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THE LOVERS by Vendela Vida GREAT HOUSE by Nicole Krauss FATHER OF THE RAIN by Lily King IN THE SKIN OF A LION by Michael Ondaatje THE COLD EYE OF HEAVEN by Christine Dwyer Hickey FOAL'S BREAD by Gillian Mears SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY by Gary Shteyngart LOVE IN THE YEARS OF LUNACY by Mandy Sayer CALEB'S CROSSING by Geraldine Brooks THIS LIFE by Malcolm Knox THE PICTURE BOOK by Jo Baker THE TIGER'S WIFE by Tea Obrecht ANNABEL by Kathleen Winter THE BOOK THIEF by Marcus Zusack ROOM by Emma Donoghue THE STEEP APPROACH TO GARBADALE by Iain Banks ON WRITING by Stephen King ABOUT A BOY by Nick Hornby THE AGE OF GRIEF by Jane Smiley BEATRICE and VIRGIL by Yann Martel KRAKATOA by Simon Winchester CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN SHORT STORIES by Murray Bail THE FIRST STONE by Helen Garner HAVING A LOVELY TIME by Jenny EclairThought Bubble
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- Charles Dickens
- children's literacy
- children's picture books
- culling brumbies
- Dorothy Owston-Booth
- Dr Kay Scarpetta
- e-books
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- Elyne Mitchell
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- Ernest Hemingway
- F.Scott Fitzgerald
- Flags of the Empire
- Gustauve Flaubert
- Henry James
- holiday houses
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- Kate Munro
- Kerry Argent
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- Kurt Vonnegut
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- Lionel Shriver
- literary criticism
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- Pears' Cyclopaedia
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- Stella Prize
- story telling
- The First Time
- The Hoopla
- The Man From Snowy River
- The More it Snows
- The New Yorker
- The Portrait of a Lady
- The Silver Brumby
- The Snowy Mountains
- The Sydney Writers Festival
- The Virginity Project
- Thomas McGuane
- Tinkerbell
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- Too Loud Lily
- Truman Capote
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- We Need to Talk About Kevin
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The Book Club Blues
Two weeks ago, I joined my first online book club. Not such a new concept except this one runs on Twitter. Each fortnight, the Twitter Book Group selects a book for members to read and in return, readers post pithy … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman on ‘The Simpsons’; or, does authorship matter? :: Blog :: Nosy Crow
Neil Gaiman on ‘The Simpsons’; or, does authorship matter? :: Blog :: Nosy Crow. I found this great piece on one of my favourite blogs, Nosy Crow. I must say, when push comes to shove, selling books is an important … Continue reading
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Ssshh! It’s a Secret…
As soon as I write the word diary I can see it. A pink veleveteen cover, gold padlock, a tiny gold key with a tassel on it and the front cover embossed with the words Secret Diary. It demands to … Continue reading
Suicide by cocktail
Last week I marveled at my ability to use the word glockenspiel not once but twice in a story. “That’s a once in a life time experience” I told myself. But I was wrong. Last night I went to an … Continue reading
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