A mere muse today on Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín. It is described on the cover as “quietly magnificent”. Well, the prose is certainly restrained – as befits both the time period the story is set (Ireland and Brooklyn in the early 1950s) and the protagonist, Eilis Lacey, through which everything is seen. I could quote [...]
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Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Posted in Reviews, tagged Brooklyn, Colm Toibin, SWF2010 on October 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sydney Writers’ Festival #4 – Sunday
Posted in Literary Festivals, Literary Prizes, tagged 2666, Amulet, Australian Tragic, Australians: Origins to Eureka, Brooklyn, By Night in Chile, Chris Andrews, Colm Toibin, EM Forster, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Geordie Williamson, Hugo Bowne-Anderson, Illywhacker, Kirsten Tranter, Magic Realism, Man Asian Literary Prize, Mark Twain, Peter Carey, Raise the Red Lantern, Roberto Bolano, Su Tong, SWF, SWF2010, The Boat to Redemption, The Legacy, The Portrait of a Lady, The Savage Detectives, The Water Dreamers, The Wayward Tourist, Thomas Keneally, Virginia Woolf, Wives and Concubines on May 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Another damp day in Sydney saw the close of the Sydney Writers’ Festival for 2010. Peter Carey is giving the official closing address, which along with many of the sessions will be available from the SWF website. It was another very interesting day. This is a long post but I assume that readers can see which [...]
Sydney Writers’ Festival #3 – Saturday
Posted in Literary Festivals, Literary Prizes, tagged Booker Prize, Every Secret Thing, Jackie French, Marie Munkara, Parrot and Olivier in America, Pasha Malla, Peter Carey, Steven Amsterdam, SWF, SWF2010 on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, day three down and four more interesting sessions to muse on: 1. Marie Munkara: in conversation with Irina Dunn – A very entertaining chat. Irina had done her homework and Marie was very engaging. She also read a few sections from her award winning book Every Secret Thing. The book recently won the Northern Territory [...]
Sydney Writers’ Festival #2 – Friday
Posted in Literary Festivals, Literary Prizes, tagged Alex Miller, Alison Booth, Boori Monty Prior, Ghost Child, Just Relations, Kate Veitch, Legacy, Lovesong, Nada Awar Jarrar, Peter Goldsworthy, Richard Van Camp, Rodney Hall, Stillwater Creek, SWF, SWF2010, Trust on May 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Wow, another great day at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Even the intermittent rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the many attendees. I went to three sessions today and thoroughly enjoyed each one. 1. ‘First Nation Stories’ – undoubtedly the highlight of the day, with Canadian, Richard Van Camp, a member of the Dogrib Nation of Canada’s [...]
Sydney Writers’ Festival #1
Posted in Literary Festivals, Literary Prizes, tagged Anna Goldsworthy, Booker Prize, Colm Toibin, David Foster, David Vann, IMPAC Dublin Award, JG Farrell, Kath Leahy, Learning How to Breathe, Legend of a Suicide, Linda Neil, Lost Booker Prize, Piano Lessons, Reading By Moonlight, Ross Fitzgerald, Schindler's Ark, Su Tong, SWF2010, The Boat to Redemption, Thomas Keneally, Troubles on May 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well the first full day of the SWF 2010 has come and gone and a great day it was too. (I did enjoy a couple of lunch time lectures earlier in the week at The Mint too). I went along to four talks today and enjoyed each of them. 1. ‘Celebrating the Australian Accent’ – [...]
Sydney Writer’s Festival (SWF2010)
Posted in Literary Festivals, tagged Alex Miller, Colm Toibin, Grace Karskens, Ian Hoskins, Marie Munkara, Peter Carey, Roberto Bolano, SWF, SWF2010, Thomas Keneally on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I’ve booked my programme of (ticketed) events for the Sydney Writers’ Festival (Saturday 15th of May – Sunday 23rd), though I still have a few choices to make for some (inevitable) overlaps. For example: should I go to E32 ‘Who Owns the Story’ – dealing with the rights of authors in the use of aboriginal myth [...]
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