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This year, Bill (The Australian Legend) has framed his usual January “Gen” (short for generation) week, as Gen 0. Zero? How can that be? Well, let’s get it from the horse’s mouth. Bill sa...

https://whisperinggums.com/2024/01/17/elizabeth-gaskell-lizzie-leigh-and-cousin-phillis-bookreviews/

Arboreality, by Canadian writer Rebecca Campbell, won the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize. However, not being much of a speculative fiction reader, I didn’t discover this book through this award. ...

https://whisperinggums.com/2024/01/13/rebecca-campbell-arboreality-bookreview/

You will of course have realised that November is somewhat over, but in the blogosphere we are pretty flexible – at least I think we are – so I am going to do this final Novellas in November ...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/12/09/novellas-in-november-2023-week-5-new-to-my-tbr/

This week’s question is the Novella version of Nonfiction November’s Book Pairings. It goes like this Pair a novella with a nonfiction book or novel that deals with similar themes or topics. ...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/11/25/novellas-in-november-2023-week-4-the-short-and-the-long-of-it/

This week’s question is new to me, and I like it. It goes: Pick your top novellas in translation and think about new genres or authors you’ve been introduced to through novellas. I love this ...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/11/19/novellas-in-november-2023-week-3-broadening-my-horizons/

I have written about Finlay Lloyd’s 20/40 Publishing Prize a few times now, so I hope I’m not imposing too much on your precious time. However, this weekend was the launch here in Canberra, a...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/11/19/finlay-lloyd-20-40-publishing-prize-2023-winning-books-launch-with-conversation/

Early in the month I reviewed the first of the two winners of Finlay Lloyd’s inaugural 20/40 Publishing Prize, Rebecca Burton’s Ravenous girls (my review). It was set in Sydney in the 1980s. ...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/11/18/kim-kelly-ladies-rest-and-writing-room-bookreview/

The thing about these annual memes is that the questions became somewhat the same, which is fair enough as new bloggers appear on the scene as do new ideas. However, my challenge is whether I hav...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/11/11/novellas-in-november-2023-week-2-what-is-a-novella/

Disappointingly, I ended up missing my bookgroup’s discussion of the book I had encouraged us to read, Sundays in August by 2014 Nobel prize-winner Patrick Modiano. I have no-one else to blame ...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/11/10/patrick-modiano-sundays-in-august-bookreview/

When I announced the two winners of Finlay Lloyd’s inaugural 20/40 Publishing Prize, a few days ago, I said I planned to read them for the Novellas in November challenge/meme/reading month. (Wh...

https://whisperinggums.com/2023/11/03/rebecca-burton-ravenous-girls-bookreview/