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• Ever had a sneaking suspicion you might be in a Jane Austen novel?

  By Mindy on 2014-05-28 • ( 14 )

  

  Do you ever wonder if you are living in a novel?

• Quick Hit: Angry = Awesome

  By Mindy on 2014-04-10 • ( 5 )

  

  Some great angry writing from feminists.

• Quick Hit: Have you cried today?

  By Mindy on 2014-04-09 • ( 2 )

  

  If not, go and read bluemilk’s latest for Daily Life. Have a tissue or forty handy. TW: involves a snake.  

• 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge: challenge complete

  By Mindy on 2014-04-03

  

  Stella Longlist 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge completed.

• Menopause – is it all down to the blokes?

  By Mindy on 2014-04-02 • ( 15 )

  

  There was an interesting article in the Guardian a couple of days ago about the biological reasons for menopause. I have not read the studies that this story is based on, so commenters with more knowledge of this stuff please… Read More ›

• #AWW Book Review: Questions of Travel

  By Mindy on 2014-03-29

  

  #AWW2014 Book Review: Questions of Travel by Michelle de Krester.

• #AWW Book Review: Mateship with Birds

  By Mindy on 2014-03-12 • ( 1 )

  

  Mateship with Birds was reviewed for the 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge.

• #AWW 2014 Book Review: The People Smuggler

  By Mindy on 2014-03-10

  

  Book review of The People Smuggler: the true story of Ali Al Jenabi, the ‘Oskar Schindler of Asia’.

• #AWW2014 Book Review: The Mind of a Thief

  By Mindy on 2014-02-24 • ( 2 )

  

  Book review of The Mind of a Thief by Patti Miller for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2014.

• #AWW2014 Book Review: The Sunlit Zone by Lisa Jacobson

  By Mindy on 2014-02-12 • ( 1 )

  

  Australian Women Writers Challenge 2014 book review: The Sunlit Zone by Lisa Jacobson