(Castro Essay) Brian Castro Critical essays and other writing

Brian Castro has published many articles and critical essays, as well as appearing in interviews on radio, television and in print. In 1999 a selection of his essays was published by UQP as Looking for Estrellita.

Selected Essays

1999 Looking For Estrellita – Essays on Writing and Culture.
(University of Queensland Press)
(Hbk: ISBN : 0 7022 3114 2 Pbk: 0 7022 3115 0)

Published Articles and Essays

Monographs

1996 Writing Asia and Auto/biography: Two Lectures University College,
Australian Defence Force Academy, January, 1996. (ISBN: 0 7317 0336 7)
Extracted, Australian Humanities Review Ed. Cassandra Pybus, Hypertext.
Auto/biography in Morag Fraser, ed. Seams of Light: Best Antipodean Essays (Allen & Unwin, 1998)

Essays and Articles

• 2005 ‘Parleying Apocalypse’, Meanjin, Vol. 64, No. 4.
• 2004 ‘Caesura’, Griffith Review, Vol. 6, Summer, 2004-5
• 2004 ‘Through a Glass Darkly – W.G. Sebald’s Overcast Style’, Heat, No. 7 (2004).
• 2003 ‘Forgetting Paris’, The Australian Author, July, 2003.
• 2002 ‘Blue Max’, a tribute to W.G. Sebald, Heat, No. 3, New Series.
• 2001 ‘The Persistence of Memory’, in Victor Barker, ed., Paris Studio, Halstead Press, 2001. (ISBN: 1 875684 78 6)
• 2001 ‘Volées’, Catalogue essay for John Young’s Exhibition Pine’s Edge. Anna Schwartz Galleries.
• 2001 ‘Auto/biographie’, Vacarme, No. 15, Printemps, Paris. Trans. Isabelle Lee.
• 2000 ‘Cultural Cringe’ Meanjin, Vol. 59 No. 3.
• 1999 ‘Identity Papers’, The Australian’s Review of Books, 9 June, 1999.
• 1999 ‘Autobiography and Disinheritance’, Australian Humanities Review,
• February,1999.
• 1997 ‘The Role of the Critic’, Australian Book Review, November, 1997.
• 1997 ‘Stepper’, The Shincho Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, Vol. 11, 1997
• 1997 ‘Writing Stepper’, Aurora Australis http://www.australis.org, April.
• 1996 ‘Masked Balls’ Heat. Vol.1, July.
• 1996 ‘Nature Morte’ Art Monthly/Australian Book Review, August
• 1995 ‘Heterotopias: Writing and Location. The Australian Context’ Australian Literary Studies. Winter.
• 1995 Introduction to Beyond Black and White; photography and texts ed. Andy Park (Panda Press).
• 1995 ‘Just Flirting’, The Australian Book Review, June.
• 1995 ‘Lesions’ Meanjin, Vol. 54, No.1.
• 1995 ‘Heterotopias’ Australian Studies Conference Papers, Guangzhou, China.
• 1994 ‘Continental Drift’, The Sydney Institute Papers, August.
• 1994 ‘On the last ten years’, The Good Weekend, September.
• 1993 ‘On Grief’ Saturday Extra, The Age.
• 1991 ‘The Public and the Private – a meditation on noise’, Island magazine, Winter.
• 1991 ‘Necessary Idiocy’ in Striking Chords, Allen & Unwin November, 1991. First published in The Age Monthly Review, February 1989.
• 1991 ‘On Landscape and Inspiration’, The Good Weekend, November.
• 1990 ‘On Gail Morgan’, Editions, July.
• 1985 ‘Finding A Voice’ Asiaweek, May 3.
• 1985 ‘Winning The Race’ Harper’s Bazaar, March.
• 1984 ‘Memoirs of a Displaced Person’ National Times January 6 – 12.
• 1984 Writing In Multicultural Australia, Australia Council, from the Multicultural Writers’ Conference Sydney 1984, A. Ward ed.

