s almost a scrapbook of news articles, training manuals, personal documents. How did you organize and contextualize all this? This…