Tag Archives: John Birmingham

Nobel Prize Winner Steals Festival Director’s Pillows

Posted on 21/05/2018 by nickearls

Or so the story goes. And it’s not alone. It’s one of those stories that circulate among writers, but don’t usually make their way into the wider world. With a new book about to come out, the experienced writer marshals … Continue reading →

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On Launching John Birmingham’s How to Be a Writer (Avid Reader, 9 June 2016)

Posted on 10/06/2016 by nickearls

Why, when things have changed so much in the publishing industries, listen to someone who started writing 30 years ago whose book is being launched by someone else who started writing 30 years ago? Because JB has lived, like any … Continue reading →

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I Like Your Old Stuff Better Than Your New Stuff

Posted on 24/09/2012 by nickearls

In late 1997, Brisbane band Regurgitator followed up their debut album Tu-Plang with Unit. Tu-Plang had won them two ARIA awards and a nice shiny platinum disc for their walls, but they’d pushed their sound somewhere a little different – … Continue reading →

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OMG – temporarily the world’s 4th-highest selling (free) unicorn sharehousing fantasy story

Posted on 03/04/2012 by nickearls

Okay, it’s not quite like that. It’s EVEN BETTER. I’m currently the author of the world’s HIGHEST SELLING (free) ‘unicorn sharehousing comedy fantasy story featuring a protagonist called Stanley’, and don’t even try telling me that hasn’t been your dream … Continue reading →

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