The Yield... About the Book: Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Shortlisted for the VPLA. Winner, Book of the Year, People's Choice, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at NSW Premier's Literary Award. Shortlisted for the Stella Prize. The yield in English is the reaping, the things that man can take from the land. … Continue reading Book Review: The Yield by Tara June Winch
Month: Aug 2020
A Month of Reading: August
#aww2020 was the only challenge I contributed to this month, adding 4 titles. My reading has been a bit higgledy-piggledy this past month owing to some major life distractions. My total has taken me by surprise, I thought it was going to be much lower! Even though August isn't officially over, I'm calling it because … Continue reading A Month of Reading: August
The Week That Was…
It's that time of the year in high schools where a lot of forward planning is done and that means longer days in the last week. But working until 5pm when you're usually done by 2.30pm is somewhat shocking: to my body and brain, which I had to drag across the Friday finish line, and … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Night Lessons in Little Jerusalem by Rick Held
Night Lessons in Little Jerusalem... About the Book: The hero of this book was not a saint, nor even a tzadik - the nearest Jewish equivalent - but he was a hero. Someone who risked his own life to make a difference to the life of another. Were his motives selfless? No. He was after … Continue reading Book Review: Night Lessons in Little Jerusalem by Rick Held
Behind the Pen with Lili Wilkinson
Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of eleven YA novels including After the Lights Go Out, The Boundless Sublime, Green Valentine and Pink. Lili established the insideadog.com.au website and the Inky Awards at the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, and lives in Melbourne with her … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Lili Wilkinson
Book Review: Tiny Pieces of Us by Nicky Pellegrino
Tiny Pieces of Us… About the Book: From bestselling author Nicky Pellegrino comes a magnificent novel about the unexpected ways in which our lives weave and tangle, and the bravery we find in the most difficult circumstances. ‘My heart is less than one per cent of my body, it weighs hardly anything; it's only a … Continue reading Book Review: Tiny Pieces of Us by Nicky Pellegrino
Author Talks: Christie Nieman on Using Place to Find Your Stories
Place is where I find my stories. Start with a place, I recommend to young writers, and you will find stories, from the journeys of a tiny beetle to the machinations of an elderly patriarch. I forgot about all that though, when soon after my first novel As Stars Fall was released I had children … Continue reading Author Talks: Christie Nieman on Using Place to Find Your Stories
The Week That Was…
How is it Friday again? Trying to get a photo with both dogs looking at the camera at the same time...as bad as children! Masks are not mandatory here in Queensland but with my asthma, I figured some just in case ones might be ideal. I have eight from Contrado, all gorgeous, but this is … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery
Ordinary Matter... About the Book: Inspired by the twenty times women have won Nobel Prizes for science, this short-story collection from award-winning writer Laura Elvery is a dazzling, thought-provoking follow-up to Trick of the Light. In 1895 Alfred Nobel rewrote his will and left his fortune made in dynamite and munitions to generations of thinkers. … Continue reading Book Review: Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery
Book Review: Punch & Judy – A Poetry Collection by Kelly Van Nelson
Punch & Judy… About the Book: Punch and Judy explores the tangled intensity of a toxic relationship. Bestselling author, Kelly Van Nelson, brings her trademark gritty style to this modern poetry collection. She takes readers on a rollercoaster journey from attraction and desire of a couple initially meeting, through the turbulence of abuse at the … Continue reading Book Review: Punch & Judy – A Poetry Collection by Kelly Van Nelson
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