For lovers of Australian and New Zealand literary fiction; Ambassador for Australian literature. ANZLL Books You Must Read. Entries open for The 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Well, the news is out, and now we know the new category for the 2015 10th anniversary Melbourne Prize for Literature! As you will know if you read my previous post about the prize. The Melbourne Prize for Literature 2015.

The Resident Judge of Port Phillip. BOOK REVIEWS INDEX by Author.

This post is one such. It was inspired by an article I read a year ago in Inside Story. And was written by Anna Johnson, an academic from the University of Tasmania.

Fabulous little cockatiel, and occasional shelf ornament. Ozzie loved eating Post-It notes, chewing on important pieces of paper, and whistling Jingle Bells off-key. Native birds in battle for habitat on the kitchen shelf.

An Unsentimental Bloke wins the National Biography Award. Congratulations to Philip Butterss, whose biography of CJ Dennis,. Won the National Biography Award of Australia. Posted in biographies of writers. Biography as a literary form.

The Independent Woman and the myth of the Australian bushman. A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, Jane Rawson. Among my many uni first years I luckily included a year of Philosophy which, for me at least, provides a way into understanding this wonderful first novel. A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

New life, young life it is such a sense of hope.

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 6,255 other followers. Absence makes the pen stronger. The love you take, is equal to the love you make. Absence makes the pen stronger. There are a number of possibilities for my next novel.

Hmmm I was a bit underwhelmed by this book that I was told was a classic of post-cyberpunk. Filed under Lovers of Philosophy. By far the most memorable experience I have had whilst conducting research for.