Author Archives: gretchenshirm

Review of Myfanwy Jones’ novel Leap in The Australian

I was very impressed with Myfanwy Jones’s novel Leap. I didn’t have space to write about it in my review for The Australian, which can be read here, but what I admired about it most was the way that captured the suburbs of north Melbourne – the vibrancy and diversity of that area – there’s a veryContinue reading “Review of Myfanwy Jones’ novel Leap in The Australian”

Profile of Trent Parke in The Saturday Paper

  I travelled to Adelaide for the opening of Trent Parke’s extraordinary exhibition opening ‘The Black Rose’ at the Art Gallery of South Australia. I’ve long admired Parke’s photographs – I’ve often seen his work at Stills Gallery in Sydney near where I live. When I read about the exhibition, I couldn’t resist writing aboutContinue reading “Profile of Trent Parke in The Saturday Paper”

Review of Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’ in The Sydney Morning Herald

The literary essay is making a strong revival – last year Leslie Jamison’s The Empathy Exams and this year Meghan Daum’s Unspeakable. Charles D’Ambrosio is perhaps the veteran of this form, although better known for his short story writing. I review his consolidated collection of essays Loitering in the Sydney Morning Herald, here.