Top 10 Books of 2020
Happy new year! In no particular order, these were my favourite reads from the last 12 months (not necessarily published in 2020). I…
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Top 10 Books of 2018
I’ve been in a reading malaise for a while now, and due to some things going on in my personal life, when I…
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Top 10: Memoirs
I read a great deal more fiction than non-fiction, but I do love a good memoir. These are some of my favourites. Cheryl…
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BFFs & Frenemies: Top 10 Books about Friendship
My novel-in-progress, Monkey See, is about the very unlikely friendship that forms between my protagonist, Danior and a spider monkey named Chacho who…
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Top 10: Books About Marriage
The novel I’m writing, the first in a series tentatively titled Monkey See, centres on the lives of a couple who’ve been married…
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Top 10 Books of My 30s
After the halcyon days of my twenties, when I was reading a couple of books a week, my son was born when I…
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Top 10 Books of 2017
Last year, I didn’t read anywhere near as many books as I usually do. I was off reading in a way I’ve never…
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20 Favourite Books from my 20s
My 20s were perhaps the most exciting reading period of my life. When they began I was studying literature at university, including two…
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Writers & Other Animals: Eliza Henry-Jones on Gillian Mears’ Foal’s Bread
My work in progress Monkey See features a super-intelligent Spider Monkey named Chacho. Writing the character of Chacho has made me think a lot…
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Top 10 Books I Loved as a Teenager
This list of my favourite books from my teenage years is inspired by Kate Forsyth, who celebrated her 50th birthday by writing a…
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