First Chapters Q&A with Wayne Marshall
Wayne Marshall is a writer and musician. His stories have appeared in Going Down Swinging, Island, Review of Australia Fiction and elsewhere. He is the co-founder of the Peter Carey Short Story Award. Wayne will be reading from his short story collection Shirl at First Chapters on Friday 7 February. 1. Brunswick Bound has asked you to read a piece from your published work. Tell us what we can ex pect from the piece you have chosen? I’m still deciding which story from Shirl to read, but most likely it’ll be something comic. So: either an alien invasion that leads to a ban on Australian Rules football; a lonely Yowie that leaves the bush to attend a Desperate and Dateless ball; or the unveiling of a striking new girlfriend by a man named Geoff. That kind of thing? 2. How would you describe your writing? It’s a bit of a dirty word in literary circles, but I see myself first and foremost as an entertainer. Humour, adventure, twists and turns, crazy goin...