Dimensions
128 x 198 x 13mm
Edited by Karen Anderson & Bill Manhire
New Writing.
The Victoria University writing course, directed by Bill Manhire, has become famous for producing brilliant new writers, but what makes this course so successful and what really happens in the classes? This book offers a glimpse behind the scenes, an insight into the class of 2000. More than just another collection of new writing, 'Spectacular Babies' shows what it is like to be an emerging writer.
The book includes the work of all ten writers on the 2000 course: poets, novelists, short story writers and (auto)biographers, of varied ages and backgrounds. Some have chosen to share their personal writing notebooks, many reproduce exercises from the course (including the fascinating 'Spectacular Babies' assignment), and there are also enticing samples from major works in progress.
Bill Manhire's illuminating introduction sets the scene for an entertaining collection from some of our finest new writing talent.
