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  Picnic at Mount Disappointment A Novel by Melissa Bruce Published by Ginninderra Press 2017         ISBN 978-1-76041-303-3 Cover Photograph by Brooke Shaden Winner of the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for Fiction 2017         “A verse novel that charmed in a matter ofstanzas.  Surprising character development, witty and originalobservations, honest representation of a […]

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Illustration © 2007 Elise Hurst So… yes… if anyone held their breath  since the last Blog, I’m awfully sorry that you ran out of air. I understand you will not be reading this. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how anyone is simultaneously able to stay current with their online Virtual Life AND […]

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‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,  Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’ Hamlet, Shakespeare 1.5.167-8 Unaccustomed as I am to blogging… and clearly a late starter, though no less enthusiastic, (time permitting… yes, this may be the first and last), I hesitate to decide on an opening topic. Which tone, what mood and subject matter would […]