Two books that I have recently finished were books that were either mentioned on the programme called Books That Made Us on the ABC television station or they were short listed for a particular literary prize. The ABC series is no longer available to view but you can see a list of the books here….
Tag: Miles Franklin Literary Award
Couldn’t stop with this one.
I started this book and literally could not put it down. It started off with what I would call a rather scary element but I was drawn in. It is a book that has you puzzled throughout and you are even left with questions at the end. It is the story of an outsider. A…
Another February read
This is a Miles Franklin WInner to add to my 2019 Reading Challenge. It certainly lives up to the status of winner and depicts Australia in beautiful language. From the book cover: “His father dead by fire and his mother plagued by demons of her own, William is cast upon the charity of his unknown…
About my 2019 Reading Challenge
This year I have decided to reduce the number of books on my challenge and instead of 104 my challenge is 80. For part of my challenge I would like to read as many books as I can from the previous winners of the Miles Franklin Literary Award. In 1957, the first winner of the…
Gippsland Granny 