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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Books I read in August

August Books
Chime: Franny Billingsley 
Another great YA novel from this author, I was so glad to find more from her as The Folk Keeper is a favourite of mine. Here again we have fairies or Folk but they are a part of the landscape and just want their stories to be told.
find it here

Raven Flight: Juliet Marillier
Book 2. I am  really enjoying this series. Love the interactions with the Folk.

Dancing on Knives: Kate Forsyth
A good yarn, with some Little Mermaid references, I enjoyed it but found it did not have the same resonance and depth as Bitter Greens or The Wild Girl. But still well worth the read.

Finding Serendipity: Angelica Banks ( Heather Rose and Danielle Wood)
A wonderful older children’s book about the magical nature of writing a novel in which you have to travel to the place in which that novel occurs. There were some truly delightful ideas here.
Heather Rose wrote one of my favourite books The River Wife here

The Winter Sea: Di Morrisey
Not a bad yarn, set on the coast south of Sydney, about leaving a marriage and finding yourself.

The Wish List: Jane Costello
Emma is about to turn 30 when she finds a wish list written at 15. I nice fun read.

Lighthouse Bay: Kimberley Freeman
Another novel set by the Australian Beach, this has a nice contrast between 1901 and 2011.

Non Fiction

Personal Geographies: Jill K Berry

How to make maps of any idea. I particularly liked the heart map of Islands.

I am currently in the midst of several non-fiction books that I will list as I finish them.

Disclaimer: Some of the links go to the Book Depository with whom I have an Affiliated Link  and so get 10% of the price you pay if you purchase through that link. Where the book is currently no longer  available there the links go to booko.com.au which is a favourite site that will show you where books are available and at what price. I do not get anything from here.


All the books I read this month were library books

Monday, August 25, 2014

Workshop in Perth

I will be teaching a 1 day workshop
Simple Paint and A Tape Bound Book 
for The City of Stirling
 in Perth October 25th

For more info
go here
you will need to scroll down 
to find me

x te

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Whats on Etsy?


Wait

Hope

Begin


Believe

Fate

5 new pieces in my Etsy Shop
The Art work is 150 x 150 mm or 6 x 6 in
With mount it is 215 x 215 mm or 8 x 8 in

They are all encaustic on watercolour paper
Mounted on Khadi Paper

All have a loose connection to the Story of Sleeping Beauty

x te


Monday, August 18, 2014

Books I read in July

This is a list of books that I read and enjoyed in July

Fiction

The Aviators Wife Melanie Benjamin
A fictionalised account of the life of Anne Morrow Windberg
I thoroughly enjoyed this which lead to the next book by the same author


Alice I have Been: Melanie Benjamin
A fictionalised account of the life of Alice Liddell who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland


North Child: Edith Pattou
Based on the story East of the Sun and West of the Moon, an Animal Husband tale


A story of a woman striking out on her own and moving to an island

Shadowfell: Juliet Marillier
Book 1

The Long Mars: Stephen Baxter and Terry Prachet

Book 3

The links are all to the Book Depository with whom I have an affiliate link