My participation in Nonfiction November has been sporadic, but this year I have done Week 1, and am now combining Weeks 2 and 3, partly because there's an element of repetition in my Week 2 responses. Nonfiction November is hosted by several bloggers. This year, Week 2 – Choosing Nonfiction is hosted by Frances at … Continue reading Nonfiction November 2023: Choosing nonfiction AND Book pairings
Month: November 2023
Novellas in November 2023: Week 2, What is a novella
The thing about these annual memes is that the questions became somewhat the same, which is fair enough as new bloggers appear on the scene as do new ideas. However, my challenge is whether I have anything to add to what I have written about novellas before? The answer is not a lot, but I … Continue reading Novellas in November 2023: Week 2, What is a novella
Patrick Modiano, Sundays in August (#BookReview)
Disappointingly, I ended up missing my bookgroup's discussion of the book I had encouraged us to read, Sundays in August by 2014 Nobel prize-winner Patrick Modiano. I have no-one else to blame but myself, since I did the schedule and should have remembered that I was going to be in Hobart for my brother's exhibition. … Continue reading Patrick Modiano, Sundays in August (#BookReview)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Uninnocent Landscapes opened and launched
Those of you who know me on other social media will already have seen some of this, but I am keen to spread the message wherever I can about my brother’s wonderful, and significant, project. I introduced it back in September - and later in Nonfiction November I will review the book. That, however, will … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Uninnocent Landscapes opened and launched
Nonfiction November 2023: Your year in nonfiction
My participation in Nonfiction November has been sporadic, until last year when I managed to complete the whole series. Maybe I will again this year, maybe I won't. We'll see. Nonfiction November, as most of you know, is hosted by several bloggers. This year, Week 1 – Your Year in Nonfiction is hosted by Heather … Continue reading Nonfiction November 2023: Your year in nonfiction
Six degrees of separation, FROM Western Lane TO …
Time has been tight for me this last month so I've rushed this month's Six Degrees a bit, but I hope it satisfies my regular readers' different needs! So, let's just get to it ... the Six Degrees meme, I mean. If you don't know how this meme works, please check host Kate's blog - … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Western Lane TO …
Rebecca Burton, Ravenous girls (#BookReview)
When I announced the two winners of Finlay Lloyd's inaugural 20/40 Publishing Prize, a few days ago, I said I planned to read them for the Novellas in November challenge/meme/reading month. (What do we call these things?) So here, now, is my post on the first I've read, Rebecca Burton's Ravenous girls. Rebecca Burton, as … Continue reading Rebecca Burton, Ravenous girls (#BookReview)
Novellas in November 2023: Week 1, My year in novellas
I love novellas and have written on and reviewed novellas almost since this blog started, because I love the form, but I have only tinkered around the edges of Novellas in November (run by Cathy of 746 Books and Rebecca of Bookish Beck). Last year, I wrote a Monday Musings on Classic Australian novellas and … Continue reading Novellas in November 2023: Week 1, My year in novellas
Whispering Gums 