Book Review: Purity by Jonathan Franzen
In which I take a quick call from Jonathan before reviewing Purity.
Book Trailer! No Place for an Octopus
Cover reveal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
If you follow me on instagram you may have seen (amongst horse spam and pictures of my filthy kitchen) that I did a fancy little cover reveal thingo a number… Read more Cover reveal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* →
About
My latest novel, One Would Think the Deep (UQP) was awarded the 2017 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers, was shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Readers, the 2016 Queensland Literary Award – Young Adult Literature, and the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. The Protected (UQP) won the 2015 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for young adult fiction, the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year (older readers), the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Award for young adult literature and has been shortlisted for the Gold Inky Award.… Read more About →
I’m very behind in this, BUT look! It’s the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year!
If you have wandered around this site a little, you might have come across a post from almost exactly a year ago which explains how I came to be hospitalised… Read more I’m very behind in this, BUT look! It’s the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year! →
The Madness in the Method – on creativity and mental illness
Like many humans, I sometimes have conversations with other humans. (Real ones, not the imaginary ones I converse with for money.) Inevitably when chatting with someone new, the question of occupation comes up and that’s when I get to tell them I’m an author. It’s wonderful. My twelve year-old self (who couldn’t spell or do sums but had a catalogue of imaginary worlds and characters in her head) does backflips of glee. I’m not going to pretend for a moment that I don’t love my profession, yes writing novels is… Read more The Madness in the Method – on creativity and mental illness →
No plus-size models!
I am enraged about supposed plus-sized models in Sports Illustrated. Here is my rant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OgmlnZl1MM Cxx
Here’s another vlog blog!
In this one I review Joyce Maynard’s ‘After Her’ and use the words ‘womanhood’ and ‘juxtaposition’.
