Savidge Reads at the Man Booker Prize 2018
October 16, 2018 4:41 pm So I was a total hobbyist and let the second half of the year go by and got a lot … Read more
Book Reviews
Grey Boy Book Review – The Literary Edit
After the last Bondi Literary Salon of the year discussing Maggie O’Farrell’s undeniable Hamnet, I bought a copy of Greyboy by Cole Brown. I had … Read more
Do you notice how far you are from your recent perception? – Reader Witch
I’ve read some reviews that I wrote a few months ago and although I remember writing them and remembering feeling satisfied with the final texts, … Read more
The Women’s Prize Longlist 2019
March 4, 2019 12:07 pm What better excuse to break the cobwebs of this blog than by announcing the 2019 longlist, which is probably my … Read more
Desert Island Books – Cole Brown
I was lucky enough to meet Cole Brown on the day I finished his brilliant memoir, Greyboy. I was on my way to Gertrude & … Read more
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell – Reader Witch
Genre: surreal patchwork. ⭐️Stars from Goodreads: 3.8. ⭐️Stars from me: 4 mainly, but 1.5 for the last part. About the book Nothing about The Old … Read more
The Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2019
April 28, 2019 11:03 pm It is here! The longest of sixteen books I mentioned last month (when I mentioned blowing the cobwebs off on … Read more
Greenlights Book Review – The Literary Edit
By the end of 2020 it seemed that almost everywhere I went someone was reading or talking about Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. People were leafing … Read more
H. P. Lovecraft. What am I doing wrong? – Reader Witch
I love all the dark things in literature. I like scary and deep and difficult. I am okay with slow readings. I like to think, … Read more