Lisa Hill
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'Ambassador' for Australian Literature (but reading from everywhere else as well). Not tolerant of tweets about sport.
One more week to go and I'll be finished The Divine Comedy! anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/17/t...
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1984 translation by Mark Musa, 1985 Penguin Edition, #15 Paradiso, Cantos 17-24
Well here we are at the end of another week of Shed Hell, we have four days left to get the last of the stuff out of the shed (and have of course left the hardest stuff till last) and I haven’…
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January 17, 2026 at 9:40 AM
One more week to go and I'll be finished The Divine Comedy! anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/17/t...
For #SpeccyFicChal hosted by Book'd Out at bookdout.wordpress.com I read Saturation by William Lane
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Saturation (2025), by William Lane
William Lane’s sixth novel Saturation (2025) was such an interesting book for the 2026 Speccy Fiction challenge hosted by Book’d Out. Ambrose and Ursula, two librarians, strive to have…
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January 14, 2026 at 8:05 AM
For #SpeccyFicChal hosted by Book'd Out at bookdout.wordpress.com I read Saturation by William Lane
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Spell the Month in Books on the theme of New, in which I celebrate the ways in which we discover authors new to us.
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Spell the Month in Books January 2026
Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month, but that’s the day for #6Degrees, so here we are, a week later instead. This month’…
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January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Spell the Month in Books on the theme of New, in which I celebrate the ways in which we discover authors new to us.
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#JanuaryInJapan: Was Sensei, like Oblomov, a 'superfluous man'? anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/12/k...
Kokoro (1914), by Natsume Soseki, translated by Edwin McClellan
I’m the first to admit that it takes a certain amount of chutzpah to share my thoughts about Kokoro because I haven’t read much J-Lit, and — with the exception of Death by Water (2009) …
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January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
#JanuaryInJapan: Was Sensei, like Oblomov, a 'superfluous man'? anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/12/k...
Despite some domestic travails, I'm on the home run with The Divine Comedy: anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/10/t...
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1984 translation by Mark Musa, 1985 Penguin Edition, #14 Paradiso, Cantos 9-16
It’s been a quiet week on the blog due to a domestic crisis involving the drinks fridge. For the benefit of readers overseas, the Australian drinks fridge is a small fridge that supplements …
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January 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Despite some domestic travails, I'm on the home run with The Divine Comedy: anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/10/t...
Authors of novellas and Short NF: Entries for the 20/40 Prize for 2026 will close on the 31st of January. Details and Guidelines here:
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20/40 - Finlay Lloyd Publications
HomeShortlist 2025Winners 2025Past WinnersPublishing Prize— 2026 —Submissions OpenSubmissions to the 20/40 Prize of 2026 are now open, closing January 31st. View our Competition Guidelines to learn mo...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Authors of novellas and Short NF: Entries for the 20/40 Prize for 2026 will close on the 31st of January. Details and Guidelines here:
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@maorthofer.bsky.social HI Michael, I'd love to know your thoughts about this: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/28/h...
House of All Nations (1938), by Christina Stead
What on earth can I tell you about Christina Stead’s Doorstopper House of All Nations that hasn’t already been said by the very small number of people who have read it? It’s big, …
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January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
@maorthofer.bsky.social HI Michael, I'd love to know your thoughts about this: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/28/h...
My first non-fiction book of 2026 was sobering, but enlightening reading. Crash of the Heavens, the Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and the Only Military Mission to Rescue Europe's Jews During World War II, by Douglas Century. anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/05/c...
Crash of the Heavens (2025), by Douglas Century
My first non-fiction book of 2026 was sobering, but enlightening reading. Subtitled The Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and the Only Military Mission to Rescue Europe’s Jews During World Wa…
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January 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
My first non-fiction book of 2026 was sobering, but enlightening reading. Crash of the Heavens, the Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and the Only Military Mission to Rescue Europe's Jews During World War II, by Douglas Century. anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/05/c...
I'm late for #6Degrees: anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/04/s...
Six Degrees of Separation, from The Discarded Image…
This month’s #6Degrees, hosted by Kate at Books are My Favourite and Best, begins with a wildcard: our last book from last month’s #6Degrees. For me, that begins with The Discarded Ima…
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January 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I'm late for #6Degrees: anzlitlovers.com/2026/01/04/s...
My last review for 2025: Shirley Hazzard, a Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/31/s...
Shirley Hazzard, A Writing Life (2022), by Brigitta Olubas
Shirley Hazzard is one of my favourite authors, so I was delighted with this Christmas gift from The Offspring: Shirley Hazzard, A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas. But I was a bit put off by some…
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December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My last review for 2025: Shirley Hazzard, a Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/31/s...
