Six Degrees of Separation – from How to do Nothing to The Memory Pool

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Curtis Sittenfeld, Helen Garner, Jenny Odell, Julia Baird, Leanne Shapton, Lidia Yuknavitch, Melbourne Writers Festival, Six Degrees of Separation, swimming, swimming pool, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Therese Spruhan August 1, 2020

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 →

20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Andrew Ridgeley, Ann Napolitano, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀, Craig Brown, Curtis Sittenfeld, Elizabeth Strout, Frances Cha, Jenny Odell, Jess Hill, Kate Atkinson, Kathleen MacMahon, Laura Freeman, Liz Moore, Meg Mason, Naomi Wood, Paek Nam-Nyong, Pip Williams, reading challenge, Sigrid Nunez, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Tegan Bennett Daylight May 31, 2020

Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy states, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). Continue reading →

Reading the Stella Prize Shortlist – Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight

Posted by Kate W in Fiction and tagged with 2016, Australian, AWW, AWW2016, book review, fiction, review, short story, Stella Prize, Tegan Bennett Daylight March 15, 2016

Well. Tegan Bennett Daylight’s Six Bedrooms is very, very good. If all short story collections were this satisfying, I might very well be a convert to the world of short stories. Continue reading →

The 2016 Stella Prize Shortlist

Posted by Kate W in Fiction, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2016, Charlotte Wood, Elizabeth Harrower, Fiona Wright, Mireille Juchau, Peggy Frew, Stella Prize, Tegan Bennett Daylight March 10, 2016

Ta da! The 2016 Stella Prize shortlist has been announced. 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, Charlotte Wood, Fiona Wright, Gail Jones, Mireille Juchau, music, Stella Prize, Stephanie Bishop, Tegan Bennett Daylight, television March 10, 2016

1. Eclipses are ace, aren’t they?

2. Looking for a new meme to get involved in? I was reminded of the Meme Directory that Bookshelf Fantasies curates this week (and submitted 6 Degrees of Separation, naturally). Continue reading →

The Stella Prize 2016 Longlist

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Alice Robinson, Amanda Lohrey, Australian, AWW, AWW2016, Charlotte Wood, Debra Adelaide, Elizabeth Harrower, Fiona Wright, Gail Jones, Jen Craig, Mireille Juchau, Peggy Frew, Stella Prize, Stephanie Bishop, Tegan Bennett Daylight February 9, 2016

I’m not a book-prize-tart* but I have warm-fuzzies for the Stella Prize.

The 2016 Stella Prize longlist was announced half an hour ago, so this news is fresh via Twitter. Here ’tis –

1. THE WOMEN’S PAGES by Debra Adelaide
2. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD by Stephanie Bishop
3. PANTHERS AND THE MUSEUM OF FIRE by Jen Craig
4. SIX BEDROOMS by Tegan Bennett Daylight
5. HOPE FARM by Peggy Frew
6. A FEW DAYS IN THE COUNTRY: AND OTHER STORIES by Elizabeth Harrower
7. A GUIDE TO BERLIN by Gail Jones
8. THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Mireille Juchau
9. A SHORT HISTORY OF RICHARD KLINE by Amanda Lohrey
10. ANCHOR POINT by Alice Robinson
11. THE NATURAL WAY OF THINGS by Charlotte Wood
12. SMALL ACTS OF DISAPPEARANCE: ESSAYS ON HUNGER by Fiona Wright

I’ve only read one but have another four lined up in the TBR stack. And I’m busting to read Small Acts…

It’s going to be a great reading year.

*I just made that up but it’s someone who only reads book-prize winners so that they can pontificate loudly at dinner parties.