The Year My Hair Fell Out

The Year My Hair Fell Out

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My first stab at fiction that's loosely based on that first year one has living and working abroad. The setting is South Korea and the year is 2003.

The Year My Hair Fell Out is a somewhat loose account of one’s defining first year living and working abroad in a foreign culture. We witness the story via the eyes of one Don Laridis, a mid-thirties Australian who has left Sydney to teach English in South Korea, a country he knows next to nothing about. Unbeknownst to Don, the English academy that he has been recruited for has gone belly up. Inst

23/04/2026

Thanks to Hayden who picked up a copy in Wellington NZ yesterday. Years on surprises do happen. Enjoy the read.

08/04/2026
Interview: Bob Blunt | SmartShanghai 08/04/2026

I googled and found this article w/Josh Feola in 2014.

Interview: Bob Blunt | SmartShanghai Blunt on Blunt: the novelist speaks about the year his hair fell out ahead of his book launch on Thursday at The Bookworm...

Photos from The Year My Hair Fell Out's post 12/10/2024

Beijing Bikini album launch
It’s a Saturday night and we’d loved to see you - Marrickville Bowling Club October 19

Darlo Drama presents The Treatment 16/08/2024

One down with just two performances left tonight (7pm) and tomorrow Sunday at 5pm. Hope you can make one of them. Last night was opening night and opened with a bang literally as the skies stormed down on Darlo Drama.

This play has everything - it’s dark, twisted with sardonic humour, light and shade; all done with NY street accents that are physical and befitting of the streets that the play is set on. It’s been challenging putting this one on but well worth the ride. Our director Sean O’Riordan has done a great job, with show being the 4th time to experience such tutelage.

A word from Wiki about Martin Crimp (UK playwright). Their work exudes ‘multi-faceted theatre, rich in textural and visual nuances, moving beyond rigid groupings of drama types and genres.’ Where else would this be shown but Darlo Drama

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Darlo Drama presents The Treatment Darlo Drama Presents The Treatment Set in New York, the play tells the'story of Anne, a young woman whose husband likes to tie her up and silence...

Darlo Drama presents Circle Mirror Transformation 05/05/2024

Last shout and opportunity to see this wonderful play ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ today at 5pm at Darlo Drama. It’s a clever fictional but very real story written by contemporary American playwright Annie Baker.

Come look inside a
six week community drama class and watch the characters connect to each other before unraveling in various ways.

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Darlo Drama presents Circle Mirror Transformation Darlo Drama Presents Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. In Shirley, Vermont, Marty, an acting teacher, holds an "Adult Creative Drama"...

25/04/2023

Come help MoshPit Bar celebrate 6 years over 2 weekends in May - all FREE admission

MoshPit Bar Welcome to MoshPit! The small rock’n’roll dive bar on King St. Live music 6 nights a week.

25/01/2023

Chris Hemsworth in Disney + series ‘Limitless’ - wonder what he thought - how did it even get onto his lap in the first place lol

12/11/2021

In 2013-14 I was lucky to meet a great graphic artist who helped me with this tome. Here's a link about the said process

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