I am a little more excited than usual about Penguin’s Online Magazine, ‘Off The Shelf’…Could be just a little bit about the fact that it has TWO great articles about/with two of my very favourite Authors – (Melina Marchetta and Isobelle Carmody) and maybe just a tad about it having a little article in there [...]
There is a sentence my children use amongst themselves in our house. The sentence is, ‘Its okay, its a Melina book.’ Allow me to elucidate. Those of you who visit the BookGryffin often, are well versed in my love and loyalty for any and all words penned by Melina Marchetta. One of my goals for [...]
One of the things I love most about Christmas Holidays is the fact that I get an unprecedented amount of time to read. Its wonderful. So I thought I might take a moment to share with you all which titles are keeping me up to the wee hours this holidays… Minutes ago I finished my [...]
I am always delighted when parents in our school community take the time to drop in to the library. Lately, I have had several dropping in to ask me what books they should buy their children and young adults for Christmas. I have also had several emails asking me the same thing. I decided to [...]
This was the Pocket Money Puffin I MOST looked forward to reading! However, when it arrived, I was thwarted by my 10 year old daughter Indiana, who begged to read it first. I relented, (puppy eyes work wonders on me) and am pleased I did. I think Indiana’s review of The Gorgon In The Gully [...]
I believe that the ability to ‘write’ the complexity of families and friendships is a true gift that sadly, few master. I often find there is usually an awkwardness or a falsity of feeling to most of them. No one writes people like Melina Marchetta. In my review of her latest novel The Piper’s Son [...]
I miss Tom. Actually I miss them all. These beautiful, broken and damaged people (excepting Frankie, no damage there) I miss the whole medley of characters Marchetta has given us in her latest novel, The Piper’s Son. Even Stani. Especially Ned. It is not uncommon for me to ‘love’ fictional characters. Take them into my [...]
An exciting event for all of us in the Australian Book loving/blogging/reading/publishing industry is the release of Melina Marchetta’s new novel The Piper’ Son on March 1st this year. I am still composing my review for this title. However, the best review I have read so far comes from the notable Adele. Adele is a [...]
