Squid Ink goes letter crazy One day I’m going to ban Squid Ink from reading, one day. He’s now into Terry Pratchett and there’s no telling where he’ll go from there. I hope everyone caught up with Going Postal on the ABC the other night. They reckon it was mucked ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
Squid Ink chases Herrings It must be useful to have so many tentacles, I wouldn’t mind being able to hold onto other things while holding my book up like this. It also makes it easier for Squid Ink to chase the Five Red Herrings at once. I’m sure Dorothy L ...
Squid Ink Reads! Poor Squid Ink, he gets into such trouble at times. He really shouldn’t have read the Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. ...
Squid Ink and I would like to take this opportunity to give Anne McCaffrey’s family and friends our condolences. McCaffrey was a fabulous writer and it is wonderful to have her books to stay with us forever more. Squid Ink Impresses I have written about McCaffrey before and I won’t ...
Never let Squid Ink loose in a library again N.B. Squid Ink does not condone the burning or destruction of books. ...
Squid Ink reads Nightfall by Isaac Asimov I hope night doesn’t fall, it could get a bit heavy to hold up. Night falls with a crash, bang and wallop. ...
Continuing the theme of Aussie Book month, Squid Ink read Nylon Angel by Marianne de Pierres. I don’t quite agree with guns but Squid Ink has a mind of his own. Squid Ink gets involved with Nylon Angel ...
It’s been a while but Squid Ink is back! Here he is celebrating Aussie Author’s Month with Trudi Canavan. Squid Ink in The Magician's Guild ...
Squid Ink on the Threshold My friend Mark is going to be in heaven later this year. He wrote about Sara Douglass for me in October 2009 and is a very fan of her works. Later this year Ticonderoga Publications are publishing a Sara Douglass collection. If you’re a Sara ...
Squid Ink Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda is one of the iconic Australian poems that has been set to music. It was written by Banjo Paterson in 1895 and my memory tells me it was considered as the national anthem many years ago but Advance Australia Fair won the toss. Many ...
Squid Ink - The Silver Brumby It’s interesting watching Squid Ink show off his knowledge. Today is no exception, he’s done a good job but you can tell he’s never met a brumby. The series of book about Brumbies written by Elyne Mitchell are one of those series of books ...
I can’t remember the name of the story, the author, or the anthology it comes from but I’ve got a story that is totally appropriate for today. I do hope it doesn’t upset too many people. Our protagonist wakes up to find two suns in the sky. He takes his ...
Yesterday was Australia Day, it’s a public holiday countrywide and many people do special things. People become citizens, there are parades and lots of barbecues. We decided to take a trip to Marysville. Two years ago we were meant to be driving up to Marysville for the Australia Day long ...
Squid Ink - The Ragwitch Squid Ink is reading Australian authors at the moment and the first in this series is The Ragwitch by Garth Nix. It’s young adult horror/fantasy. It is told from two different points of view, Julia and her brother Paul. They both end up in another ...
Squid Ink takes on Sylvie and Bruno I know I’ve read Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll and I have a memory of the book, it’s a very shameful memory considering I love linking pre-loved books with new owners. I can tell you what it’s about but that’s only by ...