• 2022-books-03-march

A Book A Week – March Reads…

April 10th, 2022|Comments Off on A Book A Week – March Reads…

March was full of wonderful books, from Clementine Ford’s brilliant Boys Will Be Boys and Samantha Allen’s touching M to (WT)F and Love & Estrogen, to Felicity Pulman’s Arthurian adventure Shalott 2: Dangerous Magic, Lily

  • December Reads 2021

A Book A Week – December Reads…

January 22nd, 2022|Comments Off on A Book A Week – December Reads…

I keep thinking I’ve almost finished this crazy deadline, and I’ll be able to curl up on the couch with a book, but sadly not quite. But audiobooks have allowed me to keep reading... well,

  • November Reads 2021

A Book A Week – November Reads…

January 21st, 2022|Comments Off on A Book A Week – November Reads…

Audiobooks for the win! Plus some wonderful books I reviewed for Explorers magazine or read to interview the authors... I love Mel Robbins, she’s so real and inspiring and down to earth and hilarious, and

  • October Reads 2021

A Book A Week – October Reads…

January 15th, 2022|Comments Off on A Book A Week – October Reads…

Funny to think how recently I became an audiobook lover, since three of my four “reads” this month were actually listens, and the fourth was one I had to review for the magazine. My deadline

  • September Reads 2021

A Book A Week – September Reads…

January 15th, 2022|Comments Off on A Book A Week – September Reads…

September was a wonderful month for reading - and I was grateful again for audiobooks, which helped me get through a few extra titles in a busy work month... I would never have read Jacqueline

  • August books

A Book A Week – August Reads…

September 15th, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – August Reads…

It’s been a crazy month with work, and not much time to read, but audiobooks have been a joy, helping me add two more to my monthly tally, since I can listen as a I

  • July reads

A Book A Week – July Reads…

September 4th, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – July Reads…

In 2019 I challenged myself to read a book a week – and hit 52. In 2020, I managed more than 70. I’m looking forward to trying to match that in 2021! No wonder I

  • books june 2021

A Book A Week – June Reads…

July 28th, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – June Reads…

In 2019 I challenged myself to read a book a week – and hit 52. In 2020, I managed more than 70. I’m looking forward to trying to match that in 2021! My first June

A Book A Week – May Reads…

June 17th, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – May Reads…

In 2019 I challenged myself to read a book a week – and hit 52. In 2020, I managed more than 70. I’m looking forward to trying to match that in 2021! The beautiful, heartbreaking,

Meet the Author – Gregg Dreise

May 17th, 2021|Comments Off on Meet the Author – Gregg Dreise

Gregg Dreise is an author, artist, songwriter and teacher from south-western Queensland, who is proud of his Kamilaroi and Euahlayi heritage. His books include Silly Birds, Kookoo Kookaburra, Mad Magpie, Cunning Crow, I Open the

  • Books April 21

A Book A Week – April Reads…

May 10th, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – April Reads…

In 2019 I challenged myself to read a book a week – and hit 52. In 2020, I managed more than 70. I’m looking forward to trying to match that in 2021! I’m so behind

A Book A Week – March Reads…

April 14th, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – March Reads…

In 2019 I challenged myself to read a book a week – and hit 52. In 2020, I managed more than 70. I'm looking forward to trying to match that in 2021! The Australian Fairy

A Book A Week – February Reads…

March 10th, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – February Reads…

In 2019 I challenged myself to read a book a week – and hit 52. In 2020, I managed more than 70. I'm looking forward to trying to match that in 2021! Wow, February flew

  • January Reads

A Book A Week – January Reads…

February 1st, 2021|Comments Off on A Book A Week – January Reads…

In 2019 I challenged myself to read a book a week – and hit 52. In 2020, I managed more than 70. I'm looking forward to trying to match that in 2021! My first read

  • Kirli Saunders Interview

Meet the Author – Kirli Saunders

January 29th, 2021|Comments Off on Meet the Author – Kirli Saunders

Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai woman, and an author of poetry, plays and books, including Bindi, Kindred and The Incredible Freedom Machines. She is a teacher, cultural consultant and artist, and developed the Poetry

  • books read december

A Book A Week – December 2020

January 4th, 2021|1 Comment

Hooray! I hit my 52-Books-A-Year, Book-A-Week goal at the end of September, and ended up reading more than 70 books by December 31. So many amazing reads this month, including Tiddas by Anita Heiss, Pages

  • November reads

A Book A Week – November 2020

December 6th, 2020|Comments Off on A Book A Week – November 2020

November was NaNoWriMo month, so I didn’t get a chance to read as much as I’d like to, but it was for a good cause (I hope!)... Took the Children Away (60 of 52) by Archie

  • October reads

A Book A Week – October 2020

November 1st, 2020|Comments Off on A Book A Week – October 2020

October started and ended with two awesome magical reads, Darkness Unknown, the first book in Selina Fenech’s new paranormal trilogy Beshadowed, and Last Born Daughter, the third book in Kastie Pavlik’s series Children of the

  • September books read

A Book A Week – September 2020

October 16th, 2020|Comments Off on A Book A Week – September 2020

In September I had two big deadlines, so I didn’t get to read as much as I would have liked, and three of the four were related to our research/discussion for the Australian Fairy Tale

  • August Books Read

A Book A Week – August 2020

September 14th, 2020|Comments Off on A Book A Week – August 2020

August was a wonderful mix of important stories, gorgeous fantasy, a nostalgic hit, and faery tales and faery tale reimaginings. An Enchantment of Ravens (47 of 52) by Margaret Rogerson is a lovely, magical tale of