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new edition of The Edge of Bali 2012 with Transit Lounge
In 2012 a new edition of my 1992 novel The Edge of Bali will be published in a new edition
lecture at Bo?aziçi Üniversitesi
Lecture at Department of Western Languages and Literature, Bogazici (Bosporus) University, Tuesday November 22
Yoga and Writing Workshop in Istanbul 4.12.11
Yoga and writing workshop in Istanbul Sunday 4 December 2011 at Yogatime http://www.yogatime.com.tr/ Here’s the info in Turkish: “BEDEN? YAZMAK”
At Istanbul Book Fair Sunday 13 November
A session talking to an audience with phenomenal Turkish writer Ayse Kulin at the Istanbul Book Fair on Sunday 13
Kaplanla Yan Yana
Kaplanla Yan Yana is the title of the Turkish translation of With The Tiger, just published by Everest Yayinlari (Istanbul);
Istanbul ! Istanbul! Istanbul!
That’s where i am now. Could stay for a very long time …
With The Tiger ninth ebook title
With The Tiger is now published as an ebook at Smashwords.com and at Amazon’s Kindle Store. It’s my ninth ebook.
Review of Always Hungry in SMH: “playful, beguiling, horrifying and sexy”
A review of Always Hungry by Kerryn Goldsworthy appeared in Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald on 15-16 Oct 2011. This is
With The Tiger at The Razor’s Edge site
A new page about With The Tiger at a web site devoted to Bill Murray’s film adaptation of The Razor’s
coming soon: new website, new ebook
My website is being re-designed by Elise @ dreamboxdesign.com.au My back list will all be published as ebooks: that’s a
A Book’s Journey at Melbourne Writers Festival Sat 27 Aug
I’ll be on this panel ” A book’s journey” part one, talking about how books come about http://www.mwf.com.au/2011/?name=event-info&event=220
A Book’s Journey at Melbourne Writers Festival 27 August
I’ll be part of this program all about books and publishing. Here: http://www.mwf.com.au/2011/?name=event-info&event=220
Launch of Always Hungry at Melbourne Writers Festival on 28 Aug
My new novel Always Hungry will be launched with other Press On titles on Sunday 28 August; Free and All
Always Hungry will be launched on August 28 2011
My new novel. Look out for the new page on my website. Published by Press On in association with ASP
review of With The Tiger in Quadrant
This review by Irina Dunn appeared in Quadrant May 2011 quote “This interesting, satisfying and revealing work of fiction is
Williamstown Literary Festival 30 April
Williamstown Literary Festival 29 April – 1 May 2011 Saturday 30th, at the Williamstown Lit Fest (Melbourne) i’ll be giving
“Year of the Novel” at Victorian Writers Centre
http://vwc.org.au/services/news/post/getting-to-know-you/
“A Long Way from Katrina” in LRB-blog
My piece on the cyclone in Far North Queensland in the London Review of Books blog http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011/02/14/inez-baranay/a-long-way-from-katrina/
interview on Radio Australia with Phil Kafcaloudes
An interview with Phil Kafcaloudes about my novel With The Tiger on Radio Australia today can be heard at http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/today/
Writers on Rafts flood appeal
I’ve donated my services (author visit or manuscript assessment). See http://writersonrafts.com/
reading at Leichhardt Sydney Feb 3 at 6 pm
Irina Dunn interviews Inez Baranay and Michael Wilding at Leichhardt Library, 6 pm, February 3
reading at Midsumma festival Melbourne 27 Jan
Reading at Hobson Bay Library, Williamstown at 6 pm as part of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival Midsumma celebrating Queer Culture
On The Brisbane River in London Review blog
A piece about the floods http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011/01/17/inez-baranay/on-the-brisbane-river/
Drugarica Za Izlaske: Party Girl in Serbian
My short story Party Girl was translated into Serbian as Drugarica Za Izlaske and published in POLJA No. 466 November/December
“Really Talking” in Perilous Adventures
“Really Talking: remembering Sasha Soldatow” published in Perilous Adventures Issue 10.04. Also from the forthcoming memoir. Read it here: http://perilousadventures.net/1004/baranay.html
“We’re So Lucky” in Wet Ink
“We’re So Lucky: Gold Coast” was published in Issue 20 of Wet Ink magazine. It’s a chapter of my forthcoming
Back in Australia
11 August 2010 Living in Melbourne.
living in Goa, India
I’ve been living in Goa since March 1st and expect to be here for a few more months, maybe til
India February March 2010
February 20-22, 2010 International Conference “Diaspora Space : Voices and Voyages” Department of English , Jamshedpur Women’s College. Jamshedpur February
conference in Jamshedpur, India
I will be a guest at the International conference “Diaspora Space: Voices and Voyages” on 20th to 22nd February, 2010
With The Tiger translations: Italian, Turkish
With The Tiger is being translated into Italian by Taddeo Roccasalda. Everest Publishers in Istanbul are preparing a translation of With
Het beeld van Europa
A section of mine from the current memoir project called ” The Idea of Europe” translated into Flemish by Ingrid
Australia!
