tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post7725442923223067352..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-71158886979980851382008-08-02T11:15:00.000+12:002008-08-02T11:15:00.000+12:00...one wonders where these spectres of 'academic' ......one wonders where these spectres of 'academic' knowledge, judging cultural appropriation live? Where can I find them? Who has censored Paula Morris? Why is an art gallery owner part of some "intellectual" conspiracy?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172588733414585261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-75444558852155991722008-07-31T22:11:00.000+12:002008-07-31T22:11:00.000+12:00A similar discussion is happening over at Rachael ...A similar discussion is happening over at Rachael King's blog too<BR/><BR/>http://soundofbutterflies.blogspot.com/2008/07/describing-describer.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-79549854274653883212008-07-31T14:28:00.000+12:002008-07-31T14:28:00.000+12:00Great post! This was discussed on some of the pane...Great post! This was discussed on some of the panels at the Byron Bay Writers' Festival on the weekend. Basically some writers felt comfortable writing outside their own experience and others pulled back when they felt they felt they couldn't 'authentically' imagine the world they were writing/researching. But the backbone of fiction is obviously imagination - you're exactly right. Australian author Max Barry was questioned as to why he sets his books in the US - but really his corporate/consumerist satires are perfectly suited to that environment and would have felt contrived elsewhere.<BR/>LMLiteraryMindedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017526368314189191noreply@blogger.com