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The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone – Review
“The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone‘ by Felicity McLean is comparable, as the book jacket says, to ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock‘ but also stands strong in its own right. A highly evocative and masterfully rendered work, it seems art … Continue reading
Posted in Conversation, Earth
Tagged Australian life, book review, disappearance, Felicity McLean, fiction, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone
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Review: A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer
Wow…… You know that feeling when you’ve read a book that’s so rich, so good, that you just know everything you are going to read for a while now is going to feel like fast food after fine cuisine? That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Conversation, Poetry
Tagged A Superior Spectre, Angela Meyer, book review, ghosts, Literature, neuroscience, speculative fiction, writing
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Review: The Contract by John Howell and Gwen Plano
Full disclosure: I’m a sucker for anything about angels, redemption, universal love and honour. So The Contract, by John Howell and Gwen Plano, had me ‘at hello’ – or ‘chapter one’ as they say in the literature world. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in Prose
Tagged book review, Five Stars, Gwen Plano, John Howell, Romance, Spiritual, The Contract, thriller
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The Butterfly Stone – Review
Laurie Bell’s debut young adult fantasy novel is a treat on so many levels. First off, it’s great fun – a rollicking ride that is a definite page turner with loveable characters (and some distinctly original and scary villains too…) … Continue reading
Posted in Prose
Tagged book review, debut novel, fantasy, Laurie Bell, Magic, review, The Butterfly Stone, young adult
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Echoes on the Breeze – Ann Bagnall’s wonderful new book of poetry
Last week I received my copy of Ann Bagnall’s ‘Echoes on The Breeze’ , a wonderful collection of her micropoetry now published by lulu.com. See her wonderful blog and the link to the book at: http://annieb222.com/2014/09/13/echoes-on-the-breeze-by-ann-bagnall-paperback-lulu-au/ That link is for … Continue reading
Posted in Conversation, Fire
Tagged Ann Bagnall, Beauty, book review, originality, poem, poetry, review, strangeness, writing
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