The … er… really cool novel The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes has won the booker prize. He wins 50,000 pounds as well as, no doubt, mega sales. I read this novel in one day – it’s a novella really, and you can check out my thoughts on the subject here. I suspect, […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Care to throw a wager on a Booker winner?
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Its 4.44 am here in Sydney Australia and I’m 3 hours out from the announcement of the 2011 Booker Prize. I’ve not had a chance to read all of the short list. I’ve read Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending and a chunk of Patrick deWitt’s The Sisters Brothers. I have all the others […]
Book trailer for the forthcoming The Tumors Made me Interesting by Matthew Revert.
posted by lisathatcher
I’m so excited about this novel. Just wait. Blogging about this soon.
Norwegian Wood: Death, grief and sex.
posted by lisathatcher
Ok – so I am now reading this because the film is so alluring, I decided to take on my first Haruki Mirukami novel. (The great love recommended it to me as well, and who can resist that combination?) This novel has been called impossible to adapt for film. It is the fifth of Mirukami’s […]
The Eye of The Storm – sex and molestation for those over 55.
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Review: The Eye of the Storm Like most Australians, I haven’t read any Patrick White. You see, it’s complicated for us. Australia suffers from the worst cultural cringe of almost any Western Nation (something our close neighbours the New Zealanders take great pleasure in observing) and to have an Australian awarded a Nobel “for an […]
Le Zapororgue #10 Publishes ‘Three Little Ducks’
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My short story ‘Three Little Ducks’ was published in Le Zapororgue #10. You can pick up a copy of the magazine here. I was very proud to be published in this magazine. Not only is its talented publisher (Seb Doubinsky) a great friend of mine, but he is also a brilliant writer and literary activist. […]
Submarine – A journey through a genre.
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Submarine is a coming of age story based on the novel of the same name by Joe Dunthorne. It serves as the directorial debut for Richard Ayoade. There is a scene in this very sweet film that flows thusly: “It’s rude to leave a film before it’s finished.” “who to?” “to the filmmakers.” “how are […]
Review – Ink. J.S. Breukelaar
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Ink review – Mutinous talisman She limps in circles Around her room And learns that Butterflies can bite Mutinous talisman It’s a rare writer who takes on writing with the presence of mind to know the world needs what they want to say. Don’t get me wrong. Every new writer thinks they are filled with […]
The Revolution will not be Televised – My Experience in Ellen Johnsons-Sirleaf’s Africa.
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The revolution will not be televised. Today, President Johnson-Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.” I used to work for The Hunger Project. I was head of fundraising in Sydney and I […]
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