Rosalie Ham: on writing & The Dressmaker
It was the picture of Kate Winslet, looking like a 1960s screen siren against the backdrop of rural Australia that brought The Dressmaker to…
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Kaye Dobbie on Sweet Wattle Creek: interview
It’s raining in Sydney as I write this, and tomorrow promises to be dreary and grey. However, if you’re suffering from SADD, which I…
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#5Books to read 20/9
This week, I found a banned book in South Carolina that a librarian is still giving out to kids because of the powerful nature…
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Sweet Wattle Creek by Kaye Dobbie
Stars: 3.5 Blurb: A vintage wedding dress reveals family secrets she never knew… The chance discovery of a vintage wedding dress weaves together the…
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Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin Book Review
Stars: 4/5 Blurb: Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this fast-paced novel from the author of The Walled City. The year is 1956,…
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#LoveOzLit: Pamela Hart, author of The Soldier’s Wife
Pamela Hart has written 30 books. Let that sink in: 30. She’s written under the name Pamela Freeman as well, earning the Premier’s History Prize…
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#5Books on almost-famous women
Historical fiction, it seems, is bringing women forgotten in history to light again. I can’t remember how I found this article, but it got…
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