Tag Archives: books

Laughed at by a kookaburra

Posted on March 10, 2024 by parrot feather

As promised, this week is a reflection on Writers’ Week, and other Festival activities. I was in Adelaide for the whole week, taking a break from Auburn in order to attend WW every day. I really loved it, and felt … Continue reading →

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Tracks

Posted on February 4, 2024 by parrot feather

This week, I have read Robyn Davidson’s memoir, Unfinished Woman. It was published recently, and in it she writes about her life before and after Tracks, that amazing book and story that I, like many others, read in the ’80s. … Continue reading →

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Inscriptions

Posted on September 25, 2022 by parrot feather

Going through old stuff is a complex task, both interesting and challenging. Mostly the latter! One lamentably difficult task of the moment is working through the books that have come out of my sunroom so that it could be painted … Continue reading →

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Ruby nest and Writers Week

Posted on February 28, 2021 by parrot feather

It’s that time of year again! Writers Week is on again, summer is drawing to a close, and the Festival has opened here in Adelaide. I went to Writers Week yesterday – it was a beautiful day, and it was … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on January 18, 2020 by parrot feather

Today is the birthday of AA Milne, writer of Winnie the Pooh, and a glorious day it is too. I hope you are having a happy one!  

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60 books

Posted on July 7, 2019 by parrot feather

Yesterday the final event (more or less) in The Festival of my Birthday (!) was held at Imprints. Instead of a party at home, we had it at one of my favourite places, and instead of pressies for me, I … Continue reading →

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The overseers

Posted on March 9, 2019 by parrot feather

It’s just past the first week of March, Writers’ Week here in Adelaide, and a traditional subject for a blog post – see here and here and here and here and here just for some examples. Looking through the various posts, it’s obvious that the … Continue reading →

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“A book and a friend”

Posted on December 1, 2018 by parrot feather

When I was young I came across a cheesy quotation that of course appealed to me hugely – cheesiness having always been part of my nature – “These choose with prudence, a book and a friend: they should charm at … Continue reading →

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Writing lives, reading lives

Posted on August 4, 2018 by parrot feather

This afternoon I went to a book event at Sophia, the spirituality centre at Cabra, featuring Mag Merrilees (who has featured in this blog many times). It was a lovely event, with readings and talk from Mag about her writing … Continue reading →

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Celebrations (Part 2 – The Book Launch)

Posted on April 14, 2018 by parrot feather

Yesterday was another great opportunity to celebrate, this time the release of Mag Merrilees’ new book Big Rough Stones. Mag has featured here before, at least once at another book launch, and this was similarly a fantastic, warm, celebratory community … Continue reading →

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