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Inspired Writing! Stonnington Literary Festival

I’ve had a lovely afternoon!  It was my pleasure to chair a panel of wonderful authors at the Stonnington Literary Festival, and it was such a pleasure to meet them in person after getting to kn… more →

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Inspired Writing! Stonnington Literary Festival — 16 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 6 months ago: I’ve had a lovely afternoon!  It was my pleasure to chair a panel of wonderful authors at the … more →

Tags: Australian literary fiction, Stonnington Literary Festival

Sensational Snippets: Love Like Water, by Meme McDonald — 5 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 7 months ago: I’m a city girl: I couldn’t live anywhere else. But this excerpt from Meme McDonald … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Allen & Unwin, Australian literary fiction, Australian Literature, female authors, McDONALD Meme, Sensational Snippets, Young-Adult, Love like water

Book launch at Readings: Las Vegas for Vegans by A.S. Patric — 5 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 7 months ago: Tonight I went to a book launch at Readings St Kilda, and had the pleasure of hearing A.S. Patric re … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australian Literature, Male authors, PATRIC A S, Reviews, Short Stories & novellas, A.S. Patric, Las Vegas for Vegans

Carrie Tiffany at the Parkdale Library — 8 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 8 months ago: Carrie Tiffany is the acclaimed author of Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living and, more recently, … more →

Tags: Tiffany Carrie, Lisa Meets an Author, Mateship with Birds, Carrie Tiffany, Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

2012 Bendigo Writers Festival

Lisa Hill wrote 9 months ago: Bendigo is hosting its first ever writers festival this year, augmenting the cultural offerings in t … more →

Tags: 2012 Bendigo Writers Festival

Popeye Never Told You: Childhood Memories of the War by Rodney Hall — 11 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Talk about synchronicity!  Last week I went to the last in the series of Late Great Authors at the W … more →

Tags: Reviews, memoir, Australian literary fiction, Male authors, HALL, Rodney, 21st Century, Murdoch (Pier 9), Read in 2011, Love Without Hope

SheKilda 2011 – Australian Women Crime Writers' Convention — 3 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: As readers of this blog know, I’m not interested in crime fiction but for those who are, this … more →

Tags: Book News

Melbourne Writers' Festival #4 — 7 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Today was my last day at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival… I went to a great panel sessio … more →

Tags: Australian literary fiction, Australian Non Fiction., CANNOLD, Leslie, Funder Anna, Melbourne Writer's Festival

Melbourne Writers' Festival #3 — 5 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Another lovely day at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival today! I started off with Jane Sullivan … more →

Tags: Australian literary fiction, Australian Non Fiction., FLANAGAN, Richard, MANNE Robert, Jane Sullivan, Melbourne Writer's Festival, Richard Flanagan, robert manne, Stan Van Hooft

Melbourne Writers' Festival #2 — 16 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Well, I think I’ve redeemed myself today at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival.  I went to … more →

Tags: Australian literary fiction, Grenville Kate, Scott Kim, WILSON Rohan, Kate Grenville, Kim Scott, Melbourne Writer's Festival

Melbourne Writers' Festival #1 — 11 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Oh dear, as a Melbourne Writers’ Festival correspondent, I have slacked off a bit today… … more →

Tags: Australian literary fiction, Grenville Kate, Scott Kim, David Unaipon Award, every secret thing, Ian Morris, John Bradley, Kim Scott, Marie Munkara

The Aireys Festival of Words - Home

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Oops. I nearly forgot to tell you about the Airey’s Festival of Words, which is on from Friday … more →

Woodend Arts Festival 2011

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Our first day at the Woodend Arts Festival began well.  We had an easy drive up from Melbourne and a … more →

Tags: Australian Literature, Australian Non Fiction., Biography, Life Stories, Literary Tourism, Opinion, An Exacting Heart, jacqueline kent, Woodend Arts Festival

Melbourne, City of Literature: Patrick White at the Wheeler Centre — 4 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 years ago: Melbourne – as befits its status as a UNESCO City of Literature –  is a great place for … more →

Tags: Articles, HALL, Rodney, Literary Tourism, Translations, White Patrick, Patrick White, Rodney Hall, TRANSLATED BOOKS, Wheeler Centre

2011 Williamstown Literary Festival program

Lisa Hill wrote 2 years ago: The 2011 Williamstown Literary Festival is on again, from Friday 29th April to Sunday 1st May, and t … more →

Tags: Literary Tourism

The Late Great Patrick White, Australian literary legends at the Wheeler Centre — 6 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 years ago: I had a great time tonight after school: I went to the first of the Australian Literary Legends seri … more →

Tags: Book News, This Reading Life, Patrick White, Wheeler Centre

Travels in Asia, MWF #3 — 6 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 years ago: It was interesting to note that nearly everyone in the audience for this session was older than me, … more →

Tags: Opinion, This Reading Life, Travel, YU Ouyang, Melbourne Writer's Festival, Ouyang Yu

How Russia Changed My Life, MWF #2 — 10 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 years ago: It was lovely to see and hear, and then to meet Elif Batuman at this session! She is just the way I … more →

Tags: Batuman, Elif, Literary Tourism, memoir, This Reading Life, Melbourne Writer's Festival

Press Freedom, MWF #1

Lisa Hill wrote 2 years ago: Today was my first day at the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival and it kicked off with a stimulating s … more →

Tags: Literary Tourism, Opinion, This Reading Life, Melbourne Writer's Festival


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