Going to see Rupert Thomson as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival this week so I thought it would be good to put down my reaction to his latest book before I get brainwashed muddled with what he says.

This Party's Got To Stop. Being a memoir, his first work of non-fiction ( Read more... )

Dearest darling wonderful divine Susanna Clarke ( Read more... )

Argh.

Just finished the new Marian Keyes, This Charming Man.

That woman, seriously. She just goes from strength to strength to strength. Holy Fuck.

( not long but generally spoilery. )

I had an utterly nightmarish start to my day. So it seems quite right that I had an absolutely marvellous end to it.

No, really.

Although okay, yes, possibly most people might not say that about a play on the grieving process, being The Year Of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.

( did they think that because it was a story it could be told without consequence? )

Before I consign the Moleskine to the Drawer of Departed Diaries, I thought I should copy out my thoughts on Christopher Priest's The Affirmation since I had noted down an initial impression ( Read more... )

So Candy.

The movie, that is. Saw it on Monday night with Z, then watched Luke Davies --- Luke Davies eeeeee!!! --- and the director Neil Armfield talk with Margaret Pomeranz --- Margaret eeeeeee!! --- at Dendy Newtown.

Have I mentioned Candy stars Heath Ledger?

( How I did not storm out of the cinema, swearing to murder Heath Ledger in various inventive ways. )

Interview with Luke Davies about Candy, the movie, as pointed out by Z.

( Copied for my own archival sake. )

Finished Isabelle The Navigator in court today and wrote this ...

( Which may or may not reflect the trial ... )

Finished Candy by Luke Davies today.

Yeah, it was everything I'd heard and should have expected. Brilliant brilliant book. ( endless tidal waves. )