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Chad

Chad Taylor / MARGINALIA

About Me

Chad Taylor is the author of Departure Lounge, Shirker, Electric, Heaven, Pack of Lies and the short story collection The Man Who Wasn't Feeling Himself. This site includes some new information, media, and links to a few things. It's the companion site to www.chadtaylor.co.nz.

The new paperback edition of Departure Lounge is out in February... More to follow.

My Blog

no matter where we are, we're always touching by underground wires

Draft 7, chapter 19 of 45 completed, Friday night, etcetera. This is where we've been.
Posted by Chad on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:37:00 PST

Best. Track. Ever.

I fell in love with the first cute girl that I metWho could appreciate George BatailleStanding at Swedish festival discussing "Story of the Eye"Discussing "Story of the Eye"-- 'The Past is a Grotesque...
Posted by Chad on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:04:00 PST

Last Frontseat video online now

The final episode of this season's Frontseat is online now which features my interview with opera bass baritone singer Jonathan Lemalu.Big ups to Gemma, John, Gabe and Zelda for looking after me this ...
Posted by Chad on Sat, 05 May 2007 06:20:00 PST

New Frontseat video online

(If I'm standing on an escalator, are they still meaningful stairs?)My new Frontseat item is online here. (I'll archive it on Myspace later.) Recently Wellington's daily newspaper ran a photo spread o...
Posted by Chad on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:58:00 PST

A new, very short story published this month

My latest short story 'Zip' is published this month in The Flash, a new anthology edited by Peter Wild. As the collection's title suggests, it's an anthology of "flash fiction" - complete stories that...
Posted by Chad on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:29:00 PST

cut / dried / discarded / another rusty blade

Fan as I am/was, the new BF album has me reeling with sadness and displeasure... and makes me feel fucking old... Not least of all because he pissed away so many good tracks on the late 70s / early 80...
Posted by Chad on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:47:00 PST

And so it goes

Kurt Vonnegut has died just in time... Lots of things to say about him (he's one of my favourite authors) but for some reason the chatter has put me in mind of what Woody Allen said to the Paris Revie...
Posted by Chad on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:59:00 PST

Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

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Posted by Chad on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:41:00 PST

DEPARTURE LOUNGE continues on Radio this week... And a new vid

The second half of the radio adaptation of Departure Lounge continues on National Radio this week - 10:45am weekdays, concluding Friday.And below, my second item for Frontseat.Frontseat: Art Link ...
Posted by Chad on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:25:00 PST

New ambient viddy

I've uploaded another little ambient light video, this time to YouTube: It's best viewed at the original size......
Posted by Chad on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:51:00 PST