I plan to read Alice Gorman's Dr Space Junk vs the Universe (2019) in the very near future. Knowing I wouldn't have time to feature it during this year's #AusReadingMonth, I decided to search for any other examples of her essay writing instead, to give us all a taste of what's to come.Trace Fossils: The Silence … Continue reading Trace Fossils by Alice Gorman
As many of you know, my TBR pile is out of control. A bigly number of those books are by Australian authors (I feel safe using bigly now that 1. we know that Trump actually said big league and 2. that bigly is a real work, although archaic and rarely used.)I thought I'd list some … Continue reading My #AusReadingMonth Possibilities
One of my good friends has been raving about Salt Creek for nearly a year now. I knew I would love it - it has all the things I usually look for in a good book.Strong, interesting female protagonist, fascinating setting (Younghusband Peninsula in South Australia), a lovely cover design and historical fiction based loosely … Continue reading Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
Desert Lake by Pamela Freeman and illustrated by Liz Anelli follows the dry/full life-cycle on and in Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.It is possible to read Desert Lake as two separate stories. A descriptive narrative runs parallel to information text (in a different sized font) on each page.The non-fiction story takes us through the life cycle of … Continue reading Desert Lake: The Story of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre by Pamela Freeman
I have a very good reason for being so quiet over the past ten days and it has nothing to do with the previous post.I've been on holidays! Mr Books and I had a 6 night child-free excursion to South Australia - specifically Adelaide and the Barossa Valley. I'm a pretty organised kind of person. We both … Continue reading Adelaide | Kerryn Goldsworthy #AWWnonfiction
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