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
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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
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 …
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
Hal Porter, Francis Silver (#Review, #1962 Club)
Introducing my first review for the 1962 Year Club - Shirley Hazzard's "The picnic" - I said I had read two short stories and might post on the second one. I am doing so now but, stupidly, I left the book back in Canberra and here I am in Melbourne, so my post will be … Continue reading Hal Porter, Francis Silver (#Review, #1962 Club)
Shirley Hazzard, The picnic (#Review, #1962 Club)
As I have done for most "year" reading weeks*, I decided for 1962 to read a short story by an Australian author. I read two, in fact, and may post on the second one later. Today's story, though, is Shirley Hazzard's "The picnic" which I found in an anthology edited by Carmel Bird, The Penguin … Continue reading Shirley Hazzard, The picnic (#Review, #1962 Club)
Monday musings on Australian literature: 1962 in fiction
Once again it's Karen's (Kaggsy's Bookish Rambling) and Simon's (Stuck in a Book) "Year Club" week. This time the year is 1962, and it runs from today, 16th to 22nd October. As has become my practice, I am devoting my Monday Musings to the week. The 1960s was an exciting decade for those of us … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: 1962 in fiction
Six degrees of separation, FROM I capture the castle TO …
Daylight savings started in my jurisdiction last week, and I am so happy. I love the longer end of days in summer, and not being woken so early in the morning. I am not so looking forward though to what this forecasted hot, dry summer might bring, but let us be hopeful... meanwhile let's get … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM I capture the castle TO …
Six degrees of separation, FROM Wifedom TO …
Woo hoo, our house is sold (though not quite off our hands), and spring has sprung down under (just), so the Gums are feeling ready to begin the next stage of our lives. We are relieved, but, you know, it's acceptance that we are on the downward trajectory - to put it bluntly, so let's … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Wifedom TO …
Whispering Gums 