Reflections on the NYT best 100 books of the 21st Century
There’s not much I love more than a ‘best of’ book list, and so when I spotted the New York…
Understanding history is easier if it’s personal
I've always had trouble remembering the exact (or even approximate) dates when it comes to the big events of history.…
Move over Taylor Swift, I’m fangirling over Helen Garner and Sofie Laguna
Has Melbourne ever seen fangirling of the kind we saw last month when Taylor Swift visited Australia for her record-breaking…
Should there be a new book classification for young teens?
Ever since they started reading Spot and Grug, I’ve loved helping my kids choose their next read. As the kids…
My bookish highlights of 2023
Audiobooks I’ve listened to audiobooks while walking, vacuuming and cooking this year and they’ve improved each of these activities immensely.…
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
I did not know that I'd be encountering another neglected boy so soon after reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver…
Kingsolver to Lessons in Chemistry: The best and worst of my holiday reading
It has been quite a while since I posted, but during that time I have been busy travelling, then getting…
There is a lot to consider when planning holiday reading
I’m about to leave on an international holiday with my family and I’ve been doing some careful planning about what…
The boredom and bliss of a long read
The word is that technology is shortening our attention spans. Like the fungus that invades the minds of the infected…
Enough of the politics, I want more fiction at writers festivals
I have a love/hate relationship with politics. I love that we have a stable form of politics in Australia, even…
