After the debacle that was the Twilight phenomenon, I can honestly say I was reluctant to venture into the world of the Hunger Games trilogy. Dubbed the ‘new Twilight’, Suzanne Collins’ books and film seem to produce…
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In 2004, Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. In 2005, Jonathan Safran Foer published his second novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.…
love, n. I’m not going to even try. Earlier this week I read the most exquisite novel. David Levithan’s The Lover’s Dictionary is an ambitious and perfectly executed love story about a relationship gone awry. What makes…
Shared experiences are one of the greatest things about the human condition. No matter how troubled you are and how alone you feel, there is someone willing to listen, to care, to help, to remind…
The original 1960 cover Like any other form of artistic expression, there are ‘fad’ themes in writing. Without doubt supernatural stories are all the rage at the moment; full of vampires, werewolves and witches, the…
I can’t believe a whole week has passed by since Perth. Time seems to move by so quickly, and I would like to apologise for taking so long to get the second instalment of my Perth Writers…
I embarked from Brisbane to my third writers festival on Thursday Feb 23, bound for the west coast and the beautiful city of Perth. Why would I travel so far for a few days of…
