Consider Helen Garner’s Cosmo cosmolino

October 31, 2021January 23, 2022 / Whispering Gums / 21 Comments

Commenting on my post on Helen Garner's One day I'll remember this, Bill (The Australian Legend) wrote that he'd hoped I'd mention Cosmo cosmolino (1992). It's one of the novels Garner was writing during the period covered by these diaries, and Bill had struggled with it. I don't blame him because, while I loved reading … Continue reading Consider Helen Garner’s Cosmo cosmolino

Tegan Bennett Daylight, Six bedrooms (Review)

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 / Whispering Gums / 12 Comments

I have just read Tegan Bennett Daylight's collection of short stories, Six bedrooms, in my quest to read at least some of the Stella Prize shortlist before the announcement of the winner on the 19th of this month. I haven't read Daylight before - she has written three novels, among other things - so I was glad … Continue reading Tegan Bennett Daylight, Six bedrooms (Review)