Reviews & Recommendations
October 19, 2021
I haven’t always been a reader of historical fiction. When I was much younger, I preferred contemporary fiction, and I can’t pinpoint when that started to change. Perhaps when I started researching the Second World War for my book about war widows. Or maybe a few years before that when I finally started taking an […]
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October 5, 2021
Over the years, I’ve read a lot of books about researching and/or writing family history. Some of my favourites have been published here in Australia including these three: Family History for Beginners & Beyond, 16th Edition, edited by Danny O’Neill Whether you’re just starting out on researching your family history, or you’ve been on […]
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August 7, 2021
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where we all start with the same book title and link it to six others in any random way our mind chooses to create connections. It’s fun and it’s free, so join in! This month the starting book is Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher. Postcards from […]
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June 1, 2021
I recently ran a workshop for a group of local year 8 students to help them make connections and links between books, both the ones they “have” to read at school and those they are choosing to pick up outside the classroom. At the end of the workshop, I left them with the choice of […]
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May 6, 2021
Aiden and Ashleigh live a privileged existence in a futuristic Sydney that is radically different to the city as it exists today. The thirteen-year-old twins are largely protected from the ravages of climate change thanks to advances in technology and AI, even as socio-economic divisions widen, and medical care is available only to those who […]
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May 4, 2021
Welcome to Six Degrees of Separation, where we all start with the same book title and link it to six others in any random way our mind chooses to create connections. It’s fun and it’s free, so join in! This month the starting book is Beezus and Ramona, in honour of author Beverly Cleary, who died recently, […]
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