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The Grass Sister – Gillian Mears
Gillian Mears is one of my favourite authors. She has written just a handful of novels. Her first, The Mint Lawn, won the Vogel award in 1990 and is one of …
Forever Young – Steven Carroll
One of the best books I read last year was ‘A World of Other People‘ by Stephen Carroll. Forever Young is the fifth of his Glenroy series, a collection …
Me and Mr Booker – Cory Taylor
Me and Mr Booker is Taylor’s debut novel and winner of the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize. It is a coming of age story told in first person by Martha, a 16 year old …
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 …
On Brunswick Ground – Catherine de Saint Phalle
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 …
A short history of Richard Kline – Amanda Lohrey
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 …
A World of Other People – Steven Carroll
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 …
This house of grief – Helen Garner
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 …
My Sydney Writers’ Festival
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 …
Summer’s Gone – Charles Hall
I’ve been promising myself I’ll read more widely but yet again, I’ve been diverted by a new book closely related to the book I’m writing. In the case of Summer’s …
