Maggots. The gift that keeps on giving. From my mother-in-law.

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Cathy Dreyer — 21 Comments

My mother-in-law may not have realised it when she gave me maggots for Christmas, but they were just what I needed most in my life. Maggots. Lots of them. All dead. Just before I opened her present, she did warn…

Ironic bombs: Jane Austen, Jennifer Egan and twitter

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Cathy Dreyer — 8 Comments

Are you on top of the technology? Jane Austen was. Yes, not only did she write beautiful, compelling prose, she also understood the technology she was using. I did not know that until I took a seminar with Barry Webb,…