Omg, it’s still freakin’ raining! It’s been raining non-stop here for weeks. Please tell me that it’s warm and dry somewhere in the world – I feel like I’m living in the middle of a swamp. This month’s title is the first one I get to choose since the kick-off month of bookclub! And I […]
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Right, it’s time to get into the meat and potatoes of Dianne Touchell’s A SMALL MADNESS. I’ve been looking forward to this discussion, as the book raises a whole heap of issues with its plot and characters, as well as with its form, and I’m very interested to hear other peoples’ opinions on it. First
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We have not been washed away in the rains here, although it was a near thing (for those of you living far away, south eastern Australia has had some of its highest Spring rainfalls and worst flooding in about ten years – at left is an actual picture of our actual access road during last
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Welcome to Spring here on my side of the world! It’s time for flowers to bloom, baby chicks to hatch, sunny skies, and…er…hayfever. So while I’m sniffing and nose-blowing at my place, here’s something to take us on to a new era in bookclub. Our August hiatus is over. The competition we ran, asking for
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We are past the halfway mark of the year – how on earth did that happen? – and…we have another title for bookclub! I’ve had a few delays on my end with Real Life stuff, so I’m sorry this post is a bit late, but the wait will be worth it, I promise 🙂 One
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Good morning! (or afternoon, or evening, etc) It’s 3 July here in Australia, and while we may not yet have a stable government after yesterday’s election, d’you know what we have got? Yes! We’ve got the first Indigenous woman in the House of Representatives! That’s right: Linda Burney, the new Member for Barton, is the
Hi bookclubbers! Welcome to a new round of Five Messy Questions with our author of the month. Our June author in the hot seat is Ambelin Kwaymullina, who wrote THE INTERROGATION OF ASHALA WOLF. I’d like to thank Ambelin for taking the time to join us, and for having a bit of fun with these
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This month’s title selection has been generously provided by Chris Currie, author of May’s book, CLANCY OF THE UNDERTOW (and proud new dad, as of Saturday May 4th – congratulations Chris! Love to the whole family!!). Chris has chosen…*drumroll*… THE INTERROGATION OF ASHALA WOLF by Ambelin Kwaymullina!! Yay! Kermit flail! In this first book of
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Chris is our special guest in the hot seat for this month’s bookclub grilling – and not only did he rise to the challenge, concocting an amazing-sounding cocktail in honour of Clancy, but he dug through his archives to find (in draft form) some of the earliest words he wrote that made the book happen
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