Having commented in my Reading Highlights post about how little self-directed reading I did last year, I decided to start the year with just that, before returning to the Review TBR pile. What to choose? Many books jostled for attention, but in the end I chose Angela Savage's novel Mother of Pearl because I felt … Continue reading Angela Savage, Mother of Pearl (#BookReview)
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Yarra Valley Writers Festival 2020 (online): If I tell you I’m going to have to kill you (Crime panel)
This is my second report of the sessions I attended of the first Yarra Valley Literary Festival. I hope to write up more, but you can also check Lisa's blog for her posts. She did not, however, attend Christos Tsiolkas - see my post - nor this crime panel. Like Lisa, I really read crime, but … Continue reading Yarra Valley Writers Festival 2020 (online): If I tell you I’m going to have to kill you (Crime panel)
Yarra Valley Writers Festival 2020 (online): Road to Damascus (Christos Tsiolkas with Angela Savage)
Today I attended several sessions of the first Yarra Valley Literary Festival, which the organisers turned around and converted to an online event with the arrival in our lives of COVID-19. I plan to write up a couple more sessions over the next week, when time permits, but you can also check Lisa's blog for her … Continue reading Yarra Valley Writers Festival 2020 (online): Road to Damascus (Christos Tsiolkas with Angela Savage)
Monday musings on Australian literature: Angela Savage and setting in fiction
I have several ideas for my next few Monday Musings, but another one popped up on the weekend as I was perusing my Twitter feed. I don't check Twitter regularly enough - it's impossible to keep up with all the social media sites don't you think? - but when I do I regularly find a … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Angela Savage and setting in fiction
Angela Savage, The dying beach (Review)
When I received Angela Savage's novel The dying beach out of the blue last year as a review copy, I didn't put it high in my list of reading priorities. I had - and still have - a pile of books waiting patiently, and I rarely (never say never) read crime novels. However, two things … Continue reading Angela Savage, The dying beach (Review)
Whispering Gums 