It’s hard to pick out the happiest of happy things but this is my list of 2024 highlights (excluding books and holidays). Continue reading
Tag Archives: Ellen van Neerven
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. I have loved Rising Festival from its beginning, especially for the wintery focus on the Yarra River. This year was no exception. We started with the Rivers Sing sound installation (beautiful)…
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Melbourne Writers Festival 2019 – the first bit
Can you see Tayari Jones in the pic above? She looks tiny but I had to show off the magnificent Capitol Theatre, one of the venues for this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival.
I managed four sessions on my first Festival day. The highlights: Continue reading
Melbourne Writers Festival 2019
The MWF 2019 program was announced at 7pm. I’ve been busy since then making long lists of authors, events, dates and times.
The theme this year is ‘When We Talk About Love’. I LOVE the graphics and that sparkly heart (and a friend quite rightly pointed out that they need to have this vase everywhere, at all the venues). Continue reading
An Uncertain Grace by Krissy Kneen
This book is bananas.
I didn’t ‘like’ it but it’s hard not to be impressed by something that is so incredibly creative and thought-provoking.
But before I go on, it should be noted that Krissy Kneen’s An Uncertain Grace comes with a big bunch of trigger warnings (rape, sex crimes against children, treatment of paedophiles). Continue reading
Reading the Stella Prize shortlist – Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven
Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven is a collection of three stories, linked by some common themes (more on that later). I’ll be frank, I didn’t love it. Continue reading
Stella Prize 2015 shortlist
The Stella Prize 2015 shortlist has been announced. I’m always busting to see what’s included on a shortlist but this time even more so because I’ve signed up for the Stella Shortlist Book Club. You should join as well (if you’re at a loose end over the next six weeks…). Continue reading