The Body in the Garden pictures
Here are some pictures I took during the Adelaide Body in the Garden festival. The opening address was at Edler Hall, one of the city’s famous sandstone buildings.
Book Review: Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson
Mr Wigg, Inga Simpson, Hachette Australia, $29.95 Mr Wigg is a novel that reminds the reader of simple, luxurious pleasures and there were several things I could not resist doing, in between reading this story. I opened a jar of home-made raspberry jam I bought from a fete and spread it on bread and enjoyed it with…
American Beauty – my books, that is!
On Saturday, as I was rehearsing my speech before the book launch for the final time, the courier who usually parks over my driveway while he delivers parcels to my neigbour ran up my garden path carrying three large boxes. They had the Little, Brown sticker on them – I knew straight away what they…
Manuka, Sylvania, Woollahra … where next?
Bay of Fires has been in Australian book stores for almost two weeks now. It has been a good start. In Brisbane, everyone I knew bought at least one copy, which launched the book onto Mary Ryan’s list of top ten best sellers for that week. It made number eight on that list – Gillian…
Book Review: How to be a Good Wife
Like the Scandinavian landscape depicted in Emma Chapman’s debut novel, the props Chapman uses to tell her story are sparse – few characters, concise descriptions, brief details – but the effect is startling. The dominant story line is a chilling mystery. The author researched post traumatic shock syndrome and was intrigued by how a particularly…