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. Sometimes I think I am well read and sometimes I come upon a post like this and realize just how far I have to go. Pamuk, I discover, is … Continue reading Bill curates: Orhan Pamuk’s Snow
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Bill curates: Tim Winton’s Breath
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. Tim Winton is not my favourite novelist but as a Western Australian I feel obliged to read those of his books that I come across, and mostly they're OK … Continue reading Bill curates: Tim Winton’s Breath
Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Michelle on our Brave New (online) World
Today, I present another Monday Musings guest post coordinated for me by Bill (The Australian Legend), this one from Michelle Scott Tucker, author of the wonderful Elizabeth Macarthur: A life at the edge of the world (my review). Thanks so much again to Bill and to Michelle for helping me out with my Monday Musings. Read on … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Michelle on our Brave New (online) World
Bill curates: Notes from a Wikipedian
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 first ran into Sue in Wikipedian mode when I wrote something wrong about Eve Langley, and Sue who had spent a great deal of time and effort on … Continue reading Bill curates: Notes from a Wikipedian
Bill curates: Christos Tsiolkas’ The slap
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. Tsiolkas is an author I admire and enjoy and yet I have not read The Slap. I remember that it caused quite a stir when it came out and … Continue reading Bill curates: Christos Tsiolkas’ The slap
Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Kate on anxiety, COVID and Aussie lit
Today, I present another Monday Musings guest post coordinated for me by Bill (The Australian Legend), this one from Kate (booksaremyfavouriteand best), she of Six Degrees of Separation fame. Bill suggested a topic to Kate - one applicable to her professional interests and to what we are currently experiencing - and it seems she ran with … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Kate on anxiety, COVID and Aussie lit
Six degrees of separation, FROM Normal people TO …
My time is tight right now and my mind distracted, but I did want to continue Six Degrees, which as you know is a meme currently run by Kate, and you can read all the rules on her blog - booksaremyfavouriteandbest. Her June selection is Sally Rooney's Normal people, which I have not, once again, read. … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Normal people TO …
Bill curates: Jane Austen’s letters, 1814-1816
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 said, when I introduced this series, that Sue began writing Whispering Gums in May 2009. It seems that once begun she could not stop. There are WG posts … Continue reading Bill curates: Jane Austen’s letters, 1814-1816
Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Lisa on national library book culls
As I noted in last week's Monday Musings, Bill (The Australian Legend) has organised a few Monday Musings guests posts for me. Of course, given we comment closely on each other's posts, he turned to Lisa (ANZLitLovers) for the second one. Bill did suggest an idea to Lisa, in case she needed it, but she … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Lisa on national library book culls
Bill curates: Eve Langley’s The pea pickers
Back in April, Karen of Booker Talk published a great series of posts on the A2Z of Bookblogging. One of those posts was on Updating Posts or, Breathing new life into old posts. Bill (The Australian Legend), as part of his generous plan to help me keep my blog alive during my time-challenged period, suggested … Continue reading Bill curates: Eve Langley’s The pea pickers
Whispering Gums 