Storyland by Catherin McKinnon is the fourth and final book that I bought off the shortlist for the Miles Franklin Awards 2018. This was my favourite! The story in this rang…

I started using some guided meditations a few years ago. There is a podcast that I have used, and there’s also a lot of guided mediations on YouTube. I have also…

I continue to fill my car with audio on the many kilometres that I rock up. There are quite a few old favourites in my podcast library, that I listen to…

‘A Life to Come’ by Michelle De Kretser was the winner of the 2018 Miles Franklin award. Having read two of the other finalists, and enjoying both of those (Taboo and…

Something that I have been saying for a while, and something that I agreed would end when I returned from my recent retreat, was that I am the ‘dumping ground for…

I had bought The Tattooist of Auschwitz after hearing the author, Heather Morris, on the ABC Conversations podcast. I just completed it, and it has left me quite emotional. It is…

A finalist in the Miles Franklin Literary Award for 2018, I just finished Taboo by Kim Scott. This has a much more contemporary feel to That Deadman Dance which is Kim’s…

There are a couple of diets around now that suggest fasting, because there are claims of a number of benefits to fasting, which I tend to believe. So I do frequently…