Book Launch – My Life & Other Fictions

When: Monday December 4, 6pm Where: CAAS Art Shed, 10 Crispe Street, Alice Springs   The debut collection of short fiction from Michael Giacometti, My Life & Other Fictions is unique. It is bold, diverse and richly lyrical. It blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction, fate and desire, identity and history. These are stories…

A review that will sell books

Who said reviews had no power to sell books anymore? Helen Elliot’s review of Cracking the Spine (published by Spineless Wonders) in the recent Weekend Australian will have copies of the book walking off bookshelves if only bookstores stocked small independent publishers. Although Readings have the book on their list, they have no in-store stock…

Monogram: the art of personal design

As a writer with an eye for design, I loved the Vienna Art + Design exhibition at the NGV inĀ  MelbourneĀ a couple of years ago. One aspect that caught my eye was the stylised monograms that each artist/designer placed on all of their works, be it painting or sculpture or cutlery. They were simple, geometric,…

Rebirth of a migrant

Welcome. These pages and blog will feature new (and archived) writing by Michael Giacometti, an emerging writer based in Alice Springs, Australia. The pages will be fully active by the end of this month. He previously blogged poetry on WordPress at michaelgiceometticafepoet.