Cat recovering from snake collar

Seeded on Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:45 PM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A Tasmanian cat is recovering after a copperhead snake curled itself around the cat's neck like a necklace.

odd-news, offbeat, cat, snake

The Dvorak Conspiracy

Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:55 PM EST

Johnno tried to peer out onto Lygon Street through the dusty windows of Joe's Bazaar, but the failing Melbourne sun wasn't having anything to do with it. Shapes devoid of definition slid past, like a living expressionist painting.

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arts, short-story, the-dvorak-conspiracy, typewriter, qwerty, joes-bazaar, gary-kemble, conspiracy

Zombie fan lobbies for undead

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 4:55 AM EST (ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com)

Zombie advocate Xavier Ricebury is aiming to mobilise the undead vote during the upcoming Australian election with with ZOMBIE07 campaign.

odd-news, xavier-ricebury, zombie07, horror, zombies

Dark fortunes for Australian horror

Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:41 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

There are signs in the US and the UK that horror fiction is in the throes of a comeback but Australia is yet to follow suit.

arts, marty-young, australian-horror-writers-association, horror, dark-fiction, graffiti

Endnotes: Lunar Park (2005)

Seeded on Tue Sep 4, 2007 6:28 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Following the Million Little Pieces and Forbidden Love furores yet preceding the If I Did It hoo-haa, Lunar Park is Bret Easton Ellis's bizarre take on memoir.

arts, bret-easton-ellis, lunar-park, articulate, graffiti, endnotes, books, writing, horror

Polish man builds upside-down house

Seeded on Sun Sep 2, 2007 11:10 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Polish businessman and philanthropist Daniel Czapiewski has built an upside-down house to remind people of wrong-doings against humanity.

odd-news, vivien-cuttle, articulate, art, daniel-czapiewski, offbeat, graffiti

Changing the world, one day at a time

Seeded on Sat Sep 1, 2007 10:23 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Sydney writer David Kowalski's debut novel The Company of the Dead is the result of a short story that he couldn't let go of, a short story that took him on a 10-year odyssey that included an encounter with prominent historian Geoffrey Blainey and warnings from intelligence agent …

arts, david-kowalski, company-of-the-dead, alternative-history, science-fiction, articulate, graffiti

Movie Minutiae: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Seeded on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:03 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

There's a close correlation between humour and horror - although the gags in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 may be lost on those with weak stomachs.

entertainment, tobe-hooper, movie-minutiae, articulate, texas-chainsaw-massacre-2

Endnotes: All About H Hatterr (1948)

Seeded on Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:26 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The subject of this week's Endnotes could be one of the most influential out-of-print works in modern literature.

arts, endnotes, articulate, all-about-h-hatterr, books, reading, ben-atherton, g-v-desani, graffiti

Taking a fresh look at horror

Seeded on Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:40 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Tasmanian independent publisher Tasmaniac Publications is asking readers to set aside their preconceptions and take a fresh look at horror.

arts, tasmaniac-publications, steve-clark, graffiti, horror, paul-kane, the-lazarus-condition

Endnotes: Rage (1977)

Seeded on Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:00 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A look back at Richard Bachman's 1977 novel Rage.

arts, rocky-wood, gary-kemble, rage, endnotes, stephen-king, richard-bachman

Break in transmission...

Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:33 PM EDT

We're having enough trouble finding time to blog, let alone maintain our Newsvine feed. So, please, in the meantime, head on over to Articulate!

Continue reading this entry ...

arts, articulate

Aust sf fan discovers 'new planet'

Seeded on Fri Aug 3, 2007 3:55 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Australian speculative fiction writer and editor Alisa Krasnostein is inviting space pioneers to help populate the far-off world of New Ceres.

arts, science-fiction, alisa-krasnostein, new-ceres, books, writing, graffiti

Articulate: Movie Minutiae: Alien (1979)

Seeded on Thu Aug 2, 2007 4:09 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I can't believe Alien was once destined to be named Star Beast, starring Tom Skerritt! Read on for more Movie Minutiae madness.

