On Other Blogs #7

The Australian Book Review's weblog has moved to a new address, and the comment facility has been turned on. The latest entry is by ABR editorial assistant Dan Toner, who describes the magpie approach he is utilising in writing his first novel.

Kirsty Brooks, Adelaide-based author of the "Cassidy Blair" series of humorous crime novels, reprints an article she wrote in 2001 about the then-current
state of Australian speculative fiction.
[Thanks to Sean Williams for the link.]

Tim Sterne welcomes four new contributors to the community weblog Sarsparilla.

Does anyone know if Margo Lanagan has dropped out of the blogging game, or if she's taking a well-earned rest? Her latest posting was over a month ago.

Currently Reading

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State of Emergency by Sam Fisher
Cinematic, high-tech, futuristic rescue fiction. This might have started its own genre.

 

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Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
A coming-of-age novel set in a small WA mining town in the 1960s. Ticks all the relevant boxes.

 

Recently Read

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Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Chabon's homage to the adventure novel. Reminiscent of Moorcock and Leiber.

 

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Headlong by Susan Varga
When is life still worth living, or is it better to die with dignity?

 

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The Pages by Murray Bail
Bail's first novel since Eucalyptus, about an Outback genius philosopher - or is he? [Shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Award.]

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