No, I'm not going to write weekly "My literary week" posts - my last one was, anyhow, two weeks ago - but sometimes things happen that I want to share, and bundling them up seems the best way to do it. Miles Franklin Award Shortlist The shortlist for Australia's best known literary award was announced last … Continue reading My literary week (2), or so
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My literary week (1), in a sense
I say "in a sense" because my reading has been slow this week as Mr Gums and I have been getting back up to speed after our Lake Eyre trip. However, in terms of the literary world, much has been happening and I thought I'd share some with you, documenting it at the same time for … Continue reading My literary week (1), in a sense
Monday musings on Australian literature: AWW Reading Bingo Challenge
I did have another post planned for today, but it can wait - indeed, it might be better written if it waited - because I'd like to tell you about a special sub-challenge in this year's Australian Women Writers (AWW) Challenge. A Reading Bingo. If, like me, you are not really up on blogger challenge culture, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: AWW Reading Bingo Challenge
Blogging highlights for 2015
So, I've done my Australian Women Writers' Challenge wrap-up, my Reading highlights, and now, to complete what's become my annual trifecta, my Blogging highlights. I hope I'm not boring you - but I'm doing this partly for my own record! Top posts for 2015 As in 2013 and 2014, my most "hit" post for 2015 was a … Continue reading Blogging highlights for 2015
Reading highlights for 2015
Well, dear readers, we have turned the calendar to 2016 so I can now reveal my highlights for 2015. As usual, I won't be naming top picks. I find that too hard to do. Instead, I'll discuss highlights which combines best reads with those that were interesting for other reasons. I'd love to mention every book I read, as every one … Continue reading Reading highlights for 2015
Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Women Writers’ Challenge 2015
For the fourth year now, I'm devoting the year's last Monday Musings to the Australian Women Writers Challenge*. The challenge continues to be supported by a wide range of reviewers. This year we moved to a self-hosted site which enabled us to produce a single searchable database of all reviews logged since the challenge started in 2012. We now … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Women Writers’ Challenge 2015
Life … sends you detours
"Life ... sends you detours" is a line I quoted from the short story "Sunrise over Sausalito" in the last review I posted here at Gums. That review, posted on 11 July, was for the short story collection Love on the road 2015. Unfortunately, since then we have experienced our own love-on-the-road detours. This is why, … Continue reading Life … sends you detours
Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post by Annette Marfording of the Bellingen Writers Festival
Having been intrigued by comments made by Annette Marfording, Program Director of the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, about running a literary festival, I approached her about writing a guest post for my blog. I thought her experience might intrigue at least some of my readers here too. Marfording chairs one-on-one conversations and panels at the Festival, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post by Annette Marfording of the Bellingen Writers Festival
Australian Women Writers 2015 Challenge completed
As most of you have heard now ad infinitum, I only do one challenge - the Australian Women Writer's Challenge. As in previous years, I signed up for the top level, Franklin-fantastic, which required me to read 10 books and review at least 6. I have now exceeded this. Although I plan to continue to add to the challenge, … Continue reading Australian Women Writers 2015 Challenge completed
Blogging highlights for 2014
Top posts for 2014 According to my tags and categories, my most popular posts according to WordPress still relate to Australian literature, Women writers, Australian writers, 21st century literature and Review-Novels. However, as in 2013, my most "hit" post* for 2014 was a short story by an English woman, Virginia Woolf's "The mark on the wall" (reviewed in March … Continue reading Blogging highlights for 2014
