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Rooting on The Wrackline

Posted on February 20, 2022 by AHC McDonald

Tim Winton will deliver The Perth Festival Writers Week closing address Feb 2022. Images from The Sunday Times. Phwoar! He opened the Sunday Times. And Phwoar! Again! The magazine was chockers with quotes! And photos of him walking on the … Continue reading →

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Phwoar! Jennifer Byrne

Posted on July 17, 2017 by AHC McDonald

In which Tom Whitebait endures the inevitable interview with Jennifer Byrne. It’s supposed to be about the new book, phwoar, but inevitably the talk turns to bloody Cliché Street again. The Interview “Phwoar,” he breathes, sinking back into his chair, feeling … Continue reading →

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Phwoar! Perongerups!

Posted on July 15, 2017 by AHC McDonald

Another excerpt from phwoar, where Tom Whitebait finally gets builders pencil to Moleskin and gets some writing done. Tom’s tips for young writers wanting to use fish in their fiction: Bonito: Hard fighting but very poor tasting fish. I would advise … Continue reading →

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phwoar! Writer’s Block

Posted on July 13, 2017 by AHC McDonald

Another excerpt from phwoar, where Tom Whitebait battles writing block in a fashion that could possibly be described by comparing it to that time he hooked two dolphinfish on the same handline in Boggo’s old stinkboat and then how afterwards … Continue reading →

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Phwoar! Me own lecture theatre

Posted on July 11, 2017 by AHC McDonald

Another excerpt from phwoar, where Tom Whitebait finds himself inside possibly three nested dream dunnies, the burden of his opus, Cliché Street weighing him down… Lecture Circuit “Phwoar. Me own lecture theatre. Bewdy.” He knows there is a Coetzee Centre … Continue reading →

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Phwoar, Margaret River

Posted on July 8, 2017 by AHC McDonald

Another excerpt from phwoar. Tom Whitebait finds himself in Margs for a book signing. He rolls off quickly towards Settlers Tavern, the chalkboard lists of coming attractions drawn in pastel colours of flowers, wreaths even, cast onto these slated waters, … Continue reading →

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Yallingup Phwoar

Posted on July 5, 2017 by AHC McDonald

Couldn’t let TWOP finish without highlighting some more of our wonderful unpublished Phwoar. This section a masterpiece mainly by Alex. Has Tim ever reached these heights of literature?  No. He has not. ” It’s absolutely magnificent “…the understated chandelier that … Continue reading →

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On the Bib’

Posted on June 29, 2017 by AHC McDonald

Since nobody would publish our Booker compliant masterpiece phwoar, I might have to post some excerpts here for some kind of posterity. We find Tom Whitebait finishing the last section of the Bibbulman Track at Albany, dried Chiko Roll skins … Continue reading →

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Outrage Sunday 287 Freo message stick

Posted on March 26, 2017 by rottobloggo

This reminded me of the wail in Sideways: “I’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue surging out to sea with a million tons of raw sewage.” But still the message got through. This was, er, inside. Really? What about … Continue reading →

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Pulped Fiction 

Posted on October 21, 2016 by AHC McDonald

Seems incredible that there has been no media on this. Rumour has it that Tim Winton’s new book “The Boy Who Wiped it on The Curtains” was misprinted and had to be returned and pulped by Penguin. Where are the … Continue reading →

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