In June 2016, I wrote a review of Jerome and His Women by Joan O’Hagan. The book’s publisher, Joan’s daughter, Denise O’Hagan of Black Quill Press, liked it and we started corresponding. Recently Denise asked if I could edit the review for another publication. I had to cull it from 477 words to 300!
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In December 2018, I blogged about the sixteen books which I’d read or dipped into during that year (My Year of Books). I’m a bedtime reader and often doze off with a book on my nose. Which is why I’m happy to report there were another sixteen fiction and nonfiction titles in my bedside books for 2019.
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Award-winning author Anna Funder discussed her 2003 bestseller Stasiland on the Better Reading podcast in February 2019. Having visited Berlin in 1987 and 1995, her book on the East German secret police piqued my interest. It wasn’t on the shelf at my local bookshop, but I did find All That I Am.
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It’s my habit to read in bed and usually, after ten to fifteen minutes of reading, my eyes get a little tired and sometimes I wake to find the book resting on my face. It can take me a long time to read a book from cover to cover. So I was surprised by the size of my “year of books” pile for 2018.
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It’s little wonder many writers thank their editors in forewords, dedications and acknowledgements. As I’ve found writing book reviews for Writing NSW, editors have a magic touch when it comes to reviewing a writer’s work and suggesting edits.
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I loved pubs when I lived in England in 1980s & ’90s! Unlike Australian pubs of the day (which thankfully have improved!), the English pubs I frequented were social meeting places, for men & women, not just somewhere for blokes to get plastered & start fights (though those pubs did exist!).
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As the cliche says, you should never judge a book by its cover — though this book’s cover with the dog would catch my eye in a bookshop. But I’ve found the first sentence to be a fair judge of whether or not I’ll enjoy a novel.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Maya Angelou
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This slim book is hard to put down. And the only regret we may feel after reading it is that we reached the end too quickly! ~ Denise O'Hagan
