Six Bedrooms – Tegan Bennett Daylight
Six Bedrooms is a collection of 10 short stories about the pain of coming of age. Some are loosely connected to each other via the sad and vulnerable Tasha. I …
Six Bedrooms is a collection of 10 short stories about the pain of coming of age. Some are loosely connected to each other via the sad and vulnerable Tasha. I …
At last! A spare moment to return to my much neglected blog. I read Bodily Harm quite a while ago but just have not had time to blog a review. I’m …
This is the first of US writer James Salter’s books I’ve read, and his first novel in 30 years, and also his last. He died earlier this year. This is …
I finally found some time to read the first of the much talked about Italian writer Elena Ferrante’s (her pseudonym) Neapolitan trilogy. And it was worth the wait. The story …
On Brunswick Ground is a contemporary novel set in Melbourne. It draws on the violent death of journalist Jill Meagher in 2012 to explore the fear that her death evoked in local …
I read A Short History of Richard Kline ahead of hearing Amanda Lohrey speak at the Sydney Writers Festival this year. It seems a long time ago now, and reminds …
I read A World of Other People ahead of hearing Steven Carroll speak at this year’s Sydney Writers Festival. This book won the Prime Minister’s literary award in controversial circumstances last …
Finally, I’ve carved out some time to write a blog post again. Working full time and writing a non-fiction book in my spare time is starting to take its toll …
Helen Garner has really made the true crime and court drama her own, with Joe Cinque’s Consolation, The First Stone, and now This House of Grief. But the tag …
I look forward to the Sydney Writers’ Festival every year, eagerly scanning the program for my favourite writers and the topics that hook me. For me, the festival is about …
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