I wonder if Geek Love would have survived cancel culture
I have to admit that I felt more than a little uneasy reading Katherine Dunn’s cult classic, Geek Love ……
The battle of the bookshelves
There are a lot of reasons to disagree at the moment. We can argue endlessly about the advantages and disadvantages…
You can’t judge a book by its review
The last book I read was fabulous. Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women shocked me, and moved me, and changed me. When…
Why I’m Stocking My Bookshelf with Books I’ve Already Read
I visited the charity shop earlier in the week and was thrilled to find Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies,…
I’m suffering from bookish FOMO
I’m about to start reading The Dictionary of Lost Words and I can’t get into it quickly enough. You see,…
Maybe the Horse Will Talk by Elliot Perlman
Elliot Perlman’s Maybe the Horse Will Talk is entirely different from his other books I have read – Three Dollars…
My reading highlights of the first half of 2021
Like last year, when it took me months to plough through The Brothers Karamazov, this year my reading has been…
Should authors shut up and let their books do the talking?
Sometimes I really hate it when writers open their mouths. I was reminded of this recently when I heard that…
More feel-good fiction for our fourth (and final?) lockdown
None of us thought we’d be here, did we? As Melbourne endures its fourth lockdown, we're all feeling a little…
I’ve had enough of the childish narrator … for now
Some of my favourite narrators are children. It can be incredibly moving to immerse yourself in the life of a…
