Game of the Goose by Ursula Dubosarsky While I haven’t read Ursula Dubosarsky I have been fascinated by her ever since I came across one of her books in the op shop. It’s a natural progression from there to writing about her today. Being born in 1961 makes her a young ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
I apologise up front but I’m having issues with links so I can’t link to any of Carmody’s books today, I hope to have it sorted by Friday. Isobelle Carmody, author of the hugely successful Obernewtyn series is one of the all-time greats of Australian authors. She first started writing ...
I think I’m going to enjoy this series of Author by Alphabet. Just having a quick glance at the list of authors I’ve collated brings me to a lovely name and I just had to find out if she was worth writing about, boy, is she ever worth writing about! Jesse ...
I made a decision, but you’ve figured that out by now. Yes, I’m going to do another Alphabet by Author but this one is all Australian, I may even narrow it down and do females first but you’ll find out in due course. Today I’m looking at Debra Adelaide. She’s ...
Superman III by William Kotzwinkle Just filling in the last letter of my series on Male Science Fiction Authors, I was rather remiss and I’m making amends. I found this book at a market last week and realised I didn’t need to search for another author. It was at the St ...
As promised here the summary of the male science fiction authors I’ve written about. It looks as if I’ve done two ‘J’s and missed ‘K’ entirely for which I apologise and appreciate no-one calling me out on it. A is for Isaac Asimov B is for James Blish C is for Michael ...
This is the last article dedicated to the Book Expo of 2015. I’ll try to remember to mention it when I scribble a few words about the books I got there. Waves in the Desert by Kimberly Beadle Beadle is donating some of her sales to Oxfam, putting her money where her ...
I’m giving you two weeks of recap while I consider if I want to continue with Authors by Alphabet. I’ve had a ball but it’s a 26 week commitment for each heading and I’m hoping to study full time next year so if I start it’ll be challenging to finish and I’m ...
More authors from the Book Expo 2015. Monkey Business by Flavia Ursino & Kevin Coleman Where else can you find psychics and AIDS but in Monkey Business? Opal Ridge by Victoria Capper Written by a lady who knows about the bush as she’s lived there, it’s the first in a trilogy ...
For my final entry in Female Science Fiction authors I’ve chosen Valentina Zhuravleva for two reasons: the first is because she’s Russian and; the second is for this review written two years ago. James Lecky, author of the blog, goes into raptures about Zhuravleva’s short story The Astronaut and affirms it as ...
There are a couple of people who don’t fit into any category so they get an article to themselves with a few final words. Digital Dreaming by R. L. Black I was originally attracted by the typewriter, it’s a thing of sheer beauty and such amazing engineering but then I stood ...
The second in this series of author photos from the Book Expo 2015. Cycle of Life by Carol Cooke Carol Cooke is an amazing lady, I bemoan the fact I had no time to actually sit and listen to her story. Despite having MS she has overcome adversity and won ...
Jane Yolen: born in 1939 has done so, so much this post should be in shorthand in order to encompass even a fraction of her output, instead I’ll only give a few highlights that I’ve found. She’s written over 300 books in fantasy, science fiction and children’s literature, Yolen has ...
Continuing with this series I found I had such choice for X. I could either do Xia Jia or Xia Jia, you’ll never guess who I chose… Xia is such an energetic person I could almost treat her as several people. It’s actually the pseudonym of Wang Yao and I’m remembering here that ...
A couple of weekends ago I drove to Sydney for the Book Expo, it’s the second of its kind in Australia and I would have been there last year if I hadn’t needed a medical procedure as I think it’s a very important event; attending has just confirmed my thoughts. It’s ...