It's time to bring this baby home!My final sessions and thoughts about this year's Sydney Writer's Festival.Town Hall, Sydney - Vivid-styleOn Friday evening, Mr Books and I went into Town Hall to hear George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, Mona Chalabi and Julia Turner discuss the topic American Carnage. The term references the point in Trump's inaugural … Continue reading Sydney Writer’s Festival – Part 3 and a Half
In my previous post, Nancy asked me how long it takes to get from A to B, in reference to the lovely ferry trips I took into the Sydney Writer's Festival last week. I told her how long each ferry trip took and left it at that.However as I was drifting off to sleep, exhausted … Continue reading Getting from A to B
Thursday at the Sydney Writer's Festival was another glorious May day in the sunshine. Over breakfast I planned my session times. Two were pre-booked and paid, but I also hoped to fit in the free session called And the Award Goes To....Setting out on the ferry in the morning was a tad crisp, but the … Continue reading Sydney Writer’s Festival – Part 2
This week is one of my favourite weeks in Sydney.It's the Sydney Writer's Festival which means it's time for me to my get my #bookgeek on and revel in all things bookish, writing and words!Things may be a bit quiet on here as a result.Monday evening after work I went into the Sydney Theatre Company to … Continue reading My Week So Far…
Some times you see so much, hear so much and think so much it's hard to bring it all together into a coherent whole.There were so many wonderful moments and details about my time at this year's Sydney Writer's Festival.Now that I've had some time to reflect as well as discuss our shared experiences with … Continue reading Sydney Writer’s Festival 2016
I had the good fortune to listen to Cadwallader speak at this year's Sydney Writer's Festival in a session moderated by Ashley Hay called The Body: Sin, Sex, Denial.I came away from it with a very strong desire to read all three author's books, ASAP! (The other two authors being Caitlin Doughty and James Boyce).Having … Continue reading The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader
Last week was the Sydney Writer's Festival. One of the events I attended was a conversation with Liane Moriarty.I read and fell in love with Big Little Lies last year and I've been meaning to read some of her back list ever since.I took my copy of The Husband's Secret along with me to be … Continue reading The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
I love it when I discover a new author that simply bowls me over with the beautiful simplicity of her story. Reading Thuy's (pronounced twee) autobiographical novel, Ru has been a magical, moving experience."I came into the world during the Tet Offensive, in the early days of the Year of the Monkey, when the long … Continue reading Ru by Kim Thuy
This is the week of the Sydney Writers' Festival.Realistically though, the whole month of May can be taken up with major book events.For anyone in Sydney or in the book trade this can be a big deal.I'm in both!Last week I had my book sellers cap on and attended two invitation only events.One was hosted … Continue reading Longlists and Shortlists Take 2
This was my first ever visit to the Sydney Writers Festival. I had a blast. My brain went into overdrive thanks to the ideas, the storytelling, the crowds and the gorgeous, gorgeous weather and views.I was impressed by the diversity and surprised by the crowds. Queuing was a feature of the two days, but with views like this, one … Continue reading Sydney Writers Festival 2013
I'm going to break my self-imposed silence to tell you about the Sydney Writers Festival event I went to yesterday. Edmund de Waal of The Hare With the Amber Eyes fame spoke to Caroline Baum. This was one of my favourite books of last year, so I moved heaven and earth to get to the … Continue reading Sydney Writers Festival | Edmund de Waal
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