If you’re feeling so run-down you can barely do your job properly anymore, but so exhausted you’re almost past caring, chances are you may be suffering from burnout. Burnout is a book you’ll either want to read cover to cover several times for yourself, and/or place into the hands of every overworked and stressed colleague, […]
Australian Women Writers Challenge
Review: The Emporium of Imagination, by Tabitha Bird
The Emporium is a bustle of a place. People come and go. Some see magic everywhere. They have phone messages and answer their phone when it rings. Other people see less magic and a more commonplace shop selling quirky vintage wares. It depends on what they expect to see. A person looking for the impossible […]
Review: Growing Up Disabled in Australia, ed. Carly Findlay
It’s taken me a few weeks to sit down to write this review. Partly because I wanted to make sure I wrote something sensitive and useful. And partly because I usually try to draw an overarching theme but was finding that really hard for Growing Up Disabled in Australia. Then it dawned on me – […]
Review: The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams
‘Morbs, Mabel? What does it mean?’ ‘It’s a sadness that comes and goes,’ she said, pausing for breath. ‘I get the morbs, you get the morbs, even Miss Lizzie ‘ere gets the morbs, though she’d never let on. A woman’s lot, I reckon.’ The Dictionary of Lost Words follows the slow creep of feminism into […]
10 books by Australian women writers I plan to read in 2021 – #AWW2021
2021 is the 10th year of the Australian Women Writers Challenge and the sixth year I’ve taken part. This year I’m planning to read at least 10 and review at least six books by Australian women writers – “Franklin” level. (To find out more about the levels, and to sign up yourself, head to Sign […]
Review: The Mother Fault, by Kate Mildenhall
I really enjoyed The Mother Fault, as much for the journey as the dystopian setting of a near-future Australia. Fast-paced and easy to read, I chewed through this story in two sittings. Mildenhall manages to weave everyday parenting challenges – loss of identity, nostalgia for pre-natal careers, maintaining a marital relationship in the face of […]
