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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Reading Matters 2015 - Some Books I Bought

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Three days! It was a wonderful conference but, unlike SF conventions, you don't really have the option of hanging about outside chattin...
Friday, May 29, 2015

Reading Matters 2015

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Reading Matters 2015 - Student Day and Day 1 I love the Reading Matters Conference. It has been going for a long time and I've gone t...
Monday, May 25, 2015

My Take On An Open Letter From GRRM

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A friend sent me a certain link, thinking it might amuse me. It did, sort of. Here it is, so you can read it too.  http://them...
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The Glorious 25th Of May! Terry Pratchett's Night Watch

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                                                          Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a hard boiled egg! (And no, I'm not going to ...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

Two Happy Birthdays To Two Wonderful Writers

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Today, May 23, is the birthday of Sean Williams, Aussie speculative fiction writer: Publicity pic, seanwilliams.com and the wonderful...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Happy Birthday, John Flanagan!

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My original plan was to do an "on this day" post, and there have been some interesting events in history on May 22( the Greeks...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

The Ellie McDoodle Diaries: Most Valuable Player by Ruth McNally Bradshaw. Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2014

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Ellie McDougall lives with her cheerful, over-the-top family in a nice, ordinary suburb and goes to a cheerful, over-the-top school which...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

The Warlock's Child 3: The Iron Claw, by Paul Collins and SeanMcMullen. Melbourne: Ford Street, 2015

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"The warlock Calbaras wants to revive the ancient, forbidden magic of dragons, and his son Dantar is vital to his plans. Dan...
Sunday, May 03, 2015

Two Fearsome Fairytales From France by Adele Geras. Illustrated FionaMcDonald. Christmas Press 2015Two

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                                       Here is another one of Christmas Press's delightful series of folk and fairytale retellin...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Footy Dreaming by Michael Hyde. Melbourne: Ford Street Publishing, 2015

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                                                      In the small, footy-crazed Victorian town of Marshall, two boys play football an...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Some of my Favourite Novel Adaptations of Fairytales

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Over the last year or so I have discovered a number of delightful blogs dedicated to fairytales. While I don't intend to turn this into ...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Anyone But Ivy Pocket by Caleb Krisp. Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2015

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Ivy Pocket is a twelve-year-old maid of no importance, with a very lofty opinion of herself. Dumped in Paris by the Countess Carbunkle, wh...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The CBCA Shortlist for 2015!

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This year's theme. Used under fair usage It's that time of year again. While I've been fussing about over the Hugos and ...