Queensland Writers Centre

February WQ! Hittin’ your doors this week. Art (C) the...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:07:36 +1000

February WQ! Hittin’ your doors this week. Art (C) the ever great kidsincloaks. You can read this issue on being an out and about writer by becoming a member of Queensland Writers Centre.

mary-journal: The Shapes of Stories, a Kurt Vonnegut...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:03:34 +1000

mary-journal:

The Shapes of Stories, a Kurt Vonnegut Infographic

By Maya Eilam

Absolutely Brilliant work!

bookmania: “No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:03:05 +1000

bookmania:

“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.” ~ Mary Wortley Montagu (Photo by selftail0redmess)

bookmania: It’s Heaven! Home library designed by architecture...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:02:20 +1000

bookmania:

It’s Heaven! Home library designed by architecture firm Ilai.

theartofgooglebooks: Turning pages (fore-edge). From the front...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:01:19 +1000

theartofgooglebooks:

Turning pages (fore-edge).

From the front matter (?) of The King’s Daughter by Pansy (1873). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 5, 2008.

"I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song,..."

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:59:14 +1000

“I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.”

- Emma Watson, Time Magazine (November 2010)

Check out the beautiful book cover for the 24 Hour Book! Art is,...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:18:10 +1000

Check out the beautiful book cover for the 24 Hour Book! Art is, once again, by the exceptionally talented Benjamin Portas.

9 writers. 24 hours. 1 book. On 11 June 2012 (today), if:book...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:05:00 +1000

9 writers. 24 hours. 1 book.

On 11 June 2012 (today), if:book Australia gathered a team of writers and editors together with the challenge of writing, editing and publishing a book – for both print and digital – within a single 24-hour period.

This is that book.

Both the project and the book that has emerged from it demonstrate an experiment in collaboration, distribution, and content generation.

Join the conversation at http://www.futureofthebook.org.au/the-24-hour-book/ or tweet #24hb.

bookmania: The Peabody Stack Room of the George Peabody...

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:42:22 +1000

bookmania:

The Peabody Stack Room of the George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland. The George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, dates from the founding of the Peabody Institute in 1857. It contains more than 300,000 titles—most of which date from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Renowned for its striking architectural interior, the Peabody Stack Room contains five tiers of ornamental cast-iron balconies, which rise dramatically to the skylight 61 feet above the floor.

In addition to its traditional use as a research library, it is available as an event space. The library accommodates wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, private dinners, holiday parties and lectures. (via Lisa Pisa)

Express Media: Ten rules for writing fiction: Elmore Leonard

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:41:06 +1000

Express Media: Ten rules for writing fiction: Elmore Leonard:

express-media:

1 Never open a book with weather. If it’s only to create atmosphere, and not a character’s reaction to the weather, you don’t want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead looking for people. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways than an Eskimo to…

December/January WQ cover by Benjamin Portas

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:43:48 +1000

December/January WQ cover by Benjamin Portas

bookmania: (via Ellie Rose)

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:42:33 +1000

bookmania:

(via Ellie Rose)

http://express-media.tumblr.com/post/22578569290/update-8

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:42:22 +1000

http://express-media.tumblr.com/post/22578569290/update-8:

express-media:

Also, something of interest. The Conversation published a piece on why the Vogel age restriction works. Remember Jojo, the last dude that edited Voiceworks? This is (some of) his comment on the idea of “curing youth”:

That we perceive someone’s thoughts, emotions and experience as less…

"How far, how far we’ve come together, tumbling like stars in harness or alone."

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:41:02 +1000

“How far, how far we’ve come
together, tumbling like stars
in harness or alone.”

- David Malouf, from “Stars” (via the-final-sentence)

May WQ cover by Benjamin Portas

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:40:24 +1000

May WQ cover by Benjamin Portas

April WQ cover care of Benjamin Portas

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:38:25 +1000

April WQ cover care of Benjamin Portas

March WQ! Illustration by Benjamin Portas of Kids in Cloaks.

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:35:08 +1000

March WQ! Illustration by Benjamin Portas of Kids in Cloaks.

The cover of February’s WQ! Illustrated by the wonderful...

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:32:26 +1000

The cover of February’s WQ! Illustrated by the wonderful Benjamin Portas of Kids in Cloaks.

Photo

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:21:20 +1000