Matthew C Lamb reflects on his place in the world as a writer, and what the future holds in his final post as Blogger in Residence. I want to be a writer. For the longest time I found this difficult to admit. I guess I thought it an unrealistic aspiration, or that I would be … Continue reading
Matthew C Lamb interviews author of The Rook and Stiletto, Daniel O’Malley, for his penultimate post as Blogger as Residence. [Image by: fireflyracer] I went to the same primary school as Daniel O’Malley; he was two years ahead of me. When I read in The Canberra Times in 2012 that a genre novel he had written … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Matthew C Lamb discusses the joys and frustrations of writing when you have children. Before I begin, an insight into my life. I was sitting down to write this blog post when there was a knock at the door of my study.* Irritation seized me. I stopped typing, stopped moving, stopped … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Matthew C Lamb, chatted with the most Canberran writer you’ll ever meet, Sean Costello. I was in Harry Hartog’s in Woden the other day when I came across something unusual on the counter. Neatly folded in a cardboard stand was a stack of short stories, each for the spare change price of … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Matthew C Lamb, investigates the pros and pitfalls of setting your story in your hometown. The first novel I ever wrote was set in Canberra. Sort of. I created the fictional city of Riverside for the post-apocalyptic adventure, featuring all the most evocative parts of my hometown (foggy orange streetlight hazes; endless winding … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Matthew C Lamb, tried out Canberra’s most famous poetry slam, BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!. Read his witty, honest musings on his experience below. Photographs by Adam Thomas. Poetry is intimidating. For many (me included) it can come across as pretentious, or stuffy, or borderline incomprehensible. So if you add to that four exclamation marks and … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Matthew C Lamb, has put in the hard yards, investigating the best spots for writing in our city. Location has a significant impact on what we write. Visual stimuli, personal associations, distractions, the benefits and confines of consistency and routine—all these are tied to place and can influence the quality, tone and … Continue reading
Meet the ACT Writers Centre’s newest Bloggers in Residence: Chris Kerr and Matthew C Lamb. Keep an eye here on the blog to see to their work in the next three months. Chris Kerr Chris Kerr is a poet, reviewer, editor, publisher, former technical writer and budding copywriter. He co-edited issue 62 of UK Poetry magazine Magma and … Continue reading
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