In honour of 2012 being designated the national year of reading I'm signing up for a new challenge. This one is to read and review books by Australian Women Writers. I figure if I can't be an Australian Women Writer I can at least support the ones who have toiled and struggled to finally get into print. It's called the Australian Women Writers … [Read more...]
Reading This Week – There Should Be More Dancing – Rosalie Ham
Margery Blandon, an uptight 79-year-old, is on the 43rd floor of the Tropic Hotel debating whether to jump over the edge. How she came to get there is the basis of There Should Be More Dancing by Rosalie Ham. Ham, the author of The Dressmaker, portrays a darkly humorous look at the process of aging, the mistakes of life and the vagaries of … [Read more...]
Letter to my 16 year old self
Have you seen the book "Dear Me, A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self"? An array of celebrities write a letter to their teenage self. If you could jump in the DeLorean and head back to the future to meet up with the kid you once were what advice would you offer? Here's my attempt. … [Read more...]
Reading This Week – Bereft – Chris Womersley
The new novel by Chris Womersley is a dark tale with Gothic sensibilities. Womersley portrays a world of sadness and pain, set in 1919 in the aftermath of the First World War and in the midst of the Spanish Flu epidemic. … [Read more...]
The List of Books to Read
Over in Twitter world Booktopia asked followers to take a picture of the books in their To Be Read pile. I gathered mine together, a motley collection of library books (must remember to return them), bargain basket buys (OK everyone else read them ages OK but I paid $5 instead of $32 to get 'em), a few that have been on my shelf for ages but I … [Read more...]
Reading This Week – Last Summer – Kylie Ladd
Friendship groups are a complex web of inter-personal relationships, emotions, loyalties and betrayals. Aussie author, Kylie Ladd, throws a grenade into one such group and records the ensuing chaos. … [Read more...]
Cooking With Gwyneth
Just a disclaimer to start, cooking is not my strong point. Dinner party guests at my house have been forced to flee to the local Mexican takeaway when the fettucine bore a strong resemblance, and taste, to Glag Glue. I once tried to feed six people with one potato (in my defence it was a big potato). And the first time my then boyfriend (now … [Read more...]
