Sick Leave: A Year of Living Horizontally
This week’s Bloc Feature, ‘Sick Leave: A Year of Living Horizontally’ by Anna Barnes, was originally published in issue 23 of Kill Your Darlings journal. You can…
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Interview | Krissy Kneen | Writers Bloc
This is an interview with Brisbane author Krissy Kneen. Krissy Kneen is a writer and bookseller in Brisbane who shot to prominence with her 2009 memoir, Affection: A…
The Book That Stayed With Me (Literally)
This is a The Book That piece, by Anna-Spargo Ryan. When I was a little girl my mother worked part-time in the Law faculty at…
Bloc Club: Home is Burning
Writers Bloc, is a place for writers, and all good writers are great readers. Here at the Bloc we love reading. We also like wine…
The book that fed my football obsession by Ellen van Neerven
This is a The Book That… post from award-winning Indigenous Australian writer Ellen van Neerven. You can check out her website here, and her Twitter here. by It…
Review | The Uncanny Love of Jimmy Panagakos
This is a review of The Uncanny Love of Jimmy Panagakos, a novella by Beth Hill. Reviewed by Ali Schnabel A tale of the secrets and loneliness…
Broomie, 1955 | Writers Bloc
This is an extract from The Uncanny Love of Jimmy Panagakos by Beth Hill. Anthea braced herself against the bright heat of the sun as…
The Sea-King of Hamburg | Writers Bloc
A Literary Cities piece by Sofija Stefanovic. I was going on a six-week holiday to Europe. A few weeks before leaving Australia, I’d had my…
Home is Burning | Writers Bloc
This is an extract from our Bloc Club book Home Is Burning by Dan Marshall (Hachette) “I fucking love it here,” I said like a spoiled…
Jacky Winter Gardens Residency | Writers Bloc
OK. So we don’t want to panic you, but you have very little time to apply for a 24-carat rad opportunity. Jacky Winter Gardens, an…