A fussy baby woke me at 5am and I found that the news of Terry Pratchett’s death came overnight. Hoyden About Town has had several previous threads on Pratchett’s work: Belated Friday Hoydens: The Witches of Lancre, Gratuitous Pratchett Appreciation thread: Crivens!,… Read More ›
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
‘It’s my right to get hellish’…Orly?
Sometimes songs on high rotation are really, really annoying. Here are three of them. Add yours in the comments.
Reminder: Hoyden meetup, Sydney, Sunday March 8
Reminder: Hoyden meetup at the Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe, Opera Quays, East Circular Quay this Sunday (8th March) at 12:00 noon!
2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review – Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
My review of Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
Friday Hoyden: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
“Queen of the gospel and the mother of rock and roll” The person who brought the electric guitar to the popular masses wasn’t Chuck Berry, and it sure wasn’t Bill Haley. It was a woman from Arkansas who saw her… Read More ›
2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge in summary
Summary post for #AWW2015, including how I complied with the various criteria.
Vale Colleen McCullough
I know what I’ll be rereading for the next few weeks.
2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review – Peony by Eileen Chong
My review of Peony by Eileen Chong
2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review – Too Flash by Melissa Lucashenko
My review of Too Flash by Melissa Lucashenko
Hoyden meetup: Sydney, Sunday March 8
Hoyden meetup at the Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe, Opera Quays, East Circular Quay on Sunday 8th March 2015 at 12:00 noon!