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The Twyborn Affair, by Patrick White
I really enjoyed The Twyborn Affair. I like Patrick White so much that I had planned to eke out the few remaining books I have yet to read by rationing myself to one per year, but I couldn’t r… more →
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The Twyborn Affair, by Patrick White
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wrote 3 months ago: I really enjoyed The Twyborn Affair. I like Patrick White so much that I had planned to eke out th … more →
Opening Lines: Riders in the Chariot (1961)
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wrote 3 months ago: Riders in the Chariot won Patrick White his second Miles Franklin Award in 1961, five years after Vo … more →
Waugh on Waugh MWF#3
wrote 4 months ago: I’m not sure about this live-blogging idea. It seems to me that immediacy might be to the det … more →
Opening Lines: Voss (1957)
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wrote 4 months ago: Voss, by Patrick White won the inaugural Miles Franklin Award in 1957. These are the opening lines … more →
The Solid Mandala by Patrick White
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wrote 4 months ago: As regular readers of this blog know, I’m a fan of Patrick White – so this morning (just … more →
Tim Winton wins Miles Franklin 2009 for Breath
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wrote 6 months ago: The winner of the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award is Tim Winton, for his novel Breath. It was th … more →
Voss, by Patrick White
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wrote 7 months ago: Voss was Patrick White’s fifth novel and is the book that won the inaugural Miles Franklin Awa … more →
May 2009
wrote 7 months ago: 32. “Enough Already!” by Peter Walsh [B+] 33. “ Naturally Thin” by Bethenn … more →
Breath, by Tim Winton
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wrote 8 months ago: Oh dear, what can I possibly write about Breath without invoking great angst and derision from his l … more →
March 2009
wrote 9 months ago: 15. “The Courage to Start” by John Bingham [A-] 16. “Sacred Obsession” by … more →
Women of the Long March by Lily Xiao Hong Lee & Sue Wiles
wrote 9 months ago: I’m having a flirtation with non fiction audio books, and Women of the Long March was a new au … more →
The Devil's Advocate by Morris West
wrote 11 months ago: Although we mostly read contemporary Australian literary fiction, every year at summertime ANZLL cho … more →
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve always tried not to be a book snob about Oprah’s Book Club, but my antennae went up … more →
The Children by Charlotte Wood
wrote 1 year ago: The Children is an unfortunate title; it’s not appealing and it made me leave this book unread … more →
Galileo, Antichrist by Michael White
wrote 1 year ago: Galileo, Antichrist by Michael White (7) – allegedly non-fiction though I think there’s a fair … more →
September 2008
wrote 1 year ago: 51. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer [A-] 52. “A Hopeless Romantic” by Har … more →
March 2008
wrote 1 year ago: 17. Psalm 23 by David Roper [B+] 18. Diet Fads by Barbara A. Zahensky [B] 19. The Beautiful Fight by … more →
