In the music-themed issue of Seizure, Christine Piper explores dirty dancing and dirty tactics in... more In the music-themed issue of Seizure, Christine Piper explores dirty dancing and dirty tactics in a basement bar in New York in her short story "Once More, With Feeling".
A partnership between Margaret River Press and Arts Margaret River, this compelling collection of... more A partnership between Margaret River Press and Arts Margaret River, this compelling collection of new writing from Australian writers emerged from the inaugural 2011 Margaret River Short Story Competition. The competition consisted of an Open Category and a South West Category.
Beverley Lello’s winning entry in the Open Category, Things That Are Found in Trees, is a first person narrative that draws the reader in from the opening sentence: “I opened the newspaper today and saw a photograph of a dead elephant calf marooned in a tree by floods in Sri Lanka.”
This is the first ‘thing’ found in a tree within the story. The focus then shifts to the past and memories of an event that occurred when the narrator was seventeen. Central to the story is an event all too familiar in the lives of young men in rural Australia. But this is not a maudlin story. The writing is restrained, respectful and, wears its symbolism lightly.
Second prize open category entry, Christine Piper’s Stranded is a tightly written story set in Japan. The main character, Mr Takeda, is having an affair with a young woman not much older than his daughter. This is a very economical story with a strong sense of character and place. In spite of the ending, there is very little sense of moral judgement: in this world, surface is everything.
The stories in the book “are insightful, sensitive stories, wide-ranging in their interests and, I believe, deeply rewarding. In all of them, there is ‘something new’ for us to discover.”, Richard Rossiter, Editor.
You can see it from a tower overlooking Sydney. From dust-bowl paddocks. From among soft movement... more You can see it from a tower overlooking Sydney. From dust-bowl paddocks. From among soft movements on the ocean floor. You can see it from suburbia and abroad. I can see my house from here features matriarchs and dog owners, truck drivers and farmers' sons. Inpatients and lovers, journalists and birds. The prestigious writing program at the University of Technology, Sydney, showcases this year's talent in its 24th anthology; a collection of short stories, poems, creative non-fiction and screenwriting.
This paper was published in Voice/Presence/Absence, edited by Chris Caines and Malcolm Angelucci ... more This paper was published in Voice/Presence/Absence, edited by Chris Caines and Malcolm Angelucci (UTS ePress, 2014). It compares the representation of traumatic memory in novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, W G Sebald and me. By establishing a narrative voice that simultaneously hides and reveals, by introducing narrative uncertainty and by using chronological complexity, these texts probe how and when to narrate the traumas of the past, and highlight the repercussions of postwar silence.
Book talk: "After Darkness", University of Southern California Dornsife, Shinso Ito Center for Ja... more Book talk: "After Darkness", University of Southern California Dornsife, Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, February 2016.
Half-Japanese Australian author Christine Piper discusses her award-winning novel, After Darkness, and its themes of identity, otherness and the immigrant experience. Set during World War 2, After Darkness is narrated by a Japanese doctor who is arrested as an enemy alien in the pearling port of Broome and then interned at a remote camp in South Australia. When tensions between the nationalist Japanese and the Australian-born Japanese internees escalate, the doctor’s long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences. Christine will comment on the novel’s inspiration and her approach to the research (see http://lovedayproject.com), as well as more general topics such as the Japanese community in Australia and issues facing a mixed-race writer.
In the music-themed issue of Seizure, Christine Piper explores dirty dancing and dirty tactics in... more In the music-themed issue of Seizure, Christine Piper explores dirty dancing and dirty tactics in a basement bar in New York in her short story "Once More, With Feeling".
A partnership between Margaret River Press and Arts Margaret River, this compelling collection of... more A partnership between Margaret River Press and Arts Margaret River, this compelling collection of new writing from Australian writers emerged from the inaugural 2011 Margaret River Short Story Competition. The competition consisted of an Open Category and a South West Category.
Beverley Lello’s winning entry in the Open Category, Things That Are Found in Trees, is a first person narrative that draws the reader in from the opening sentence: “I opened the newspaper today and saw a photograph of a dead elephant calf marooned in a tree by floods in Sri Lanka.”
This is the first ‘thing’ found in a tree within the story. The focus then shifts to the past and memories of an event that occurred when the narrator was seventeen. Central to the story is an event all too familiar in the lives of young men in rural Australia. But this is not a maudlin story. The writing is restrained, respectful and, wears its symbolism lightly.
Second prize open category entry, Christine Piper’s Stranded is a tightly written story set in Japan. The main character, Mr Takeda, is having an affair with a young woman not much older than his daughter. This is a very economical story with a strong sense of character and place. In spite of the ending, there is very little sense of moral judgement: in this world, surface is everything.
The stories in the book “are insightful, sensitive stories, wide-ranging in their interests and, I believe, deeply rewarding. In all of them, there is ‘something new’ for us to discover.”, Richard Rossiter, Editor.
You can see it from a tower overlooking Sydney. From dust-bowl paddocks. From among soft movement... more You can see it from a tower overlooking Sydney. From dust-bowl paddocks. From among soft movements on the ocean floor. You can see it from suburbia and abroad. I can see my house from here features matriarchs and dog owners, truck drivers and farmers' sons. Inpatients and lovers, journalists and birds. The prestigious writing program at the University of Technology, Sydney, showcases this year's talent in its 24th anthology; a collection of short stories, poems, creative non-fiction and screenwriting.