Occasional Addresses, Readings and Lectures

• 2002 ‘In 4/4’, reading and jazz, Sydney Opera House.
• 2002 Vienna, reading, 40th anniversary of the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Literatur.
• 2002 Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week. ‘Belonging’.
• 2000 November 15, Reading, Café de la Mairie, Place Saint-Sulpice, Paris.
• 1999 October 14-17, Talks on ‘The Essay’ and ‘The blurring of fiction and reality’,
• Brisbane Writers’ Festival.
• 1999 April 20-22, Readings and talks in Vienna, Austria
• 1999 April 18-20, Readings and talks at the ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary
• 1999 April 12-22, Readings and talks at the Prague Festival, The Czech Republic
• 1997 October 14, Interviewed by Andrea Goldsmith, Deakin University.
• 1997 May 5, In conversation with Adeliene Yen-Mah, Comedy Club, Carlton.
• 1997 April 22, Launch of Stepper Brunswick St Bookstore, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
• 1997 April 13, Launch of Stepper by Louis Nowra, Gleebooks, Sydney.
• 1997 April 13, Reading, The Word On Sunday, Museum Of Contemporary Arts.
• 1997 February 20, Lygon Court, Reading for Heat 3 launch.
• 1997 January 29, Graduate Studies seminar, Dept. of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong.
• 1996 September 20, Reading, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne Festival.
• 1996 September 17, Interview with Cassandra Pybus, Malthouse, Melbourne Festival.
• 1996 September 15, Reading and discussion, Melbourne University.
• 1995 October 4, University Of Canberra, reading and talk.
• 1995 September 14, Reading and discussion, Menzies Library, ANU.
• 1995 August 31, Public Seminar, ADFA, ‘Writing Autobiography’.
• 1995 August 22, ANU paper: ‘Auto/biography’.
• 1995 August 22, Reading at Tilley’s, Canberra.
• 1995 August 15, University of Canberra: Open Lecture: ‘Fiction Structures’.
• 1995 August 9, National Library, Canberra: Lecture ‘Writing Asia’.
• 1995 July 25, Launch of special translation issue of Southerly Magazine.
• 1995 May 19, Talk, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.
• 1995 May 17, Talk, Tezukayama Gakuin University, Osaka Japan.
• 1994 October 12, Reading, Hong Kong University.
• 1994 September 11, Reading, The Word On Sunday, Museum Of Contemporary Arts.
• 1994 September 26, University Of Zhongshan, Guangzhou. Australian Studies Conference.
• 1994 August 17, Reading at Gleebooks Sydney.
• 1994 August, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Writing Australia series.
• 1994 August, The Sydney Institute. ‘Continental Drift: Writing, Experience and Geography’.
• 1994 July, Reading at Readings Melbourne.
• 1994 April 8, Varuna. Western Sydney Writing Project.
• 1993 September, Reading at Mietta’s Melbourne.
• 1992 September, Reading at Mietta’s Melbourne.
• 1991 October, Presentation of The Australian/Vogel award.
• 1991 July 31, Lecture, Writer’s Choice, Sydney University.
• 1991 July 30, Reading at Harold Park Hotel.
• 1991 July 25, Reading and discussion at The Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra.
• 1991 July 24, Reading at Tilley’s Canberra.
• 1991 June 30, Reading for launching of Sydney edition of Island Magazine, Harold Park Hotel.
• 1991 June 26, Launch speech, Double-Wolf, Ariel Bookshop, Sydney.
• 1990 Reading, Salamanca Writers’ Festival, Hobart, Tasmania.
• 1990 March 5, Launch speech, Pomeroy, Adelaide Festival.
• 1988 November 9, Lecture and reading, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail,Toulouse. Reading, staff and students, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail.
• 1988 November 8, Lecture and reading, Université de Rouen.
• 1988 November 3, Lecture, Université de Paris VIII St-Denis.
• 1988 November 2, Lecture, Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Sorbonne.
• Lecture and reading of work, Université de Paris X, Nanterre.
• Press conference at Librairie Compaignie, rue des Ecoles.
• 1988 Symposium, ‘Critical and Creative Writing’, Nepean College.
• 1988 Reading, Sydney Biennale, Art Gallery of N.S.W
• 1985 Lecture and reading, Mitchell College & Orange Town Hall.
• 1984 October 13, Lecture, Multicultural Writers’ Conference, Sydney.
• 1982 Talk, Blue Mountains F.A.W., Katoomba.

