Euan Mitchell | Writer
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25.01.2022 Cows are not easy to interview: www.euanmitchell.com.au
25.01.2022 Looking forward to delivering the Sunday morning session of this weekend's Publishing Intensive @Writers_Vic on ePublishing.
25.01.2022 Melbourne's first speculative fiction festival 'Speculate' kicks off this Saturday 28 April from 9 am at Gasworks Theatre in Albert Park. Authors include Jay Kristoff, Alison Goodman and Ami Kaufman. Congratulations to BHI Alumni Joel Martin and his team for this excellent initiative! More info at www.specfic.com.au
24.01.2022 The theme for the latest instalment of Published Or Nots summer edition on 3CR was Life Writing. My first guest was Australias guru on how to write memoir and personal essays, Patti Miller, talking about her latest book Writing True Stories. Followed by the very funny Sheridan Jobbins whose memoir Wish You Were Here is about a wild drive across the USA after the breakdown of her first marriage. ... The podcast of the interviews is free and downloadable from: http://www.3cr.org.au//e/patti-miller-and-sheridan-jobbins
24.01.2022 The story behind this iconic photo of Tommy Woodcock and Reckless was disclosed at the recent launch of Nic Braschs brilliant new book, Horses in Australia. The story and video are at euanmitchell.com
23.01.2022 On behalf of the Published Or Not team for 2018, Id like to let you know the annual radiothon for 3CR Community Radio is now on!
23.01.2022 This is my first post from a new public Facebook page. The cartoon of a wordsmith is by Robert Stephenson who teaches at the Victorian Colleges of the Arts.
22.01.2022 Feral Tracks is being featured by a NSW book club for the next month or so. Nice to see the story still finding new readers since its original release over 20 years ago.
21.01.2022 On behalf of the Published Or Not team for 2018, I'd like to let you know the annual radiothon for 3CR Community Radio is now on!
21.01.2022 Looking forward to delivering the Sunday morning session of this weekends Publishing Intensive @Writers_Vic on ePublishing.
21.01.2022 Aside from working at a check-out for the Coles supermarket in suburban Wantirna (Melbourne), Lucas Di Quinzio has a twisted sense of humour that made me laugh so much I decided to publish his debut book, "A Day at the Park". It reminds me of a college humour version of "Go the F--k to Sleep". Details about free previews in June at euanmitchell.com/news
20.01.2022 Published Or Nots first show for 2018 featured #GlennaThomsonAuthor with her second novel Stella and Margie and Sue Williams with her third novel Live and Let Fry. Both highly recommended. The podcast is free and downloadable from 3CRs website at: http://www.3cr.org.au//epi/glenna-thomson-and-sue-williams
17.01.2022 James Button was our special guest this week on 3CRs Published Or Not. David McLean and I spoke to James about his Walkley Award-winning journalism, writing speeches for Kevin Rudd, and what it takes to become an author #MUPublishing. Free podcast: http://www.3cr.org.au/pub/episode-201801181130/james-button
15.01.2022 Now the important question: Lamb or Koala Salad for Australia Day? More at www.euanmitchell.com
15.01.2022 A booked-out session on digital publishing options coming up with Geelong Writers at Belmont Library, 163 High Street, Geelong from 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday 16 April 2016.
