Category Archives: I Read
The Wandering Years…
Scouring through a second-hand bookshop in Adelaide over the summer, my fingers stopped when they reached a book covered and bound entirely in orange. I picked it up – The Wandering Years by Cecil Beaton.
The Casual Cyclist’s Guide – Melbourne
First published in Onya Magazine, on February 6th, 2012. The Casual Cyclist’s Guide Melbourne is a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate guidebook to one of hipster Melbourne’s favourite pastimes – cycling casually. The book is about the city of Melbourne and the bike; an ode to using one to enjoy the other. Featuring routes and rides, practical advice [...]
Home: Evolution of an Australian Dream
First published in Onya Magazine, on February 1st, 2012. Home: Evolution of the Australian Dream is an illustrated review of housing in Australia. It doesn’t sound very exciting. But the truth is, it’s a pretty engaging and interesting read. We all live somewhere and this book has all types of homes covered. From the 18th Century onwards, it covers trends and [...]
Book 7: A Life in Frocks
Last week I read: A Life in Frocks by Kelly Doust For as long as she can remember, Kelly Doust has been passionate about clothes. She is a complete frockaholic – addicted to clothes and trends and fashion – and someone that plans her life by her wardrobe and via glossy magazines. Doust’s memoir isn’t [...]
Book 6: A Guide To Australian Etiquette
First published in Onya Magazine on March 23rd, 2011. Last week I read: A Guide To Australian Etiquette by Ita Buttrose In this updated edition of her classic, Ita Buttrose, AO, OBE, sets the record straight in her latest, and tenth, book; A Guide To Australian Etiquette. “Times may have changed but good manners never [...]
Book 5: The Thoughtful Dresser
Last week I read: The Thoughtful Dresser by Linda Grant As soon as I saw Linda Grant’s book on the shelf at Melbourne’s Reader’s Feast, I knew it was going to be a book that resonated with the very core of me. The Thoughtful Dresser is about clothes, fashion, how and why we dress the [...]
Book 4: A Golden Age of Freedom
Last week I read: A Golden Age of Freedom by Rupert Murdoch. A Golden Age of Freedom was the title of the Boyer Lecture Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, delivered in 2008, and is now the title of the ABC printed transcript of that lecture. And what a lecture it is – [...]
Book 3: I Remember Nothing
This week I read: I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron. I love Nora Ephron. I love her because I occasionally see a little bit of myself in her. I love her because I sometimes want to be like her. And because if I end up like her I won’t be in any way disappointed. I [...]
Book 2: La Bella Lingua
This week I read: La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales. It’s about the author’s love affair with the Italian language, what she calls, “the most enchanting language in the world.” And it’s a slightly different tale of foreigner falling in love with a European country, because this one features the romantic, as well as the [...]
Book 1: Summer at Tiffany
One thing I resolved to do this year was read a book a week. I’ve always loved reading. And as a writer, reading is imperative. Reading as much as you can. Whenever you can. And a good mix of it too. I strongly believe that if you want to write well, you need to read [...]
