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Toni Jordan, Nine days (Review)
Book cover (Courtesy: Text Publishing) Toni Jordan’s latest novel, Nine days, is somewhat of a departure from her first two novels which are more in the chicklit vein, albeit chicklit with a...
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Nancy Cato, All the rivers run, Book 1 (Review)
It’s been a long time since I reviewed an audiobook or, more accurately, reviewed a book via its audiobook version. As I’ve said before, I don’t listen often to audiobooks, but last month Mr Gums and I...
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Paddy O’Reilly, The salesman (Review)
I’ve been wanting to read Paddy O’Reilly for the longest time but somehow haven’t managed to get to her so, as is my wont, I decided to read a short story of hers in the Griffith Review. She made her...
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Guest post from Marilyn of Me, You...
I first “met” Marilyn earlier this year when she decided to take part in the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012. There aren’t many non-Australians who have signed up for this challenge so...
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Kate Grenville, The lieutenant (Review)
Bookcover (Courtesy: Text Publishing) I first came across William Dawes, the inspiration for Kate Grenville’s The lieutenant, in Inga Clendinnen’s award-winning history, Dancing with strangers (2003)....
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Barbara Baynton, Squeaker’s mate (Review)
Presumed public domain, via Wikipedia My last post was about this year’s Meanjin Tournament of Books which is pitting short stories against each other. One of the short stories is Barbara Baynton‘s...
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Barbara Baynton, The chosen vessel (Review)
I’m blaming author and blogger Karen Lee Thompson again for this post, because she wrote a wonderful comment on my post on Barbara Baynton‘s short story “Squeaker’s mate”, and I’m going to quote it...
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Thea Astley, Hunting the wild pineapple (Review)
Thea Astley‘s “Hunting the wild pineapple” is both a short story and the title of a collection of connected short stories (that includes, of course, the title story). Today I am going to write on the...
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Highlights of 2012: Blogging and the Reading Life
It’s been a busy year chez Gums and so I’ve decided to write two highlight posts – one listing some favourite reads, and this one for other blogging and reading highlights. Here, in no particular...
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Women Writers’ Challenge...
(Design: Book’dout – Shelleyrae) It seems fitting that my last Monday musings for 2012 be devoted to the Australian Women Writers Challenge, partly because it turned out to be quite a significant event...
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