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Author Archives: angelasavage
Review: The Betrayal
I can imagine YA Erskine’s second novel The Betrayal becoming one for the water cooler. It has the potential to polarise readers, some seeing the betrayal of the title as one cop’s betrayal of her colleagues by bringing rape charges … Continue reading
On being a writer and mother
‘I felt guilty but I still put my art and my life in front of my family.’ So says artist John Wolseley of his decision to leave England and his two small sons to move to Australia to paint (GoodWeekend, … Continue reading
Posted in Working mother
Tagged books, Edgar Degas, John Wolseley, Mothers Day, Virginia Woolf, women writers, work-life balance, writer and mother
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Review: In Her Blood
‘Everyone is hooked on something,’ says the back cover blurb of Annie Hauxwell’s debut novel In Her Blood. I quickly became hooked on this novel. That said, I don’t believe the back cover blurb does it justice. Hauxwell herself offers … Continue reading
Review: Running Dogs
Despite Indonesia’s proximity and its intense, at times turbulent relationship with Australia, relatively few Australian novels are set there, with the notable exception of Christopher Koch’s 1978 award winning The Year of Living Dangerously [made into one of my all-time … Continue reading
Touch of the Irish
It started with Steve Earle‘s one man show at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Steve introduced one instrument he was playing as the bouzouki. ‘It’s a Greek instrument,’ he said, ‘but I play it Irish-style. The Irish have a long tradition … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews & Interviews
Tagged Boardwalk Empire, Bobby Sands, Hunger, Irish music, Shane MacGowan, Steve Earle, The Pogues
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Spotlight on Wendy James
Wendy James’ fifth book The Mistake was released to critical acclaim in March this year. Her first novel, Out of the Silence, won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Book, making her one of only five women to … Continue reading
Children’s Book Festival 2012
The Children’s Book Festival is aptly named, being a celebration of children’s books and in the tradition of all good festivals, having so much on offer as to make it impossible to do justice to it all. When I read out the … Continue reading
Review: The Wreckage
The Wreckage is an explosive thriller, stylish and pacy, with the sort of literary flourishes I don’t often encounter in this genre – such as this one, which has stayed with me since I read it: “Kunther draws on his … Continue reading
World’s first novel written by a woman
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2012 I’d like to honour Murasaki Shikibu, the woman believed to be the world’s first novelist. Murasaki Shikibu wrote her novel The Tale of Genji in the eleventh century between about 1000-1012. To put this in … Continue reading
Review: Comeback
Comeback is the 35th novel Peter Corris has written featuring Sydney-based PI Cliff Hardy since the first, The Dying Trade, was published in 1980. There are also two collections of short stories, ‘Cliff Hardy Cases’. Comeback opens with a quote from British boxer … Continue reading
