This is the debut book of Kim Westwood, whose wonderful writing I was introduced to in The Courier’s New Bicycle.  I’m still writing my review for that book -  too many things I want to say, and raving madly isn’t much of a review.

My high hopes for a book that was just as well written and enthralling were well and truly met in the Daughters of ( Read more... )

Quite a few of my friends, readers, authors and editors have signed up for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year Of reading Challenge.

The aim of this challenge is “counteract the gender bias in reviewing and social media newsfeeds that has continued throughout 2011 by actively promoting the reading and reviewing of a wide range of ( Read more... )