Friday Faves: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
…in which I invite someone bookish to share one of their all-time favourite works of fiction and what it means to them. This…
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Apocalypse Now! Top 10 Novels about the End of Days
The Ark is set in a post-peak oil scenario in which society as we know it collapses. So I’ve spent a lot of…
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Friday Faves: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
…in which I invite someone bookish to share one of their all-time favourite works of fiction and what it means to them. This…
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Friday Faves: Dark Tower by Stephen King
…in which I invite someone bookish to share one of their all-time favourite works of fiction and what it means to them. This…
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Top 10 Coming-of Age Stories
One of the characters in my forthcoming novel The Ark is fifteen year old Roscoe. I feel for Roscoe, coming of age in…
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Friday Faves: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
…in which I invite someone bookish to share one of their all-time favourite works of fiction and what it means to them. This…
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Top Ten Books About New York
I suspect more books and films are set in New York City than any other city in the western world, so much so,…
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Friday Faves: Postcards from Surfers by Helen Garner
Photo credit: Liane McGee …in which I invite someone bookish to share one of their all-time favourite works of fiction and what it means…
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Top Ten Page-Turners
Once upon a time, I hated staying home on Saturday nights. I guess I must be getting old because Saturday night found me…
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Top 10 Books that Crack Me Up
Ever since I read Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue in 2012 I have been meaning to read another of his books and I finally got around to Wonder…
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