Long Island by Colm Tóibín ‘That Irishman has been here again,’ Francesca said, sitting down at the kitchen table. The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia by Joy Damousi ‘No event has ever destroyed so much,’ wrote Sigmund Freud a year after the outbreak of the First World War, ‘that has … Continue reading My Reading – May & June 2024
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My Reading – April 2024
Flesh in Armour by Leonard Mann Through the chill blur of an afternoon early in August, 1917, the figures of two men in long, tawny greatcoats, lurched wearily out of the London throng and seated themselves on the stone railing in Trafalgar Square with their backs to the classical portico of the National Gallery and … Continue reading My Reading – April 2024
My Reading – March 2024
The Moods of Ginger Mick by C J Dennis Jist to intrajuice me cobber, an’ ’is name is Ginger Mick—A rorty boy, a naughty boy, wiv rude impressions thickIn ’is casu’l conversation, an’ the wicked sort o’ faceThat gives the sudden shudders to the lor-abidin’ race. Digger Smith by C J Dennis “Before the war,” … Continue reading My Reading – March 2024
My Reading – February 2024
The Touch by Colleen McCullough 'Your cousin Alexander has written for a wife', said James Drummond, looking up from a sheet of paper. My Life as a Jew by Michael Gawenda Over the years, some of my friendships have withered and died, natural deaths caused by change and a narrowing of time, but I am … Continue reading My Reading – February 2024
My Reading – January 2024
The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie They are in the Caledonian Club, dancing the quickstep. Sidney is eighteen. Question 7 by Richard Flanagan In the winter of 2012, against my better judgement and for reasons that were not entirely to do with writing – much as I said they were – and which even … Continue reading My Reading – January 2024
2023 – A Year of Reading
To my surprise, I have read a similar number of books to last year, 34 books in all – nowhere near my illusory goal of a book a week. The year started slowly as I only managed two books a month until August. Results for the latter part of the year were helped by a … Continue reading 2023 – A Year of Reading
My Reading – December 2023
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry Some time in the sixties old Mr Tomelty had put up an incongruous lean-to addition to his Victorian castle. Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys It was like a curtain had fallen, hiding everything I had ever known. A Christmas Love Redeemed by Alison Stuart Fabien Brassard, the Comte de … Continue reading My Reading – December 2023
My Reading – November 2023
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan On Friday, July 29th, Dublin got the weather that was forecast. Teatime Trouble by Tonya Penrose Page hung up the phone and turned to her cousin. “You’ve really outdone yourself this time, Betsy Ross.” In the Shadow of Gallipoli by Robert Bollard Every April, the shores of … Continue reading My Reading – November 2023
My Reading – October 2023
Ancestry by Simon Mawer What is the past? These Days by Lucy Caldwell It's Emma who wakes first. The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War by Bill Gammage Before 1914 most Australians wanted a paradise for the majority in Australia.
My Reading – September 2023
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry Book 3) ‘Well done.’Perveen Mistry spoke aloud as she slid the signed contracts into envelopes. The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry Book 4) Sisters will fight. Dancing in the Ring by Susan E Sage Catherine stared at an oak tree outside the classroom … Continue reading My Reading – September 2023
Catherine Meyrick 