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20 Favourite Books from my 20s

20 Favourite Books from my 20s

Posted on September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 by Annabel Smith

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 Ask Writers: Spanners in the Works

Writers Ask Writers: Spanners in the Works

Posted on June 26, 2013September 3, 2014 by Annabel Smith

This month’s Writers ask Writers post was inspired by a question from one of my regular blog readers (thanks Steve!): How do you maintain…

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Top 10 Novels About Dysfunctional Families

Top 10 Novels About Dysfunctional Families

Posted on April 30, 2013October 23, 2014 by Annabel Smith

I’ve just started reading Jami Attenberg’s The Middlesteins and it is my favourite kind of book – an analysis of an ordinary family’s…

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Top 10: Sibling Rivalry

Top 10: Sibling Rivalry

Posted on November 13, 2012October 23, 2014 by Annabel Smith

Every Tuesday The Broke and the Bookish hosts a meme inviting book bloggers to post their top ten on a given topic. I…

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Top 10: Desert Island Books

Top 10: Desert Island Books

Posted on October 8, 2012October 23, 2014 by Annabel Smith

Being stranded on a desert island I’d definitely want to have a few of my all-time faves with me. But given that I’d…

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Reading Renaissance

Reading Renaissance

Posted on April 26, 2012February 24, 2015 by Annabel Smith

Almost a decade ago, while living in Melbourne, I had my first ‘real’ full-time office job. A thinly-veiled fictional account of this experience…

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My Love/Hate Relationship with Australian Fiction (I)

My Love/Hate Relationship with Australian Fiction (I)

Posted on March 7, 2012December 16, 2014 by Annabel Smith

Last year I was invited by Westerly to write their annual fiction review. New Australian books would be delivered to me, absolutely pristine,…

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