Wednesday, 10th March 2010
Personal reviews and recommendations for you and your friends
How many books do you usually take away with you when you travel? What sort of books do you like as travelling companions? We all know how important these questions are as we prepare for a much anticipated break and a few delicious moments of reading somewhere, somehow …
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Are you always hoping to hear about a good book that you can read or recommend to your bookclub? The Senator’s Wife by Sue Miller is such a book although how I came to read it is another story …
Read about the Australian cook book that has just won an international award …
Read Nam Le’s short acceptance speech after winning the 2009 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction. Imagine what it must feel like to win such a major prize for something that was created in one’s imagination, successfully put into words and that speaks to others so powerfully. Congratulations to a wonderful Australian writer …
If you’ve read Three Cups of Tea you’ll know what I mean when I say it’s a book that restores your jaded faith in the goodness of man and the power of one. Ronni Kahn, from OzHarvest, mentioned it in her interview as a favourite book. If you haven’t read it put it on your reading list …
Everyone loves a winner. But what happens to runners-up? History is littered with them, their names and deeds long forgotten. Between now and 6 October all six books on the Man Booker Prize 2009 shortlist are potential winners. Afterwards five of them will …
Do you know what makes women happy? Before you have the chance to umm and ahh let me tell you that Fay Weldon, in her book What Makes Women Happy boldly discusses sources of happiness such as sex, shopping and eating chocolate that are guaranteed to get your attention. Her observations on happiness are worth a book club discussion, or two …
