I love writing and reading… so I have different groups for both. My writers group is all about us as authors… we read and critique each others work – and when no-ones writing we still get together and talk about writing… Some people would argue that that makes us a reading an eating group – and sometime that’s not far…
Continue Reading »Five favourite books? What are yours? Here are the five that I finally chose after much angst for Books that Changed (http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/books-that-changed-me-manisha-jolie-amin-20120623-20ug3.html) me in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age newspapers. These five helped with Dancing though there are so many more books and of course authors that I love to read and who have been there just when I needed them. Who are…
Continue Reading »Although I know nothing about this boys life he plays Raag Desh just as I imagined Kalu would. Let me know what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4icJtswiss
Continue Reading »I’ll be speaking at the Southern Highlands Writers Festival (www.shwf.com.au) on Sun 22 July at 2.30pm (more details on the website). Love to see you there
Continue Reading »Meera at Eltham bookshop has a great line up for this event. And I’ll be there! Really looking forward to it. Especially as it means that I det to go to Melbourne. Come and say hello if you are around…
Continue Reading »Here are the book club reading notes from my Aussie publishers Allen and Unwin… if you want to compare – drop me a line and I’ll send through the US ones… http://www.allenandunwin.com/_uploads/BookPdf/ReadingGroupGuide/9781742378572.pdf
Continue Reading »The folks at Simon and Schuster in the US have put together a lovely reading guide for Dancing to the Flute – lots of thought starters and ideas. If you have a book club and are interested in getting a copy – just email me and I’ll send it through. If you’re in Sydney and would like me to come along,…
Continue Reading »So I’m just getting the hang of this blog… slowly! I still write long hand – so while John goes to collect Sohum, I thought I’d post some of my thoughts and the bits and pieces that I keep thinking you may (or may not) be interested in!ou Reminiscing about 6 weeks as an author. It still feels amazing to call…
Continue Reading »Here are the German and Australian editions together We had the book launch on Sunday and what a surprise my wonderful agent had a copy of the German edition there for me and for everyone else. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate with me.
Continue Reading »So what’s it like to think about publishing a book and where do you start? There are some terrific courses you can take to help you on the way. I went to the University of Technology, Sydney and did their writing course. I can’t recommend it enough. For others a short course like those offered by the Sydney Writing Centre may be to…
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