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Walter Mason on <i>The Memory of Salt</i> by Alice Melike Ülgezer
The Memory of Salt Alice Melike Ülgezer Giramondo 9781920882907 August 2012 (buy) reviewed by Walter Mason One so rarely encounters God in modern Australian literature that it comes as a shock to see… more →
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TELLING TALES, Book 6!
wrote 2 days ago: TELLING TALES, Volume 6 For a scandalously sinister read…! Karma plays an ever inexpedient (for so … more →
Telling Tales! Book 5!
wrote 2 days ago: TELLING TALES, Volume 5 For a fulsomely frightening read…! A disturbing, somewhat revealing coll … more →
The Miles Franklin Award 2013 - shortlist
wrote 2 days ago: The Miles Franklin Award is Australia’s most prestigious literary award and is awarded for the … more →
The Aurealis Awards 2013
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wrote 2 days ago: On May 18th I had the wonderful opportunity of attending the 2012 Aurealis Awards. The AA’s an … more →
forgotten women: Hazel de Berg - oral historian
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wrote 3 days ago: The digitising of collections in our national and state libraries and museums is making much more th … more →
A House is Built by M. Barnard Eldershaw
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wrote 4 days ago: It’s apt that in the week of the Sydney Writers’ Festival I’m musing about A house is built, the sto … more →
To Keep or Not: The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
wrote 1 week ago: When I moved a couple of years ago, I was’t very organized. I have boxes of books I haven … more →
'Then' by Morris Gleitzman
wrote 1 week ago: SPOILER if you haven’t yet read ‘Once’ don’t yet look at the following … more →
'Once' by Morris Gleitzman
wrote 2 weeks ago: Felix lives in an orphanage run by nuns in the mountains Poland waiting for his parents, who are Jew … more →
TELLING TALES VOL. 4 - OUT NOW!
wrote 4 weeks ago: Preview / Purchase Penny Punchers Series, TELLING TALES, Volume 4, Anika King For an effronting, p … more →
Peter Corris The Colonial Queen
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Peter Corris is well known in Australia for his crime fiction series featuring Cliff Hardy. This nov … more →
Alice Pung visits our school
wrote 1 month ago: I was fortunate to be able to listen to Alice Pung again today. She was the visiting author for our … more →
Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany
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wrote 1 month ago: Winner of the inaugural Stella Prize in 2013, Carrie Tiffany’s tender and sensual Mateship with Bird … more →
CBCA Young readers shortlist 2013 - with links
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wrote 1 month ago: The discussions have just begun about the 2013 CBCA Book of the Year shortlisted books. Here is my p … more →
Mateship with Birds
wrote 1 month ago: “It seems plausible to consider That birds were the architects for trees. A hollow, or a fork, for e … more →
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
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wrote 1 month ago: The Spare Room is a slim volume with a weighty theme. Our first person narrator Helen lives in Melbo … more →
CBCA shortlist 2013 and the older readers list links
wrote 1 month ago: Congratulations to everyone who was connected to the short list this year, writers, publishers and o … more →
The Australian Authors: Critical Assessment Series
wrote 1 month ago: CALL FOR PAPERS This critical project will involve the following authors: Patrick White, David Malou … more →
Telling Tales Vol.3
wrote 1 month ago: Preview / Purchase VOLUME 3, TELLING TALES, Penny Punchers Series, For a scary, seductive read … more →
