Category Archives: Book Review

Book Review: Best American Poetry 2010

Posted on 23 April 2011 by andyq

I’ve always enjoyed the Best American Poetry series – I’m pretty sure my friend, journalist John Reed, turned me onto them when I lived in Brussels in the mid-90s. Since then, I’ve inconsistently picked them up, but when I have, … Continue reading →

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Paris to the Moon: A Book Review of Sorts

Posted on 20 March 2011 by andyq

Three of my great pleasures in life: Travel. Eating. Reading. These coalesced in the most fantastic of ways in Paris, on this last trip in March 2011. I’d finished the wonderful Australian classic novel, “Cloudstreet” by Tim Winton and was … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Automaton Biographies

Posted on 25 January 2011 by andyq

I’ve just finished reading Larissa Lai’s first full-length poetry collection, Automaton Biographies. I’ve worked with Larissa before, some of her wonderful poems were included in “Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry”, and I’ve read her amazing novel, “When Fox … Continue reading →

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The Books I Read in 2010

Posted on 2 January 2011 by andyq

The books I read in 2010 (it seems to have been a good year for reading) – the two bolds are my top recommendations for the year: Jee Leong Koh’s Equal to the Earth (Poetry) Eli Jaxon-Bear’s The Enneagram of … Continue reading →

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A few words on "Out of the Box"

Posted on 21 May 2010 by andyq

I finally finished reading “Out of the Box: Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets” edited by Michael Farrell and Jill Jones, having received my contributor’s copy a little before the Sydney launch as part of the Queer Thinking event at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lost Library

Posted on 26 April 2010 by andyq

Books are years in the making, and it was a few years ago that Tom Cardamone, asked whether I’d be interested in contributing an essay to a collection about favourite gay books that were out-of-print. Tom and I had connected … Continue reading →

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On Creativity

Posted on 28 January 2007 by andyq

A week in Bangkok for work, and while I had the intention to think about writing and move ahead, I’m not sure if I expected to come away with so many ideas. Talking with Moises, who is also a writer, … Continue reading →

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