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Bec’s Bulk Book Review – 14 books to choose from – Book club
The hard copies. There are several more in ebook format as well, plus the ones I’ve lent to others already! I’ve gotten back into reading novels recently in a big way. And I keep wanting to share them...
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The perfect gift for an expectant mum who has everything
The best kind of expectant mum is the friend who gets to 34 weeks and looks a little bewildered when you ask if they’ve set up the nursery yet. ‘Um, we’ve looked at a cot. What else do you think we...
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Looking for Alaska | by John Green | book review
I discovered John Green through his best-seller The Fault in Our Stars. I loved it so much I went looking for other books he’s written. Turns out he’s written quite a few. Five, to be precise. Plus a...
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Transposing music into prose – The Violinist of Venice – Review
And Vivaldi’s marvelous music, his melody and skillful word painting – which made it seem as if Alcina were alternately weeping and raging – only served to heighten this effect, creating more truth...
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7 easy gifts for science kids that don’t involve chemicals
My boys love ‘doing science’. Mostly this involves moving coloured water and expired cooking herbs between plastic cups using pipettes. However as they grow, so does their interest in real chemicals,...
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Kim Lock – Aussie Author Interview
Kim Lock is an Australian fiction author, mother, breastfeeding counsellor and active feminist. Her second novel, Like I Can Love, will be released by Pan Macmillan Australia on 23 March 2016. I’m...
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Love, Violence & Suicide – Like I Can Love – Review
Available from 23 March 2016. Pre-order now. ‘Why doesn’t she just leave?’ ‘How could she kill herself and leave her baby behind?’ These are seemingly-simple questions with not-so-simple answers. Kim...
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My Cool Plastics Cupboard by Maggie Dent – Review
I’m a big fan of Maggie Dent’s sensible, practical and wise articles about parenting. With two highly active little boys on my hands, I particularly liked her recent posts about Little boys beginning...
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Knowing your child’s reading stage and how to help them
By Ryan Spencer, Dymocks Literacy Expert & State Director of the Australian Literacy Educator’s Association Learning to read is a complicated process and parents often wonder if their child’s...
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Season of Salt & Honey – author interview with Hannah Tunnicliffe
He always laughed more after surfing. His body was loose, his shoulders relaxed. He’d be tired, but somehow filled up from the inside. His hair thick with salt, dried crispy; the whites of his eyes...
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