One month into spring here down under, and it is so lovely, particularly with daylight savings starting tomorrow. That will hopefully mean not being woken at 5am by sun and birdsong, much as I enjoy the latter! Now though, onto today's business, this month's Six Degrees of Separation meme. As always, if you don't know … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Turn of the screw TO …
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Bill curates: Favourite writers, no. 2
Bill curates is an occasional series where I delve into Sue's vast archive, stretching back to May 2009, and choose a post for us to revisit. We discovered in August that Thea Astley is Sue's #3 favourite writer. We've always known that Jane Austen (here) is #1. So I thought we should check out # … Continue reading Bill curates: Favourite writers, no. 2
Australian Women Writers 2020 Challenge completed
I'm very late with my traditional completion post for the Australian Women Writer's Challenge - it's been a weird and difficult year all round. As always, I will continue to contribute until the year's end, and do a final round-up then, but I do like to get the completion admin done! I signed up, of course, … Continue reading Australian Women Writers 2020 Challenge completed
Six degrees of separation, FROM Rodham TO …
Woo hoo, it's spring here down under, and in my street we have yellow wattles and daffodils blooming, plus pink prunus trees and white Manchurian pears. Bright spots in difficult times, and it does the heart good. However, I'm not here to talk about that but for this months Six Degrees of Separation meme. As … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Rodham TO …
Bill curates: Thea Astley, Drylands
Bill curates is an occasional series where I delve into Sue's vast archive, stretching back to May 2009, and choose a post for us to revisit. I selected Drylands because a) this is ANZLL Thea Astley Week; and b) I have just reviewed it myself. Sue apologizes that she relied on "not well-formed" notes, but … Continue reading Bill curates: Thea Astley, Drylands
Ten Year Monday Musings Giveaway Winners
And so, as promised, I drew the two winners of my ten year Monday Musings giveaway this evening, August 17. There were fewer entries than for last year's blogiversary draw, but that just gives the entrants a higher chance of winning! There were 7 entries in the Australian draw and 4 in the non-Australian draw. … Continue reading Ten Year Monday Musings Giveaway Winners
Bill curates: Favourite writers: 3, Thea Astley
Bill curates is an occasional series where I delve into Sue's vast archive, stretching back to May 2009, and choose a post for us to revisit. Lisa's ANZLL Thea Astley Week runs from 17 - 25 August so I thought it would be timely to skip ahead a bit as we make our way through … Continue reading Bill curates: Favourite writers: 3, Thea Astley
Monday musings on Australian literature: Ten Year Anniversary, with a Giveaway
Today (well, yesterday actually, except yesterday wasn't a Monday) marks the 10-year anniversary of my Monday Musings series. When I came up with the idea, and wrote the first post back on 9 August 2010, I couldn't have imagined that I'd be here ten years later still blogging, let alone still posting weekly Monday Musings. … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Ten Year Anniversary, with a Giveaway
Bill curates: Jane Austen and the information highway
Bill curates is an occasional series where I delve into Sue's vast archive, stretching back to May 2009, and choose a post for us to revisit. Jane Austen comes up over and over in Sue's posts, and as I'm as fascinated by her as Sue is, that suits me fine. Here though we are not … Continue reading Bill curates: Jane Austen and the information highway
Six degrees of separation, FROM How to do nothing TO …
I am so glad to see that two thirds of winter is officially over. It's been a horrible year, for all of us really, so a bit of warmth and spring rebirth (here down under) would be very welcome, eh? Meanwhile, I'll entertain myself with things like the Six Degrees of Separation meme. If you don't … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM How to do nothing TO …