This paper was published in Voice/Presence/Absence, edited by Chris Caines and Malcolm Angelucci ... more This paper was published in Voice/Presence/Absence, edited by Chris Caines and Malcolm Angelucci (UTS ePress, 2014). It compares the representation of traumatic memory in novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, W G Sebald and me. By establishing a narrative voice that simultaneously hides and reveals, by introducing narrative uncertainty and by using chronological complexity, these texts probe how and when to narrate the traumas of the past, and highlight the repercussions of postwar silence.
Book talk: "After Darkness", University of Southern California Dornsife, Shinso Ito Center for Ja... more Book talk: "After Darkness", University of Southern California Dornsife, Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, February 2016.
Half-Japanese Australian author Christine Piper discusses her award-winning novel, After Darkness, and its themes of identity, otherness and the immigrant experience. Set during World War 2, After Darkness is narrated by a Japanese doctor who is arrested as an enemy alien in the pearling port of Broome and then interned at a remote camp in South Australia. When tensions between the nationalist Japanese and the Australian-born Japanese internees escalate, the doctor’s long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences. Christine will comment on the novel’s inspiration and her approach to the research (see http://lovedayproject.com), as well as more general topics such as the Japanese community in Australia and issues facing a mixed-race writer.
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Beverley Lello’s winning entry in the Open Category, Things That Are Found in Trees, is a first person narrative that draws the reader in from the opening sentence: “I opened the newspaper today and saw a photograph of a dead elephant calf marooned in a tree by floods in Sri Lanka.”
This is the first ‘thing’ found in a tree within the story. The focus then shifts to the past and memories of an event that occurred when the narrator was seventeen. Central to the story is an event all too familiar in the lives of young men in rural Australia. But this is not a maudlin story. The writing is restrained, respectful and, wears its symbolism lightly.
Second prize open category entry, Christine Piper’s Stranded is a tightly written story set in Japan. The main character, Mr Takeda, is having an affair with a young woman not much older than his daughter. This is a very economical story with a strong sense of character and place. In spite of the ending, there is very little sense of moral judgement: in this world, surface is everything.
The stories in the book “are insightful, sensitive stories, wide-ranging in their interests and, I believe, deeply rewarding. In all of them, there is ‘something new’ for us to discover.”, Richard Rossiter, Editor.
I can see my house from here features matriarchs and dog owners, truck drivers and farmers' sons. Inpatients and lovers, journalists and birds.
The prestigious writing program at the University of Technology, Sydney, showcases this year's talent in its 24th anthology; a collection of short stories, poems, creative non-fiction and screenwriting.
Half-Japanese Australian author Christine Piper discusses her award-winning novel, After Darkness, and its themes of identity, otherness and the immigrant experience. Set during World War 2, After Darkness is narrated by a Japanese doctor who is arrested as an enemy alien in the pearling port of Broome and then interned at a remote camp in South Australia. When tensions between the nationalist Japanese and the Australian-born Japanese internees escalate, the doctor’s long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.
Christine will comment on the novel’s inspiration and her approach to the research (see http://lovedayproject.com), as well as more general topics such as the Japanese community in Australia and issues facing a mixed-race writer.
Beverley Lello’s winning entry in the Open Category, Things That Are Found in Trees, is a first person narrative that draws the reader in from the opening sentence: “I opened the newspaper today and saw a photograph of a dead elephant calf marooned in a tree by floods in Sri Lanka.”
This is the first ‘thing’ found in a tree within the story. The focus then shifts to the past and memories of an event that occurred when the narrator was seventeen. Central to the story is an event all too familiar in the lives of young men in rural Australia. But this is not a maudlin story. The writing is restrained, respectful and, wears its symbolism lightly.
Second prize open category entry, Christine Piper’s Stranded is a tightly written story set in Japan. The main character, Mr Takeda, is having an affair with a young woman not much older than his daughter. This is a very economical story with a strong sense of character and place. In spite of the ending, there is very little sense of moral judgement: in this world, surface is everything.
The stories in the book “are insightful, sensitive stories, wide-ranging in their interests and, I believe, deeply rewarding. In all of them, there is ‘something new’ for us to discover.”, Richard Rossiter, Editor.
I can see my house from here features matriarchs and dog owners, truck drivers and farmers' sons. Inpatients and lovers, journalists and birds.
The prestigious writing program at the University of Technology, Sydney, showcases this year's talent in its 24th anthology; a collection of short stories, poems, creative non-fiction and screenwriting.
Half-Japanese Australian author Christine Piper discusses her award-winning novel, After Darkness, and its themes of identity, otherness and the immigrant experience. Set during World War 2, After Darkness is narrated by a Japanese doctor who is arrested as an enemy alien in the pearling port of Broome and then interned at a remote camp in South Australia. When tensions between the nationalist Japanese and the Australian-born Japanese internees escalate, the doctor’s long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.
Christine will comment on the novel’s inspiration and her approach to the research (see http://lovedayproject.com), as well as more general topics such as the Japanese community in Australia and issues facing a mixed-race writer.