As for my first Nonfiction November post this year, I am concatenating my last two posts, and posting them in the middle of the two weeks. The meme is jointly hosted by Julz (Julz Reads) (Week 1), Sarah (Sarah’s Book Shelves) (Week 2), Katie (Doing Dewey) (Week 3), Leanne (ShelfAware) (Week 4) and Rennie (What's … Continue reading Non-fiction November 2019, Weeks 4 to 5
Book lists
Four books that changed me
A couple of weeks ago author and blogger Angela Savage posted the contribution she's made to a column in The Age newspaper in which the columnist is asked to identify Four books that changed me. Savage, being a writer - her works include The dying beach (my review) and her latest novel Mother of Pearl (on … Continue reading Four books that changed me
ABR’s Top Twenty Aussie novels of the 21st Century
Ten years after publishing its first ABR readers fan poll, the Australian Book Review asked its readers again to nominate their best Australian novels, but to keep it to those published this century. In its intro to the resultant list, ABR says that Richard Flanagan’s novel The narrow road to the deep north emerged as the … Continue reading ABR’s Top Twenty Aussie novels of the 21st Century
World Refugee Day – #StepWithRefugees
World Refugee Day was denoted by the UN General Assembly in December 2000, and has been celebrated on June 20 ever since. Why 20 June? Because this was the date on which many African countries had already been celebrating Africa Refugee Day. The Day's aims, as for all UN International Days, are "to educate the … Continue reading World Refugee Day – #StepWithRefugees
Stella Prize 2019 Longlist
I don't do well at having read the Stella Prize longlist at the time of its announcement. In 2017 I'd read none, and last year I improved on that by having read one of the 12-strong longlist. By the end of the year, though, I had read five, which is good for me, given in … Continue reading Stella Prize 2019 Longlist
Indie Books Awards shortlist, 2019, announced
And so it, starts, the Literary Awards trail! Early in the year will be the Stella Prize, but first up is the Indie Book Awards. These are lovely awards, because they are run by Australia's Independent Booksellers - who are members of Leading Edge Books - and we love to support them don't we? Consequently, … Continue reading Indie Books Awards shortlist, 2019, announced
Monday musings on Australian literature: Some New Releases in 2019
I've been doing this "new releases" post for three or four years now. As the post title says, it's about books that will be published this year, but I'll be selective, focusing on those most interesting to me. This doesn't mean that I expect to read them all, just that they interest me!! Last year … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Some New Releases in 2019
Reading highlights for 2018
If you are a regular here you'll know that my Reading Highlights post, which is my answer to those Top Reads posts that many bloggers do, will not contain an ordered list of the books I considered my "best" of the year. I find that just too hard to do (though I did make a … Continue reading Reading highlights for 2018
Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018
As has become tradition, I'm devoting my last Monday Musings of the year to the Australian Women Writers Challenge* - but, this year it coincides with New Year's Eve. When this post goes live, who knows what revelry I'll be up to! Hmm ... I can but hope! Seriously, though, I wish all you wonderful Whispering Gums … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018
New Territory Litbloggers’ Year in Review, 2018
When my 2018 New Territory blogging mentee Amy (of The Armchair Critic) suggested that we do some sort of joint end-of-year blog post I loved the idea. The only question was what would we talk about, and how would we do it? It wasn’t too hard to decide former, as the subject matter was obvious: … Continue reading New Territory Litbloggers’ Year in Review, 2018
