Oh me, oh my!What a seductive, chilling, creepy, psychological family drama this is.Set in Sydney during the 1930's and 40's, The Watch Tower follows the young lives of Laura & Clare.Orphaned when first their father dies. Then abandoned by their incredibly selfish, self-absorbed, negligent mother who leaves them to go off & do her own … Continue reading The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower
Nancy Fotherington Cato was born 11th March 1917 in Glen Osmond, SA.She studied English Literature at the University of Adelaide, then went onto work as a journalist and art critic.She married Eldred De Bracton Norman in 1941 - they had two sons & one daughter.They moved to Noosa in Qld where Cato became heavily involved … Continue reading C is for Nancy Cato
Aussie Author Challenge #2This week we visit a contemporary Australian writer, poet & critic.James BradleyBorn 15th May 1967 in Adelaide, SA.Bradley stuudied at the University of Adelaide where he studied law & philosophy. He now lives in Sydney with his partner, the novelist Mardi McConnochie, and daughters, Annabelle and Lila.NovelsWrack (1997) - Shortlisted for Miles … Continue reading B is for James Bradley
State by State is a rather ambitious attempt by me to list books that highlight or feature certain states of Australia.I imagine that most of these books will be by Australian writers, but I'm happy to add books by international authors where appropriate.In keeping with my blog, I will also attempt to list picture books, … Continue reading State by State
Suzie @ Suz's Space recently put out the challenge for Australian book bloggers to follow her example with Authors by Alphabet.Her focus is science fiction writers.Susan @ Reading Upside Down has chosen Australian children's authors. And I decided to do Australian (adult) authors.However two weeks have now gone by & I have failed to get started.Mostly … Continue reading A is for Thea Astley
Sydney was not on my TBR list for this week, or for my AusReading Month.But my free-range reading habits kicked in on Wednesday...& Sydney by Delia Falconer was the result. I was heading into The Museum of Sydney for the Harry Seidler Painting Towards Architecture exhibition, when I realised I didn't have a book for … Continue reading Sydney | Delia Falconer #AWWnonfiction
I used #AusReadingMonth as an opportunity to tick off another book from my Classics Club challenge by reading The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson. Henry Handel was the pseudonym of Ethel Florence Lindsay Richardson. She was born in 1870 in Victoria. Her family was fairly well-off in the early days, but fell on … Continue reading The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
Winner of the 2014 Stella Prize, Wright's non-fiction reworking of the famous Eureka story, was a pleasant surprise.It clearly announced that this new award, celebrating Australian women writers, was not going to be pigeon-holed by expectation or genre.The size of The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka initially put me off, but inside was an immensely readable … Continue reading The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright
Jandamarra is based on a true story from the Bunuba people of the Kimberley region in far north W.A. This area encompasses Fitzroy Crossing, the Napier Ranges, King Leopold Ranges and the Lennard River.Jandamarra was born in the 1870's but his legend lives on in local folk tales. The white folk saw him as an … Continue reading Jandamarra by Mark Greenwood and Terry Denton
Ivan Southall was one of those authors regularly recommended to me by librarians when I was a child.I read most of his books during my primary school years and enjoyed them, but I didn't rave about them. They certainly weren't books I returned to read over and over again or books I felt compelled to … Continue reading Ash Road by Ivan Southall
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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