It's April and finally the first starting book for 2020's Six Degrees of Separation that I've read. If you are new to blogging and don't know this meme and how it works, please check out meme host Kate's blog - booksaremyfavouriteandbest. Now to April's starting book, the critically acclaimed, multi-translated, award-winning nonfiction book by Australia's Anna Funder - … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Stasiland TO …
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Six degrees of separation, FROM Wolfe Island TO …
It's March, so soon? Oh well, at least we have another Six Degrees of Separation to look forward to. As always, for those of you who don't know this meme and how it works, please check out meme host Kate's blog - booksaremyfavouriteandbest. Once again, but I'm used to this now, I haven't read Kate's starting book, Wolfe Island … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Wolfe Island TO …
Six degrees of separation, FROM Fleishman is in trouble TO …
Here we are at our second Six Degrees of Separation meme of 2020. For those of you who don't know what this meme is and how it works, please check out meme host Kate's blog - booksaremyfavouriteandbest. Once again, but I'm used to this now, I haven't read Kate's starting book, Fleishman is in trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. However, … Continue reading Six degrees of separation, FROM Fleishman is in trouble TO …
World Bee Day 2018 – and literature
Apparently today, May 20, is World Bee Day! Who knew? Not me, until this morning. I understand it was designated last December by the United Nations, on the recommendation of Slovenia. Given the rise of cli-fi literature and the importance of bees to our planet, I've decided to give a little shout out to our … Continue reading World Bee Day 2018 – and literature
Catherine McKinnon, Storyland (#BookReview)
It is still somewhat controversial for non-indigenous Australian authors to include indigenous characters and concerns in their fiction, as Catherine McKinnon does in Storyland. But there are good arguments for their doing so. One is that not including indigenous characters continues the dispossession that started with white settlement. Another is that such fiction brings indigenous characters and … Continue reading Catherine McKinnon, Storyland (#BookReview)
Alice Robinson, Anchor point (Review)
I love it when the book I'm reading picks up ideas explored in my previous book. Alice Robinson's debut novel Anchor point is, in reality, far removed from Mark Henshaw's The snow kimono (my review), but the first line of Henshaw's book - "There are times in your life when something happens after which you are … Continue reading Alice Robinson, Anchor point (Review)
Bill McKibben, Oil and honey (Review)
It's coincidental, but nicely appropriate, that the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) published its Provisional Statement on the Status of the Climate in 2013 last week, just as I was finishing US environmental activist Bill McKibben's latest book, Oil and honey: The education of an unlikely activist. It's likewise coincidental that, three days before WMO's announcement, … Continue reading Bill McKibben, Oil and honey (Review)
Climate change, ferals and Central Australia
While we generally prefer to go it alone, we did decide a few days ago, due to access challenges, to book onto an organised tour of Palm Valley. A good tour can work well and this one turned out to be one of the good ones – decent tour guide, uncrowded tour with congenial companions, … Continue reading Climate change, ferals and Central Australia
Whispering Gums 