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• Kilts and wine breath: a conversation with my sister about meeting Diana Gabaldon

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 15:04 in reading, commentary, erotic fiction, readers, cross stitch, scotland, historical fiction, fandom, kilts, other people's words, scottish, famous authors

  Some years ago when I was a bookstore girl, I became intrigued by this massive brick of a book called Cross Stitch, which many middle-aged women would get flustered over: ‘You haven’t read it?’ they’d ask. I read it, and it was great fun –...

• Guest review: Pamela Wilson on Frank Walker’s The Tiger Man of Vietnam

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 15:11 in reviews + analyses

  The Tiger Man of Vietnam Frank Walker Hachette Australia October 2009 9780733623660 Reviewed by Pamela Wilson When you’ve got a story full of intrigue, deception, torture and murder, you’ve got the makings of a good thriller. When that story is ...

• Goodbye Billie Jean

  Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 17:12 in art, Compassion, commentary, Sydney, visual art, michael jackson, mj, mjj, charter for compassion, australian publishing industry, goodbye billie jean

  With a million things due and a million to organise (not to mention the inbox) I’m running away today to go for a walk in the mountains with some dear friends. I really, really need it. Yesterday I came back from a business trip to Sydney. It w...

• Review of George Dawes Green’s Ravens for ABC Radio National’s The Book Show

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 14:37 in review, american literature, ravens, american authors, the book show, reviews + analyses, angela's publications, gearge dawes green

    I recently reviewed the thriller Ravens, by George Dawes Green, for The Book Show on ABC Radio National. Have a listen, here. ...

• In the end we all fade to black: a ‘responsive’ interview with Kathy Charles, author of Hollywood Ending

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 14:45 in Cinema, movies, celebrity, hollywood, Paris Hilton, melbourne, famous, history, death, numerology, fame, paparazzi

  Kathy Charles’ debut novel Hollywood Ending was recently released by Text Publishing. In my review for the October issue of Australian Book Review I said: ‘Kathy Charles creates a world both familiar and strange … Despite being hig...

• Snapshot

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 20:54 in lists, links, commentary, round-up, what i'm reading, to-read

  Number of items on to-do list: Nine. Not too bad. The next five books I’m planning to read in no particular order: Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey), Siren (Tara Moss), Parrot & Olivier in America (Peter Carey), The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe ...

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