15.01.2022 James Button was our special guest this week on 3CR's 'Published Or Not'. David McLean and I spoke to James about his Walkley Award-winning journalism, writing speeches for Kevin Rudd, and what it takes to become an author #MUPublishing. Free podcast: http://www.3cr.org.au/pub/episode-201801181130/james-button
14.01.2022 Here is the YouTube link to the opening session for the Digital Writers Festival, about how to craft a killer first chapter in a novel. It features Paul Collins (Ford Street publisher and Penguin author), Jane Pearson (senior editor for Text Publishing), Euan Mitchell (author, publisher), and hosted by Michelle Coleman. This webinar was organised by Freshly Squeezed YA Reads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSRACjOoRg
10.01.2022 The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells, published by Text, is a highly entertaining account of bibliomania through the ages and the secrets of the worlds greatest libraries. My radio interview with Stuart for Published Or Not is now freely downloadable @3CR: http://www.3cr.org.au/publishedornot
10.01.2022 Ive never written a book in a garret, but its an honour to have my podcast on The Garret for anyone interested in indie publishing: https://thegarretpodcast.com/euan-mitchell/
10.01.2022 Enza Gandolfo had a chat with me on Thursday about her superbly written second novel, The Bridge, published by Scribe. Enza has seamlessly woven the stories of three compelling characters across four decades, beginning with the collapse of the West Gate Bridge in 1970. The full podcast of the interview is now free and downloadable from 3CRs website: http://www.3cr.org.au/publishedornot
09.01.2022 Last month in Vietnam I finally looked into what actually happened at Khe Sanh that would inspire Don Walker to write a song with that title and who those "sappers" were. Solving a 37-year mystery for me. "Khe Sanh: Winning a Battle, Losing a War", my August blog at euanmitchell.com
05.01.2022 The launch of Lucas Di Quinzio's very funny new picture book for grown-up kids, "A Day at the Park", is at The Brunswick Street Bookstore, 305 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Vic) at 7 pm on Wed 22 July. Free ebook download for a limited time. More info via www.euanmitchell.com
05.01.2022 Recently I visited some great new small publishers in Brooklyn, New York. The most remarkable was Ugly Duckling Presse (yes, with an extra e) at the Old American Can Factory. An insight into their operations is blogged at www.euanmitchell.com.au
04.01.2022 The launch of Lucas Di Quinzios very funny new picture book for grown-up kids, "A Day at the Park", is at The Brunswick Street Bookstore, 305 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Vic) at 7 pm on Wed 22 July. Free ebook download for a limited time. More info via www.euanmitchell.com
04.01.2022 Melbournes first speculative fiction festival Speculate kicks off this Saturday 28 April from 9 am at Gasworks Theatre in Albert Park. Authors include Jay Kristoff, Alison Goodman and Ami Kaufman. Congratulations to BHI Alumni Joel Martin and his team for this excellent initiative! More info at www.specfic.com.au
03.01.2022 It seems hard to believe, but autumn is coming!!! The Makers Shed indie bookshop has been stocked with a great range of new titles for the season, all finalists... in our 2019 High Country Indie Book Award. From gripping memoir to historical fiction, snap up the work of Australias Kim Kelly (meet her at The Makers Shed at midday on March 3 taking about her novel Lady Bird & The Fox) and Euan Mitchell (author of Feral Tracks); and American authors A. M. Watson (author of Infants of the Brush) and Travis C. Yates (author of Nobody Told Me My Legs Dont Work). See more
03.01.2022 Today I was surprised to find an #InDesignCC2017 tutorial made for my students in first semester at Vic Uni passed 5,000 views on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww6Qk4uRPlY Go figure
03.01.2022 Enza Gandolfo had a chat with me on Thursday about her superbly written second novel, 'The Bridge', published by Scribe. Enza has seamlessly woven the stories of three compelling characters across four decades, beginning with the collapse of the West Gate Bridge in 1970. The full podcast of the interview is now free and downloadable from 3CRs website: http://www.3cr.org.au/publishedornot
02.01.2022 Very pleased to be part of the Booklovers Festival held by the #YarraPlentyRegionalLibrary. My (free) Indie Publishing workshop is on Tuesday 11 September 2018, at the Thomastown Library from 6.30-7.30 pm.
02.01.2022 Today was D-Day for the TV series based on my 2006 novel Making Noises. I sent the four-page pitch to the ABCs Head of Comedy in Sydney. Amazingly, he liked the concept and requested the pilot script! Apparently he rejects 95+% of the pitches he receives. These pitches never get to the stage of the pilot script being read. So spending the past 22 months working with Tim Richards to reinvent the story and characters for TV suddenly seemed a slightly less ridiculous way to have spent our time : )
