2, 2 and 2: Rashida Murphy talks about The Historian’s Daughter
Here's a guest post on Amanda Curtin's blog, ahead of the launch of The Historian's Daughter on 31st August.
The Historian’s Daughter
My publishers have just told me that The Historian's Daughter is now featured on their website as a forthcoming title. This is tremendously exciting and is now starting to feel [...]
Neglecting the Blog
I have been doing a bit of that lately - neglecting the blog, I mean. I've been immersed in submissions for two journals I'm currently editing (both, as guest editor). [...]
On Not Reading Dickens
This post was published in Cafe Dissensus on 8/12/2015 http://cafedissensusblog.com/2015/12/08/on-not-reading-dickens/comment-page-1/
Boy, Lost by Kristina Olsson- book review
‘Why did no one help?’ This was the question Kristina Olsson reflexively asked at the 2015 Perth Writers Festival, at a panel discussing her memoir, Boy, Lost. It was also [...]
Addition by Toni Jordan
What a joy it is to kick off my first review for the Australian Women Writers Challenge with Toni Jordan's debut novel, Addition, published in 2008. Addition is a gorgeous [...]
Finding Jasper by Lynne Leonhardt
Lynne Leonhardt's debut novel takes us to a gentler and a more violent time in our history - a paradox that is managed in this novel with grace and clarity. [...]
India Diary – Part Three
The third leg of my journey took me to the nation’s capital, Delhi. We arrived here just before the spring festival of Holi and a friend invited us to her [...]
India Diary – Part Two
My first morning in the town where my parents now live looked like this.This is an army town, once known for its quiet, rustic charm and healing hill station air. [...]
India Diary – Part One
A native knows the scene, right? Wrong. I was born in India and have been a fairly regular visitor for the last thirty years. Earlier this year, when my university [...]
Book Review
Perth – David Whish-WilsonI have called Perth home for the last 30 years and what a fabulous home it has been. I came to Perth as a young adult and [...]
Book Review – What Is Left Over, After
What Is Left Over, After by Natasha Lester Publisher: Fremantle Press, 2010. I always pack more books than I know I will read when I travel because you never know [...]