Carody Culver

Carody Culver is a freelance writer and editor and part-time bookseller. Her work has appeared in Kill Your Darlings, Archer, Peppermint, Books+Publishing, The Toast, Junkee and Spook. She’s also Assistant Editor at Peppermint magazine and Co-Editor for the Fanciful Fiction Auxiliary, a writing and performance project that celebrates the art of bad romance. Carody was the 2014 Books Columnist for Kill Your Darlings online. carodyculver.com / @carodyc

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No Such Thing As Monsters: Shirley Jackson and the Unspeakable Everyday
Culture
05 Jul, 2015

No Such Thing As Monsters: Shirley Jackson and the Unspeakable Everyday

Carody Culver

In June 1948, The New Yorker ran a piece called ‘The Lottery’ by a writer named Shirley Jackson. This short but shocking story (spoiler alert) describes the residents of a small American village preparing for their annual lottery, an event chillingly devoid of decent prizes – it’s soon disclosed that the villagers are drawing lots […]
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No Such Thing As Monsters: Shirley Jackson and the Unspeakable Everyday
Culture
05 Jul, 2015

No Such Thing As Monsters: Shirley Jackson and the Unspeakable Everyday

Carody Culver

Desk Jockeying: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Work
Society
20 Jan, 2014

Desk Jockeying: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Work

Carody Culver

Do you ever feel that you don’t spend quite enough time in your pyjamas? For those of us who work from home, perhaps the opposite applies (I say this as someone who both works from home and should own shares in Peter Alexander). I’m fairly certain that working from home has always been a dream […]
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Desk Jockeying: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Work
Society
20 Jan, 2014

Desk Jockeying: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Work

Carody Culver

Writing the Capital: The Myth of Community in NW and Capital
Culture
31 Mar, 2013

Writing the Capital: The Myth of Community in NW and Capital

Carody Culver

In our increasingly confusing modern world – a place of blurring borders and shifting identities, where our desire to be permanently connected threatens to alienate us from ourselves and each other – the tradition of the city novel feels more salient than ever. As populations grow and cities spread, so too does our fascination with […]
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Writing the Capital: The Myth of Community in NW and Capital
Culture
31 Mar, 2013

Writing the Capital: The Myth of Community in NW and Capital

Carody Culver