Tomorrow i begin my trip back to Australia after two and a half years away. I’ll live in Melbourne.
Writing Lessons in Griffith Review
“Writing Lessons” is my memoir of the settings of my first seven books and the settings in which they were
With The Tiger at The Razor’s Edge
All about With The Tiger at a site devoted to Bill Murray’s film of The Razor’s Edge. http://www.theoldcorner.org.uk/withetiger.htm
Berlin!!!
I arrived in Berlin a week ago to spend about three months here.
interview on TV in Flanders
Soon after i began my residency in Antwerp, a local TV station with a book program recorded an interview with
leaving Belgium, going to Latvia
On July 1st I begin a one month residency at the House of Writers and Translators at Ventspils, on the
Interview about With The Tiger in The Hindu
http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2009/05/16/stories/2009051650800700.htm
literary social events in Antwerp
Monday 11 May I attended a dinner for 24 people from Belgium’s literary scene at Villa Hellebosch, in the countryside http://www.beschrijf.be/index.php?q=beschrijf/residents_writings/
Antwerp, Belgium
I am staying at the PEN-Flanders flat in Antwerp Belgium until the end of June. Am most grateful for this
Antwerp, Belgium
I am staying at the PEN-Flanders flat in Antwerp Belgium until the end of June. Am most grateful for this
Press On Publishing
A new publishing venture in Australia. Press On will publish an Australian edition of With The Tiger next year. Have
Dehra Dun, Delhi
I stayed on in Rajpur near Dehra Dun to do a second three week yoga course at the Yog-Gangga Centre
Delhi, Dehra Dun
Spending four days in Delhi, seeing friends and my publisher, doing the odd interview for With The Tiger. On to
launch of Fiction as Window by V Padma
On 18 February I spoke a the launch of V Padma’s brilliant book Fiction as Window: critiquing the Indian literary cultural ethos
Readings at Sangam House 6 February
I joined the resident writers and a few other writers at the end of the writers’ season at Sangam House
Sangam House reading in Chennai, January 29
On Thursday (Jan 29) I was invited to join the international writers group from nearby Sangam House to read at
current location: Pondicherry, India
I moved to Pondicherry just before New Year, to spend a couple of months living and writing here. Officially the
Australian Studies conference Sri Lanka Dec 2- 5
I will be a guest at this conference in Sri Lanka for the Association for the Study of Australasia in
Film Bazaar, Goa, India
I will be attending the Goa Film Bazaar from November 26-29. I will be pitching my films Neem Dreams and
Readings at Ledig House
I’ve been at Ledig House for a week, am here til the end of October. This evening there’ll be public
“Amsterdam, one winter” in Australian Author
My piece about being at Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam has come out in the August edition of Australian Author
Chateau de Lavigny
http://www.chateaudelavigny.ch/ My time at this wonderful, beautiful, peaceful place ends on September 15. I have been living here with four
goodbye Rome hello Nimes
I left Rome and the BR Whiting Library on July 31 after 6 wonderful months based there. Now i am
With The Tiger has been published
I received my first copy of my new novel With The Tiger just published by HarperCollins India. What a beautiful
Ljubljana, April 9
On Tuesday April 9 I took a seminar for students in the course on Australian Literature, at the University of
Australian Women’s Writing at Budapest, April 2
Then on April 2nd i spoke with another exceptional group of students in the course on Australian Women’s Writing co-ordinated
Budapest, Australian studies
April 1st in Budapest, i spoke at the weekly 90 minute long seminar in the “Focus on Australia” course at
Rome residency
At the beginning of February I began my six month residency at the BR Whiting Library in Rome, Italy, granted
“Neem Dreams” screenplay at Binger Film Lab
At the end of January, I completed five wonderful months at Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam. As one of a
“Party Girl” in Wet Ink
My short story “Party Girl” was published in Wet Ink magazine in December 2007. Read here
“Your guru is your practice” in Iyengar The Yoga Master
My chapter “your guru is your practice” is included in the new volume “Iyengar the Yoga Master” edited by Kofi
6 months in Rome in 2008!
