More speedy reviews

Posted by Kate W in Book vs Film, Fiction, Non-fiction and tagged with 2020, audiobook, AWW, AWW2020, Delia Owens, epistolary, Faith Harper, film, Jess Hill, Maria Semple, movie September 4, 2020

Could I pick a more unlikely group of books to review? No. Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with cookery, cooking, COVID-19, film, Melbourne, movie, television, Trent Dalton August 9, 2020

01. It was an online bunfight, but geez I love a Marimekko/Uniqlo collab. Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Anne Enright, Charlotte Wood, cooking, COVID-19, Elizabeth Strout, film, Jenny Odell, John Irving, Melbourne, Melbourne Writers Festival, movie, Patrick Radden Keefe, podcast, television July 23, 2020

01. Final mask-free walk with my walking buddy, Sam. Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with book jackets, book shop, COVID-19, eighties, film, Lisa Taddeo, Miranda Popkey, movie, podcast July 9, 2020

01. The Booksellers documentary (it’s glorious) – I was in the cinema as Melbourne’s lockdown 2.0 was announced… Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with COVID-19, Eurovision, film, Julian Fellowes, movie, opera, Patrick Radden Keefe, Sally Rooney, swimming, television July 3, 2020

01. Slow-motion videos of waves. Continue reading →

Book vs Film: The Aftermath

Posted by Kate W in Book vs Film and tagged with film, historical, movie, Rhidian Brook May 19, 2020

Book (although the house used in the film was magnificent). Because: Continue reading →

Book vs. Film – The Children Act

Posted by Kate W in Book vs Film and tagged with film, Ian McEwan, movie April 10, 2020

Book, because: Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, film, gin, grief-lit, movie, Stella Prize February 19, 2020

01. It’s like all the dreams I didn’t even know I had, have come true. Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Eurovision, film, Judy Blume, movie, music, Stephanie Danler, television February 9, 2020

01. My 16yo returned from his sailing adventure. They motored into Williamstown, with the crew on the masts. It was an incredible sight, and a fitting end to what I think was a life-changing fortnight. Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Book vs Film, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2020, Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Curtis Sittenfeld, Eleanor Catton, Elie Wiesel, historical, Louis Theroux, Megan Phelps-Roper, Melbourne Writers Festival, movie, music, nineties, podcast, Rocky Flinstone, Roddy Doyle, Rose Tremain, Sally Rooney, television January 21, 2020

01. My boy is on his adventure at sea. Continue reading →