Monthly Archive for: ‘July, 2014’

My Beautiful Enemy: War costs more than the body count

There are good reasons this evocative novel about love, obsession and restrained sexual identity — set mainly in an internment camp in rural Victoria during World War II — was shortlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Award … so check it out! What are we talking about? My Beautiful Enemy is the second novel by Australian author Cory Taylor.

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Dear Writer, Virginia’s here to help with your fiction

Dear Writer, I’m so excited that Virginia O’Day popped by this week to answer some of your curlier questions about writing fiction! Virginia is the wise narrator of Dear Writer Revisited by Australian author Carmel Bird and the book is a brilliant guide for all wordsmiths — fledgling or experienced. If you want inspiration, practical

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