Michaela Gleave’s snowstorm outside the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, on the weekend, was a gorgeously unlikely spectacle.

Two industrial sized fans blowing foam across the grass, while a host of photographers snapped shots, and a busker performed magic tricks – oh and the MCA served bright red snow cones.

I sat down and talked with the writer Christos Tsiolkas at the Sydney Writers Festival a while ago, and it was recorded by The Monthly’s internet channel Slow TV.

We were at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay, in an upstairs room surrounded by Mike Parr’s wordplay and loads of zines. It doesn’t seem long ago, but it was actually May, so much for the immediacy of blogging.

The conversation stemmed from a piece we asked Christos to write, for Cyclic 22, on his musical influences. He was generous with his ideas and opinions at every step of the process, and I think that comes through pretty clearly in this video.