Neon Pilgrim Lisa Dempster Aduki Independent Press 9780980335170 October 2009 (Aus, US) Neon Pilgrim is Lisa Dempster’s memoir of walking the henro michi in Japan – a challenging pilgrimage, particularly in summer, and particularly for someone who chooses to ‘sleep rough’ as much as they can – a purer way to complete the walk. I [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Guest review: Rhys Tate on Eoin Colfer’s And Another Thing…
November 24, 2009 – 7:55 am
And Another Thing… Eoin Colfer Penguin 9780718155148 (Aus, US) Reviewed by Rhys Tate I’ll admit when I heard that Eoin Colfer was ghostwriting a sixth Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy volume, nine years after the death of original visionary Douglas Adams, I fired up the torches and pitchforks and got me a good old fashioned [...]
This literary-minded week
November 22, 2009 – 10:04 pm
new into brew 2700 words of fiction. chew http://thefastertimes.com/fiction/2009/11/14/nabokov-in-audio/ (via Meanjin) kangaroo Best Australian Fiction of the 21st Century #3, #2, #1. blue ‘When I have acted like a human being for a few hours, as I did today with Max and later at Baum’s, I am already full of conceit before I go to sleep.’ [...]
Guest review: Pamela Wilson on Frank Walker’s The Tiger Man of Vietnam
November 17, 2009 – 8:11 am
The Tiger Man of Vietnam Frank Walker Hachette (Australia) October 2009 9780733623660 Reviewed by Pamela Wilson When you’ve got a story full of intrigue, deception, torture and murder, you’ve got the makings of a good thriller. When that story is true, you have the makings of a great one. Because of this, I snapped up the [...]
Goodbye Billie Jean
November 15, 2009 – 10:12 am
With a million things due and a million to organise (not to mention the inbox) I’m running away today to go for a walk in the mountains with some dear friends. I really, really need it. Yesterday I came back from a business trip to Sydney. It was great meeting people from some of the [...]
Review of George Dawes Green’s Ravens for ABC Radio National’s The Book Show
November 12, 2009 – 7:37 am
I recently reviewed the thriller Ravens, by George Dawes Green, for The Book Show on ABC Radio National. Have a listen, here.
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Just some of the treats in boxes shipped down by my ‘rents this week… (Thanks Mum & Dad! x) Missed my Marilyn collection! I am a movie buff, yes. Hello childhood! Macauley Culkin is my boyfriend. The Roald Dahl box sets were a present from Mum and Dad when I was about nine, and my sister [...]