2014 – My Year in Books
It’s that time of year when the blogosphere, literary journals and newspapers are full of lists of best books of 2014. So, for what it’s worth, here’s a list of (almost) everything I’ve read this year for pleasure. The comments are simply whatever small note I made (or didn’t make) in my reading journal. I…
The Fictional Woman by Tara Moss
Tara Moss has released a memoir, The Fictional Woman. She opens with some frightening facts: Women comprise 50.2 per cent of Australia’s population but as of 2014 they make up less than one-third of all parliamentarians and occupy roughly 5 per cent of all Cabinet positions. About 70 per cent of front-page by-lines in Australian…