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Horror flick prompted teen's shark attack bravery: Mum

Seeded on Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:41 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

An Australian woman has attributed her son's bravery after a suspected shark attack to a recent horror movie he watched.

odd-news, horror, film, movies, offbeat, shark-attack, angus-chapman, roz-chapman

Movie Minutiae: Magnolia (1999)

Seeded on Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:34 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A movie that links the Bible, the Freemasons and Tom Cruise? I'd buy that for a dollar!

arts, what-do-kids-know, charles-fort, articulate, graffiti, film, movies, trivia, movie-minutiae

Meg Rosoff: Love, War, and really intelligent babies

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:03 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Meg Rosoff would never walk under a ladder. Not because she thinks something bad would happen, but she doesn't want to risk it, just in case. The London-based author's third novel, 'What I Was', will be published later this year.

arts, meg-rosoff, books, writing, articulate, graffiti, what-i-was

Movie Minutiae: The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:47 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

This week's Movie Minutiae takes a look at 'The Adventures of Milo and Otis' and if there is any truth in the rumours of animal cruelty.

entertainment, movie-minutiae, articulate, masanori-hata, milo-and-otis, film, movies, animal-cruelty

Adelaide author delves into Cthulhu Mythos

Seeded on Sun Jul 8, 2007 11:52 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Adelaide-based writer David Conyers is following in the footsteps of H P Lovecraft, in the process becoming the first Australian author to publish a novel based on the Cthulhu Mythos.

arts, cthulhu-mythos, david-conyers, horror, science-fiction, books, h-p-lovecraft, john-sunseri

Orbit to back Australian sf writers

Seeded on Fri Jul 6, 2007 12:01 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

In response to Articulate's recent blog post on reaction to Orbit's plans to launch in Australia, Orbit Australia publisher Bernadette Foley has reaffirmed Hachette Livre's commitment to supporting local writers.

arts, hachette-livre, orbit-australia, bernadette-foley, science-fiction, books, writing, fantasy, horror

Victorian writer wins top crime-writing award

Seeded on Thu Jul 5, 2007 9:37 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Victorian author Peter Temple has won the world's biggest crime-writing prize - the Crime Writers Association's Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award.

arts, cwa, crime-writing, peter-temple, the-broken-shore, articulate, books, writing, crime-writers-association

Movie Minutiae: Mulholland Drive (2001)

Seeded on Thu Jul 5, 2007 4:29 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Originally conceived and shot as a TV pilot, the ABC network got cold feet in the wake of the Columbine massacre and didn't commission the series.

arts, horror, film, movies, movie-minutiae, mulholland-drive, david-lynch

A Night of Horror International Film Festival Call for Entries

Seeded on Wed Jul 4, 2007 11:07 PM EDT (ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com)

The 'A Night of Horror International Film Festival' -- held in Sydney, Australia -- announces its official call for entries today.

arts, chauvel-cinema, film, movies, horror

An A-Z of East End graffiti

Seeded on Mon Jul 2, 2007 1:16 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Dave Gorman has catalogued a literal A-Z of typographical graffiti in London's East End.

arts, dave-gorman, articulate, pineapple-charm, east-end, london, eine, graffiti

The joys of NOT being published

Seeded on Sun Jul 1, 2007 10:14 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Beth Webb, writing in The Guardian says: I've lost count of the number of emails I get asking for advice on how to get published. My initial reaction is "Why bother?" when being unpublished is such fun and so satisfying.

arts, books, publishing, articulate, beth-webb

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Hi Gary

Sorting through old emails, like you do, I unearthed a message about Number 13. Do you remember this? I thought it was a pretty fine idea at the time, although 13 writers in one story might be more bang than Bonfire Night.

Older and wiser now, of course, but still up for anything literary, if you ever fancied resurrecting this insanely democratic approach.

Good-looking website, by the way. Mine www.markwagstaff.com is far more of a static billboard, 'cos I ain't too techno. Also hopelessly out of date: I've had about six stories published since Feb 06. Still looking for a novel deal, though...

Hope all's well, and excuse the intrusion of the past, if you'd rather draw a veil.

All the best

Mark

— Mark Wagstaff