I was the child who wouldn’t get out of the water. My parents would stand at the shore, yelling for me to come in. They’d have packed up all our gear and would start walking, before I dashed out to catch up with them – wrinkled like a prune, crusted in salt, and gloriously happy. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. This week’s Birrarung Riverfest event: Dight’s Falls Cultural Walking Tour – a stunning day and interesting talk, especially the bits about plants. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from Life of M to Lost Lambs
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
Finishing Short Story September with…
I finished Short Story September with one fictional collection – Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh – and one essay collection – Over the Water: Essays on Islands by various authors. Continue reading
My Latest Listens
Famesick by Lena Dunham Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. A lovely morning for the start of Birrarung Riverfest, making ‘hotels’ for native bees (of which there are over 2000 native species). Australian native bees live alone and don’t make honey. Their preferred place to reside is in little holes (hence the bunch of sticks). Our hotel is now installed in our wattle tree, which is the equivalent of having a nice restaurant in the hotel. Continue reading
Sample Saturday – grief-lit
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
I read Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash months ago – ridiculous to be writing a review now but I am because, since reading it (in May), I have recommended it to so many people.
And this is what I say when I recommend it – “The ending isn’t fab but it doesn’t matter because by the time you get there, you will have laughed so much, you won’t care.” Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. It was a week of launches, including the MTC 2027 season launch. Lots of excellent productions ahead, particularly Richard III and A Delicate Balance. I’m excited but I’ll also be missing a large chunk of Melbourne in 2027 (if all goes to plan…). Continue reading
Sample Saturday – more Irish picks
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. This week, all three are from Cathy at 746 Books’ post on Irish Short Stories & Nonfiction to look out for in 2026 – Continue reading