I have been given a grant by the Literature Board of the Australia Council to spend six months in Rome
Leaving the Gold Coast…
Am packing up as i leave the place where i have lived for over seven years … and leave Australia
With The Tiger publication
The contracts have been signed… my next novel With The Tiger is coming out with HarperCollins India … probably December
Writers Saloon at Swingin Safari 24 June
I’m reading and speaking at the Writers Saloon on Sunday June 24 – my last reading in Australia for who
Binger Film Lab, Amsterdam Sept 07
I have been accepted into the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam for their September 07 – February 08 semester where
“Yoga and Writing” workshops USA July 2007
Yogacharya Yoga Convention July 14 This page will give details of my workshop and talks at the Convention in honour
Review of sun square moon by Norman Sjoman
A review of my book “sun square moon: writings on yoga and writing” has appeared on the Black Lotus Books
Yogacharya Yoga convention
Yogacharya Yoga Convention here July 9-15 in Santa Clara, California I’m giving a workshop (Yoga and Writing) and two talks
new review of Neem Dreams in API
Have just been sent this review from API Review of Books Citation Ch A Rajendra Prasad. ‘Review: Neem Dreams by
testimonial for yoga and writing
I received this lovely testimonial from author and yoga devotee Sarah Armstrong as I prepare my latest Yoga and Writing
new edition of Neem Dreams in USA
A new edition of my novel Neem Dreams is now available at Amazon here Read about Neem Dreams here
“Freshening the Mind” in “Creative Writing”
My essay “Freshening the mind: an account of teaching a three-week creative writing course in Chennai, India, which is also
new story “Three Mythic Moments”
A new story “Three Mythic Moments in the life of family and friendship” is published in the new collection called
Interview in Galician in Vigo
In Vigo i was interviwed for the university paper – questioned in Spanish, answered in English, results in Galician. I
Lectures in Oviedo and Vigo, Spain, October 25, 27
Still traveling in Spain. Gave my talks at the universities in Oviedo on October 25 and Vigo on 27th, speaking
Yoga and writing workshop July 2007 in USA
I am scheduled to give the yoga and writing workshop next July in Santa Clara, California, at the Yogacharya Festival,
Lectures in LLeida and in Tarragona, Spain.
Thursday 5 October in LLeida Monday 9 October in Tarragona Each of these towns is a day-trip from Barcelona. A
Lecture in Barcelona Spain
I had been invited to give the sixth MacDermoot Lecture here on 5 October 2006. At the “Centre d’estudies Australians,
Sasha Soldatow 1947 – 2006
Sasha was an old old friend. He gave me a writing lesson i never forgot when he edited an early
Review of Best Stories in French journal Cercles
A review of Best Stories Under the Sun (D. Myers and M. Wilding, eds) CQUP, 2004 in which my short
“Scene Stealers” in The Weekend Australian
A piece I wrote on novels based on earlier novels and my recently completed novel Lotus Feet (based on Somerset
Ulrick Prize Dinner and Readings June 13, 14
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts offer a yearly prize of $10,000 each for a short
Casual academics article
My essay (“At Last A Job”) on the casualisation of academic teaching was published in the Autumn 2006 edition of
Chiasmus Reading Surfers Paradise 28 May 06
The writing group Chiasmus from Griffith University Gold Coast were joined by writing students from QUT (they share charismatic teacher
Sunshine Coast short story competition May 06
I judged this, choosing 1st, 2nd and 3rd plus 7 commended from 149 entrants. They will be published in an
Josephine Ulrich Literature Prize May 2006
I read the 271 entrants for the country’s richest short story prize ($10,000) and chose the winner and runner-up with
Meera Nanda Delhi
Back in Delhi i had the great pleasure of meeting Meera Nanda, whose work I have admired since i came
Australian Studies conference Ajmer Jan 06
Set off on a freezing, dark, pre-dawn Delhi morning to get the train to Ajmer; Australian poet Les Murray and
booksource.com.au
Kathryn Johnson has her new Booksource website up (www.booksource.com.au). She is the exclusive distributor for my in-print titles in Australia.
Creative Writing course Chennai
My old friend Eugenie Pinto is the headmistress here – I wrote about meeting her in “Letter from Madras” published
Writers Workshop Kolkata
I spent three weeks in the astonishing city of Calutta and met several writers, booksellers and librarians. And notably, I
Beyond Borders conference Melbourne Nov 05
“Beyond Borders – creative strategies for global harmony” inaugural conference of the Asia Pacific Writers Network I went travelling in
Yoga and Writing Workshop November 05
Held at Victorian Writers Centre Am WAY late posting this but wanted to note how stimulating it was to give
New book: sun square moon has arrived
Now that I’ve got a blog I’ve had to decide what to write here. No book reviews, literary journalism, political
Not crazy any more
Elise is over helping me update my website. She said it was crazy to be a writer and not have
Journal Articles since 2000
“Scene Stealers” An article about literary borrowings and my novel With The Tiger Review, The Weekend Australian, July 1-2, 2006,
Fiction and Essays since 2000
“Party Girl” Wet Ink Magazine Issue 9 December 2007 Download “Adventures in Self-Publishing.” Arts of Publication: Scholarly Publishing in Australia