Tag: Jeanette Winterson
What I’m Reading November 2015
Anyone who hangs out on the internet for an extended period of time, blogs, posts selfies, make public status updates on Facebook – or does them all – has possibly been accused of being narcissistic. By asserting your place in your world, that you matter, is often challenged. Just ask mother bloggers, or female tech…
What I’m Reading August 2014
Preparing for our Melbourne Writers Festival seminar, I’m reading Reservoir Dad by Clint Greagen. It is engaging, thoughtful and oh-ever-so cheeky, very much like his award-winning blog. Another MWF guest, Dave Eggers, has a new release Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever and I look forward getting stuck in to that. The Best Australian…
What I’m Reading April 2014
Beginning with Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson. If you’ve read Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, you’ll be back in familiar territory as Winterson talks about her troubled formative years with her adopted parents. This book also tells of her search – and discovery – of her birth mother. Beautiful writing,…
