Do harrowing books prepare you for the worst or make you fear it?
I heard an interesting TED Talk on resilience recently, delivered by a mother who had lost her 12-year-old daughter in…
Forget COVID, it might be Dostoyevsky that pushes me over the edge
I’ve got to admit that I’m struggling. I know, I know – as Victoria enters its gazillionth week of lockdown…
My favourites … updated
As Victoria looks ahead to months of lockdown, and readers rely on great books for consolation, distraction and entertainment, here…
If only we knew each other the way we know our favourite book characters
I didn’t really think about Bob Hawke much before he died. I was a young child when he was prime…
My year in books
I recently wrote about my favourite books of 2018 for Ten Daily. However, this isn’t the whole story, as there…