Interviews

Radio

• 1997 April 17, ABC 2NC with John Clark.
• 1997 April 14, ABC ‘Arts Today’ with Louise Adler.
• 1997 2 May, ABC ‘Books & Writing’ with Ramona Koval.
• 1997 February 14, ABC ‘Books & Writing’ Special with Graham Little, ‘On Memory and Childhood’.
• 1994 6 October, Radio-Television Hong Kong, Interview.
• 1994 Ad Lib in Australia, interview with Robert Robinson, BBC Radio 4.
• 1994 7 August, ABC ‘Books & Writing’ with Robert Dessaix.
• 1994 August, ABC ‘Arts National’ with David Marr.
• 1992 3 July, ABC ‘Books & Writing’ with Robert Dessaix.
• 1991 July 25, 2XX with Bill Tully, Canberra.
• 1991 July 13, 2SER ‘Sideshow’, with Bruce Williams.
• 1991 July 7, ABC ‘Books and Writing’ with Robert Dessaix.
• 1991 July 22, 5UV ‘Author’s proof’ with Beate Josephi.
• 1991 June 24, ABC ‘Statewide’ with Lee Parker, Adelaide.
• 1990 July 1, ABC ‘Background Briefing’, with Stan Correy.
• 1990 1 April, ABC ‘Books And Writing’, with Margie Bryant.
• 1990 5UZ, with Beate Josephi.
• 1990 5UZ, with Suzanne Hayes.
• 1988 November 7, Radio France-Culture with Alain Veinstein.
• 1988 November 12, Radio France-Culture: ‘Panorama’, with Marc Voinchet.
• 1985 ABC, 2CR
• 1985 2BS, Bathurst.
• 1985 2MCE, Bathurst.
• 1983 October 12, ABC, ‘Books And Writing’, with Jeremy Eccles.
• 1982 ABC, 2CY.

Television

• 1997 April, ABC‘Between The Lines’ with Caroline Baum.
• 1996 September 6, SBS Promotional video for The Australia Council.
• 1994 ABC ‘Sunday Afternoon’ with Peter Ross.
• 1993 SBS, ‘The Bookshow’ with Dinny O’Hearn.
• 1991 July 14, ABC, ‘Sunday Afternoon’ with Peter Ross.
• 1991 July 4, SBS, ‘Dateline’, with Maeve O’Mara.
• 1988 November 10, FR3, France, with Aline Pailler.
• 1985 ‘Focus’, Channel 8.
• 1983 August 30, ‘Today Show’, Channel 9.
• 1982 September 24, ‘Good Morning Sydney’, Channel 10.

Newspapers & Magazines

• 2001 Vacarme, Printemps, Paris, Interview with Gregory Lee.
• 1999 Bastard Moons: Writing the Chinese Diaspora in Australia, with Ouyang Yu (Against The Grain Publishers 1998).
• 1998 Road To East Asia, Vol 3, 1998-99, Isabella Wai, (http://www.yorku.ca/academics/iwai).
• 1997 May, Elle Magazine, with Justine Ettler.
• 1995 Redoubt No.21 with Libby O’Loghlin.
• 1995 August 18, The Canberra Times with Katrina Iffland.
• 1994 August, The Age, with Michael Shmith.
• 1994 July, Island Magazine, with Helen Daniel.
• 1994 July, The Sydney Morning Herald, with Susan Chenery.
• 1993 September 12, The Australian, with Michelle Gunn.
• 1993 September 12, The Sunday Age, with Peter Craven.
• 1992 September 6, The Sun-Herald, with Susan Geason.
• 1992 June, The Australian Book Review, with Rosemary Sorensen.
• 1991 July, The Sunday Age, with Phillipa Hawker.
• 1991 July, The Canberra Times, with Peter Fuller.
• 1991 May, The Sun-Herald, with Judith White.
• 1990 March, The Canberra Times,with Peter Fuller.
• 1988 November 9, La Dépêche.
• 1988 November 9, Le Journal de Toulouse.