I don’t know if anyone noticed, but I’ve stopped using Goodreads to review books. I thought I might read in private for a while and see how that went. So far, pretty well. Still, you have to tell people your favourite books at the end … Continue reading The best books, according to me
Australian writers are being assailed on all fronts at the moment. The government is keen to change the rules about whether bookshops can buy their books from an overseas publisher, rather than having to go to an Australian publisher. This has the Australian Society of … Continue reading Does anyone still read books?
A quick post for International Women’s Day. Since March 8 last year I’ve read, oh, I dunno, about 100 books. Lots (most even) of those were by women. But these are my most favourite, most feminist reads of the last year. Links are to … Continue reading Best feminist books I’ve read since last International Women’s Day
Hello! Here’s an interview I did with Booktopia a while back, and which they’ve just published. They asked good questions.
In writing news, I think I’ve just finished the first draft of something new. You’re probably not supposed to say that; I’ve doubtless cursed myself now. Anyway, I’m excited about doing draft two.
In reading news, 2016 has been superb. Have you heard about that Elena Ferrante? Holy cow, those books are good. I have one left to read. And I also read Ali Smith’s How to be both and it’s my favourite thing in a long time.I just went and bought a copy at Readings St Kilda so I can read it over to try to figure out how she does what she does.
And in unrelated news, I saw the Flaming Lips last night and that reminded me how much I would like the things I write to be like the songs they make. I have no idea how to do that.
Image by Magic Madzik/Flickr This is a long one so you might want to get a glass of wine before you start… Some books you could read The books I enjoyed most this year (not necessarily the best books I read, but the ones that meant … Continue reading Best books I read this year (with unnecessary graphs)
It’s not the end of July, but I’m calling a halt to my sponsored reading and taking a look at what I’ve learned. You may already know that a few months ago I set up a readathon – JustRead – to raise money for the … Continue reading Just Read readathon wrap up: what I read
You might’ve noticed I started up a readathon, Just Read, to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (because it irks me there are people in Australia who don’t get the chance to read). You can sign up to read or sponsor an existing reader. … Continue reading Another adventure in reading
If you’ve ever read this blog before you know how much I love reading. In fact, if you read this blog I’m guessing you love reading too. I am incredibly lucky: I was born in a home where books where everywhere and reading was valued. … Continue reading Some people don’t get to read, and that sucks
Books are consumer goods, just like dresses or DVD box sets or surround sound systems or these things. Making them consumes non-renewable resources, no one ever bothers asking what conditions are like in the places where they’re made, and masses of fossil fuels are used to ship … Continue reading What did I learn from TBR20? (Spoiler: I don’t know)
Last year I signed up to do #TBR20, a challenge where you agree to read 20 books you already own before borrowing or buying anything new. I’ve been awful at it, just awful – once I finish my pile of 20 I’ll let you in … Continue reading Nearing the end of my enforced reading…
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