About the Film: In the summer of 1959, Lisa, a shy schoolgirl, takes a job in Sydney's prestigious department store Goode's. There, her life is changed forever when she meets the "ladies in black." Release date: 20 September 2018 (Australia) Director: Bruce Beresford Based on: The Women in Black by Madeleine St John My Thoughts: … Continue reading Bookish Film Review: Ladies in Black
Australian Classic Fiction
Book A Day: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Day 8: Cloudstreet I've read most of Tim Winton's books, the novels and the short story collections, and Cloudstreet remains my favourite. I first read it after watching the ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club, back in the days when it was still named that, and Marieke had nominated it as one of her all time … Continue reading Book A Day: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
New Release Book Review: Drawing Sybylla by Odette Kelada
Drawing Sybylla... About: Winner of the 2016 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript, Drawing Sybylla is a novel about the challenges women writers have faced in pursuing the writing life. On stage, a woman named Sybil Jones is making a speech. She is talking about the significance of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story ‘The … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Drawing Sybylla by Odette Kelada
The Australian Women Writers Challenge 2017: 20 Books in 16 Weeks
Last year, I participated in a reading challenge titled: The Australian Women Writers Challenge The idea of the challenge is to read a nominated amount of books written by Australian women and to then review and share those reviews with the #aww2016 across your social media platforms. There is also a database on the AWW … Continue reading The Australian Women Writers Challenge 2017: 20 Books in 16 Weeks
A Reflection on an Australian Classic: Haxby’s Circus by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Haxby's Circus... Book Description: Welcome to Haxby's Circus, a world of wandering, of pitching the big top on bare paddocks beside some small town, then of trailing off again on the long dusty roads that lie between the harvest fields... Also a world where a young woman is able to discover herself as a person, … Continue reading A Reflection on an Australian Classic: Haxby’s Circus by Katharine Susannah Prichard
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