Who am I?

I’m a reader, filmgoer, concertgoer living downunder – in the bush capital. I have been blogging since May 2009. My on-line booklife began in the mid-1990s when I joined several internet bookgroups, but this blog is now my prime on-line book presence. I am also a member of two face-to-face reading groups (one of which is a Jane Austen group). I like writing – not fiction but just putting thoughts on paper (or screen as the case may be) – which is why I decided to give blogging a go. It felt a bit self-indulgent. I wondered who on earth would want to read what I wrote, but realised that no-one else needed to read my blog.  So, I went ahead and indulged myself.

Also, I believe it is important to keep up with modern communication technologies as we get older. One day it may be hard to get out and about. Electronic communications will be my way into the world. I don’t want to be left behind…

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My main focus is book reviews but I occasionally stray into other areas of literature and even further into other topics of cultural interest (to me) such as music and film. I’m hoping that maintaining this blog will help keep dementia at bay – not only through the actual brain effort used to write it but by helping me remember what I thought in the past. Next time someone asks me “What did you think of The slap?”, I’ll be able to answer (at least, I will after I have a quick squizz at my blog post!)

I am also on the team behind the Australian Women Writers’ Challenge, with responsibility for the Literary and Classics areas. If you’re interested in writing by Aussie women, past and present, and in a wide range of forms and genres, Do check us out.

POSTSCRIPT: My first post, which explains my name, is now well lost in the mists of time. If you’d like to know where my name comes from, click here. Sorry, if that wasn’t very exciting, but there it is!

To contact me, please email me at wg1775[at]gmail[dot]com …