A Strong Belief in Wicker

I recently listened to Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel . He held my attention for most of it, but he really grabbed me when he descr...

My latest in car listening has been to the totally wonderful Mere Mortals. A series of retrospective medical musings on famous people in h...

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a fabulous weekly meme hosted by  Bermuda Onion , where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in o...

Should I admit that I wasn't looking forward to reading this book? Probably not. My lack of desire to read Caddie was mainly based o...

I didn't know a lot about this book before I picked it up at the library. I knew that it had been an Honour Book in the Children...

We don't really celebrate Halloween in Australia. Traditionally we haven't anyway. There are moves by supermarkets and other stores ...

Reading every Shaun Tan book is such a wonderful experience. Earlier this year I read and loved  The Lost Thing , and most recently I...