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Interview by Rowena Cory Daniells
Rowena Cory Daniells is passionate about writing just like Isobelle herself. They met up for an interview and she wrote the interview,Meet Isobelle Carmody .
Book of the Year 2011 Winner
April 2011, The Children’s Book Council of Australia shortlist announced. The Red Wind has been shortlisted in the Younger Readers category. August 19th 2011, The Red Wind is the winner of the Younger Readers category.
Bookwise: May 2011
So books- I have recently finished Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. It is a really lovely and unexpected book. Major Ernest Pettigrew is content to lead a quiet life in the sleepy village of Edgecombe St Mary, away from the meddling of the locals and his overbearing son. But when his brother dies, he finds himself seeking companionship with the widowed village shopkeeper, Mrs Ali.
Reviews of The Wilful Eye: Tales From The Tower Vol 1
April 10, 2011 The Wilful Eye review in the The Junior Newsletter. April 11, 2011 Book review of The Wilful Eye by The Book Gryffin. My adoration of all things fairytale and fairytale related is certainly well known, though when it comes to fairytale retellings, I am oft left disappointed. NOT so, this time… May 4, 2011 Dear readers the following content is originally from The Australian Book Review ....
The Wilful Eye Review by Australian Book Review
Dear Readers, the following content is originally from Australian Book Review ,but it requires an log in to view the content,so I paste on my site to share the review with you. Content of May 2011 It is the shared mythology of fairy tale that binds the six stories in The Wilful Eye. Isobelle Carmody and Nan McNab gave twelve writers (six in this volume, including Carmody, six in a...
Bookwise: April 2011
Right now I am reading: The Weight of the World by Peter Handke I am half way through this and it is brilliant and nauseating in equal measure. I love his writing and his ability to transform his sharp perceptions into words, but he is unbearably self-centred and neurotic and sexist, though maybe that it just part of his desire to live as a non conformist. This is a really...
Interview with TLC Books
TLC Books contacted me and I have an interview with them. Click Here to have a read the interview with TLC Books.
Bookwise: September 2010
The last book I read was Guy Gavriel Kay’s Ysabel. I LOVE the spelling! The cover is lovely and very sophisticated, which is always a pleasure in a genre plagued by horrible lurid covers. The blurb gave me no hint that two of the characters hail from another story which I loved. I have to say the book/s they appeared in originally have been among my all time favourites, and...