Read / November 19th, 2019
Welcome to my annual Christmas book recommendation series! Over the coming weeks, I’ll be posting my picks for the books that have nabbed my attention at the time of the year where shelves are crammed with so much choice. I know it can get overwhelming because, honestly, I feel it too sometimes! So if you’re…
Read / November 6th, 2019
First I want to preface this post by saying that I know the topic is hardly original; similar articles and listicles will be written soon – if they haven’t already. Hit me up with those links once they’re available because what a decade it’s been for books and I’m sure I’ll forget tonnes of…
Read / October 29th, 2019
For a while over the American summer, Three Women by Lisa Taddeo was one of the hottest books around; if you weren’t reading it you knew about it due to the number of people Instagramming the cover, asking if anyone had finished because they wanted to debrief their opinion in private without giving spoilers. That’s how it…
Read / September 30th, 2019
I’m sliding in by the skin of my teeth today to post this month’s reading list. We have had visitors and just – well – life, in general, has kept me away from my computer, not just here. But some of that time was devoted to reading (hurrah!), some of which will be discussed in…
There’s a recommendation that’s sometimes given to bloggers (at least, it used to be), and that is not to apologise if they are returning after an absence if it wasn’t signposted ahead of time. True fans will just be glad that you’re back and indifferent or one-time readers won’t really care. While I understand the…
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson is a memoir told through free verse poetry that recounts her sexual assault at age thirteen and the repercussions of that experience throughout the rest of her teenage years and adulthood. Anderson also writes about living in a household affected by trauma, in particular, her father’s PTSD as a World War Two…
The latest installment of things I love and want to share! Public Libraries I know, I realise this is slightly cheaty because I’m never quiet about my love of public libraries. But this inclusion is extra special in that my local library just recently announced that it is now completely fine free – meaning that…
The program to the 2019 Melbourne Writers Festival was launched last night and I spent a long time going over it, tucked up and cozy as a heavy rainstorm passed over the city, trying to figure out what I want to see. And, like usual, there’s a lot! I’ve curated the following list for…
Fiona Wright is one of my favourite writers (as I’ve said before). Insightful, yet accessible, Domestic Interior is a poetry collection that celebrates the experiences of domestic life. These experiences might be mundane or exciting, warm or upsetting, and together they elevate the text’s impact. You feel these poems and are spurred to consider your own life in…
