tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post7092949352556748408..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: An Australian Reading Listbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-44400347555870361242007-11-30T06:48:00.000+08:002007-11-30T06:48:00.000+08:00anon just attempting a wind-up, argus lou!anon just attempting a wind-up, argus lou!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-81730617132976592982007-11-30T01:15:00.000+08:002007-11-30T01:15:00.000+08:00Ditto here. How many Australian authors has this p...Ditto here. <BR/>How many Australian authors has this person read, I wonder?<BR/><BR/>Start with Peter Carey, Tim Winton, David Malouf, and tell me if they're not good. Man!Argus Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775884960931383435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-34859043624856511532007-11-29T22:16:00.000+08:002007-11-29T22:16:00.000+08:00There're not that many good Australian writers.*so...<I>There're not that many good Australian writers.</I><BR/><BR/>*sound of this blogger choking*bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-59921295008452250592007-11-29T16:24:00.000+08:002007-11-29T16:24:00.000+08:00Sound cool.. free books. Let's see if they're any ...Sound cool.. free books. Let's see if they're any good. There're not that many good Australian writers. I mean I don't see why they don't write something like what you see on "McLeod's Daughters". <BR/><BR/>I mean, you know what I mean, right ? fiction that can be easily described as "Australian", about Australia (or at least Australia's idealized image of itself.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-64675011337090946182007-11-19T23:42:00.000+08:002007-11-19T23:42:00.000+08:00preeta - i really loved tim winton's "dirt music" ...preeta - i really loved tim winton's "dirt music" and am so looking forward to "cloudstreet"bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-10770584673201259402007-11-19T22:47:00.000+08:002007-11-19T22:47:00.000+08:00Er, sorry. Meant to type "read and enjoyed..."Er, sorry. Meant to type "read and enjoyed..."Argus Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775884960931383435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-12761611272651174132007-11-19T22:46:00.000+08:002007-11-19T22:46:00.000+08:00I agree with Preeta regarding 'Cloudstreet'. It's ...I agree with Preeta regarding 'Cloudstreet'. It's a thick tome but one goes through it quickly.<BR/><BR/>Read and enjoy a couple of David Malouf's books, too.<BR/><BR/>"The Magic Pudding" is quaint , er, magical (!).Argus Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775884960931383435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-11705662917588704262007-11-19T19:46:00.000+08:002007-11-19T19:46:00.000+08:00I read Tim Winton's Cloudstreet just a few months ...I read Tim Winton's Cloudstreet just a few months ago and loved it. I devoured it in just a few days -- incredibly strong, poetic writing, and unforgettable characters.<BR/><BR/>-- PreetaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-12836487976488049882007-11-17T16:51:00.000+08:002007-11-17T16:51:00.000+08:00I was at a poetry reading on Thursday night in Dar...I was at a poetry reading on Thursday night in Darlinghurst (to get to which I struggled down Cleveland Street then left into Crown Street) and a young woman with bleached-blonde hair named Tessa said she liked Dorothy Porter very much.<BR/><BR/>Tessa then went on the read a poem she herself wrote, about her father, who could snatch frogs out of the air with one hand.<BR/><BR/>How the frogs got in the air in the first place, however, is a mystery (especially in Sydney).Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-86487107735203729012007-11-16T10:50:00.000+08:002007-11-16T10:50:00.000+08:00Where's The Thorn Birds???Where's The Thorn Birds???Poppadumdumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763910123949254981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-41084780677971609922007-11-15T08:55:00.000+08:002007-11-15T08:55:00.000+08:00I am familiar with Picnic at Hanging Rock as a mov...I am familiar with Picnic at Hanging Rock as a movie.<BR/><BR/>I think The Man from Snowy River was also made into a movie.Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-57977382913070254232007-11-15T06:46:00.000+08:002007-11-15T06:46:00.000+08:00The Australian text that Malaysians (the ones curs...The Australian text that Malaysians (the ones cursed with a longish memory) would also remember is <A HREF="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907EED6143BF930A15753C1A965948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print" REL="nofollow">Turtle Beach</A> by Blanche D'Alpuget, which is set in Malaysia. It caused no fuss upon publication but then got various people here hot and bothered when <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103141/" REL="nofollow">the film adaptation</A> was released abut a decade later, in 1992. Salleh Ben Joned wrote about it in an <A HREF="http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.cfm?SBNum=15364" REL="nofollow">As I Please</A> column.Amir Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com