As I am still immersed in things paternal - and as my father served in the second world war - I thought that this week I'd take the easy way out again and list some of my favourite Australian novels about that war. Although I call myself a pacifist, I don't shy away from war … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Some novels about the second world war
Alan Gould
Delicious descriptions from Down Under: Alan Gould on the Monaro (and thereabouts)
Monaro country after the 2003 fires While I love reading to escape to other places and times, other cultures and ways of being, I also enjoy reading about the familiar, about places I know and experiences I've had. Alan Gould, whose The lakewoman I reviewed recently, is a local writer. The lakewoman, in fact, is … Continue reading Delicious descriptions from Down Under: Alan Gould on the Monaro (and thereabouts)
Talking with Alan Gould
Conrad, 1904, a favourite writer for Gould (Photo: George Charles Beresford, Presumed Public Domain, via Wikipedia) I didn't say in my recent review of Alan Gould's The lakewoman that Gould attended my reading group's discussion of his book. I had so much to say - so many thoughts - about the book, that I thought … Continue reading Talking with Alan Gould
Alan Gould, The lakewoman: A romance
I'm a little embarrassed to say that until The lakewoman was shortlisted in the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, I only knew of Alan Gould as a poet. Turns out, though, that he has written several novels, of which this one is his most recent. It is, ostensibly, a war novel, in that much of it is set … Continue reading Alan Gould, The lakewoman: A romance
Whispering Gums 