— This piece originally appeared in Meanjin. // I read once that vertigo is less about the fear of falling than the desire to fall. An overwhelming… Read more “Meanjin Tournament of Books: Breath vs Sea Hearts”
Interview: Working with Words
— This interview originally appeared as part of the Wheeler Centre’s Working With Words Series. Bethanie Blanchard is Crikey’s literary blogger, at Liticism, and a regular contributor to Guardian Australia.… Read more “Interview: Working with Words”
Publications should not profit from scribes willing to work for nothing
— This piece originally appeared as an op ed in The Sunday Age. // There had been whispers among my writer friends that Private Media, publisher of Crikey,… Read more “Publications should not profit from scribes willing to work for nothing”
James Button on the death of the campaign speech
— This piece originally appeared as a Crikey News article. // In 2008 during the Democratic presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton repeated an adage made famous by former New York… Read more “James Button on the death of the campaign speech”
Review. Connie stripped bare for today: Nikki Gemmell’s I Take You
— This piece originally appeared in The Weekend Australian In the long tradition of erotic novelists, Nikki Gemmell had intended to publish her 2003 work The Bride… Read more “Review. Connie stripped bare for today: Nikki Gemmell’s I Take You”
Interview with SPOOK magazine
— This interview originally appeared as part of SPOOK Magazine’s People Who Do Stuff series. Who are you and what stuff do you do? My name is Bethanie Blanchard.… Read more “Interview with SPOOK magazine”
The female protagonist as writer — Girls part II
— This essay originally appeared on Crikey’s Liticism. // “Usually when people say they want to be a writer, they really don’t want to do anything except eat… Read more “The female protagonist as writer — Girls part II”
