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…
Book recommendations for every reader
My brother has just jetted of on holiday in Darwin and before he left he asked for some book recommendations.…
How would you be described in a book?
Writers can be brutal in their descriptions of their minor characters. While the protagonist is usually complex and multilayered, writers…
Is there a sweet spot between high literature and the beach read?
I have been reading Apeirogon by Colum McCann, a book that I heard widely praised by critics last year. I…
Book review: Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
I swear this will be the last time a choose a book because of its title. I was seduced by…
