The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March 2009. It looks like this:
Category Archives: Reading
a new year, a new blog
I’ve started a new blog to write about the things I read. a blog load of books I’m not quitting this blog, but the other one will be only about the things I read. I don’t think that means that … Continue reading
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There is a negative correlation between the number of numbers I see in one day and my enjoyment of that day
I have now done a statistics course in each of the previous three decades. In the 1990s as part of my library studies; in the 2000s as part of my journalism studies; and in the 2010s as part of this … Continue reading
swot vac
Exams. I am in the middle of them. They are all multiple choice which, from what I gather, tests breadth of knowledge rather than depth. Other exams I’ve done have been essay-based which, I am surprised to find, requires (for … Continue reading
Reality television
People really need to stop citing Mad Men as if it is a documentary. It’s not quite as bad as when everyone believed Jed Bartlett really did have the code. But almost. It’s almost as bad as that. You can … Continue reading
Last night
Got myself into a bit of a funk last night, talking to myself about the fantastic lives other people have managed to create for themselves. Look what she’s done, look what she’s done, and her and her and him. Oh, … Continue reading
Less aimless wandering around the interwebs
What else do you do when you’ve got a bathroom to scrub, an assignment to get your head around, and a new school to settle your lads into, but update your feed reader? Updating my feed reader (I use google … Continue reading
Brave new world. Starting here tomorrow.
We bought the mister a kindle, and because it is 3G which may or may not work in Abu Dhabi, and because it would be easy to pack if we unwrapped it, but incredibly bulky and space-consuming if we did … Continue reading
Instead of unblocking the drains
Because I am preparing for my part in Abu Dhabi’s Great Expat Exodus and have a gazillion things to do and butterflies in my stomach and a brain that can’t think straight, I am sticking my fingers in my ears … Continue reading
Reading I’ve done and not
I was supposed to finish getting through The Yacoubian Building by Alaa al Aswany this week, but because I went to book club before I’d finished reading it, I know the terrible thing that is about to happen and I … Continue reading
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Tagged a better woman, alaa al aswany, nanny piggins, r a spratt, susan johnson, the yacoubian building
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My two cents
Whatever else the announcement of the Miles Franklin shortlist tells us, it also reminds us of our mortality. Of our own mortality and of that of the world we inhabit. Continue reading
