A Town Like Alice
From the Ghan As I've written elsewhere, my early life was full of stories and memories of Australia. My parents' stories and memories. It was…
Hester: Ship’s Officer by Valerie Baxter
After yesterday's debacle of a book, I decided to treat myself to a known favourite by an author who has managed to include a plot…
My Lockdown Books: Sixty Five
Juliet in Publishing by Elizabeth Churchill is a book I've added to my collection as an adult and it's one of my favourite career novels. …
My Lockdown Books: Sixty Two
When the bank his parents own crashes, Oliver’s life starts to spin out of control. Precipitated into responsibility for a grumpy girl, her unpredictable mother,…
My Lockdown Books: Twenty Eight
I decided to treat myself to a re-read of the Ishmael trilogy by the award-winning Michael Gerard Bauer. Why? Well, I don't really need a…
My Lockdown Books: Three
My choice today is all about the illustrations. Around the World in Eighty Days has been published in many editions since Jules Verne wrote it…
The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer
Last month Michael Gerard Bauer won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for his young adult novel, The Things That Will Not Stand. I should clarify…
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3rd December
My life might have been very different had my parents or I made other decisions. They met and married in Australia but decided to return…
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