I had good intentions to blog about these books immediately after I read them but it didn’t happen. They’ll never be my blog “brides” now. As “bridesmaids” they deserve honourable mentions. So get yourself a glass of bubbly to sip as I toast. Collected Stories: James Salter Why have I not read James Salter before
Courtney Collins’ novel, The Burial, has been described as a breathtakingly brilliant debut in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy. In this Q & A she tells ABBW about the female bushranger, Jessie Hickman, who inspired the book; how the question “Can a woman be free?” lies at the heart of her first novel; and how landscape can
Pip Harry’s novel, I’ll Tell You Mine, recently won a trans-Tasman award for its usefulness in a family therapy setting. In this Q & A she tells ABBW about the book’s mettlesome character, Kate, other young adult authors she admires and a non-fiction project she’s working on about dating, sex, love and relationships. Your novel
When Gabrielle Carey wrote to reclusive Australian novelist Randolph Stow to tell him her mother — his childhood friend — was dying, she could not have anticipated the journey of discovery that would unfold. The ensuing literary-pilgrimage-cum-family-quest is detailed in Moving Among Strangers. The journey sees Carey: reconnect with extended family; explore places in Western
My story “Walk Beside Me” has been shortlisted for the 2013 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers. The four judges from Victoria University and Overland magazine — Enza Gandalfo, Jennifer Mills, Jeff Sparrow and Jacinda Woodhead — “read blind” and chose from 830 entries what they believed to be “12
Who owns the land? — Those who till it or those who hold the title deeds? How permeable should a community’s boundaries be? — Welcoming of all or divided into “insiders” and “interlopers”? These pithy questions lie at the heart of Harvest by Jim Crace; the novel tipped by many as the Man Booker Prize
Friends are urging me to see the movie The Turning this October long weekend and, if my time-poor dips into popular Australian Tim Winton’s book (on which the film is based) are anything to go by, it should be both challenging and fun. Even without the cinematic drawcards of Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh, Hugo Weaving
Today Spineless Wonders released “Shooting Star” by Marjorie Lewis-Jones, the fifth in its series of twelve women’s long eStories selected by Amanda Lohrey. “Marjorie Lewis-Jones’ insightful characterisation of Orley as well as her earthy narrative, connects the reader to a uniquely personal experience with a most recognisable and universal theme.” Take a look at the
The book review and author interview blog A Bigger Brighter World bucks the national literary trend by reviewing far more female authors than male authors. The Stella Count, this week released by the Stella Prize with industry magazine Books+Publishing, found that last year in Australia more books written by men were reviewed than books written
This one of the scariest books I’ve read this year and perhaps ever. It’s also one of the cleverest I’ve encountered in recent times at evoking how the American dream can easily turn sour. Paul Krovik is a property developer who subdivides some acreage, builds his family a model home and gets into debt due
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