I’d never done a 5 o’clock and 8 o’clock show on the same night. It involved hyping myself up, then down, then up again, then down … It helped that there were two great crowds, including friends from Adelaide, Busselton and Dunsborough.
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Nov
This October/November, I’m doing another show in Perth! To BOOK, please click here. What’s it called? How to Write a Tasteful Novel. Did you really write a tasteful novel? Yes, set mostly in Argentina. How many lessons will you teach us? Twenty, including why it’s best not to write in a clothing optional resort. We only…
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Nov
I was very happy with this performance. And what a crowd! It’s affirming to see so many people smiling and to hear them laughing. Some of these pictures came out a little Lucille Ball from the movie Mame. (You can google that reference.) Not such a bad thing, as I approach a milestone birthday.
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Nov
Welcome to HOW TO WRITE A TASTEFUL NOVEL! I was always destined to write a tasteful novel about Argentina. Tonight, I’ll share twenty lessons so that you can write your own tasteful novel. With a Latino hunk, a naughty housewife, Nancy Reagan, Snow White, Jackie Collins and unladylike behaviour in a ladies’ college, you can…
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Oct
In my recent trip to far north Queensland (well, actually, in my two recent trips up there, long story), I learned the lines for How to Write a Tasteful Novel (tickets still on sale!) by walking up and down the beach, listening to myself on a tape recorder. Yes, one of those things from the olden…
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Oct
In the course of preparing for my new show How to Write a Tasteful Novel (tickets still on sale!), I ran my publicity material by other people. One time, my printer was running out of ink. It was meant to come out like this: I kind of like the new version!
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Oct
Rio de la Plata – that very wide estuary between Buenos Aires and the Uruguayan city of Colonia – is mud-based. That’s why it’s tinged with brown. Nothing to do with its quality. That’s what we said when Lisa and I swam in it. It’s not like there’s any pollution in Latin America…
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Oct
If you’re going to catch a plane together, it’s best to be early, because planes can run on time. I say ‘can’ because thanks to Latin American strikes, baggage issues, weather and who knows what else, I’ve gotten to know airports in outer Buenos Aires, inner Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima and Iguazu much better than…
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Oct