It's much easier to read a novel for #DoorstoppersInDecember if it becomes a page-turner in the second half: Booker nominee Flashlight by Susan Choi
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Flashlight (2025), by Susan Choi
I really did enjoy romping through Susan Choi’s Flashlight after reading Christina Stead’s (literally) heavyweight House of All Nations. It was a bit of a dash because it was due back …
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December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It's much easier to read a novel for #DoorstoppersInDecember if it becomes a page-turner in the second half: Booker nominee Flashlight by Susan Choi
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I've done it! Christina Dead's House of All Nations is 832 pages and I've just scraped into #DoorstoppersInDecember by three days.
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House of All Nations (1938), by Christina Stead
What on earth can I tell you about Christina Stead’s Doorstopper House of All Nations that hasn’t already been said by the very small number of people who have read it? It’s big, …
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December 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I've done it! Christina Dead's House of All Nations is 832 pages and I've just scraped into #DoorstoppersInDecember by three days.
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And so we come to the end of the Purgatorio in Dante's Divine Comedy: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/27/t...
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1981 translation by Mark Musa, 1985 Penguin Edition, #12 Purgatory, Cantos 30-33
Following on from my previous posts about the Purgatorio, we continue on from Canto 29… but only four cantos this week because the festive season is upon us. Canto XXX Will there be lovely music in…
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December 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
And so we come to the end of the Purgatorio in Dante's Divine Comedy: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/27/t...
Best wishes for the festive season!
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Best wishes for the festive season, everyone, and all the best for 2026!
Best wishes to everyone for the festive season! We are a secular family, but every year my father’s Christmas Crib makes an appearance on the mantelpiece. He was secular too, and his woodwor…
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December 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Best wishes for the festive season!
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Coming up to the end of Dante's Purgatorio: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/20/t...
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1981 translation by Mark Musa, 1985 Penguin Edition, #11 Purgatory, Cantos 24-29
Following on from my previous posts about the Purgatorio, we continue on from Canto 23… Canto XXIV We’re still in the Sixth Terrace of the Gluttonous, where the sinners expiate their sins thr…
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December 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Coming up to the end of Dante's Purgatorio: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/20/t...
ANZ LitLovers Best Books of the Year: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/18/2...
2025 ANZLitLovers Australian and New Zealand Best Books of the Year
The awards season is over and once again Australian authors may be feeling disappointed. Maybe they’ve scanned Kate’s annual Best Books of 2025 List of Lists at My Favourite and Best w…
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December 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ANZ LitLovers Best Books of the Year: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/18/2...
Does anybody know how to subscribe to www.ontheprize.co.uk/blog?
Or how to get in touch with its author, to let him know that we'd like to do so?
Or how to get in touch with its author, to let him know that we'd like to do so?
All The Booker Prize Winners Ranked & Reviewed — Eyes on the Prize
I'm reading all the Booker winners in order and writing about them as I do. Join me to discuss and share your own opinions!
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December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Does anybody know how to subscribe to www.ontheprize.co.uk/blog?
Or how to get in touch with its author, to let him know that we'd like to do so?
Or how to get in touch with its author, to let him know that we'd like to do so?
Another from the Gordon Burn Prize longlist: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/18/t...
TonyInterruptor (2025), by Nicola Barker
Ah, serendipity! This was the book I needed at this time: it felt so good to laugh. Nicola Barker’s satire TonyInterruptor begins with a simple premise, announced in the first lines of the no…
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December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another from the Gordon Burn Prize longlist: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/18/t...
Another nominee for the Gordon Burn prize: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/16/a...
A Room Above a Shop (2025), by Anthony Shapland
Anthony Shapland’s A Room Above a Shop is another novel longlisted for the £10,000 Gordon Burn Prize, a prize which recognises exceptional writing which has an unconventional perspective, sty…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Another nominee for the Gordon Burn prize: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/16/a...
Dante gets an extra guide:
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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1981 translation by Mark Musa, 1985 Penguin Edition, #10 Purgatory, Cantos 17-23
Following on from my previous posts about the Purgatorio, we continue on from Canto 16… Canto XVII So… that alarming fog at the end of Canto XVI turns out to be … just smoke and fog whi…
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December 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Dante gets an extra guide:
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Whites Can Dance Too, was more about techno music than I ever expected to encounter: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/13/w...
Whites Can Dance Too (2017, first English edition 2025), by Kalaf Epalanga, translated by Daniel Hahn
Browsing the catalogue in Africana specialists Clarke’s Bookshop in Cape Town South Africa (which I discovered by way of Aldous Huxley), I bought this novel on the strength of its enticing bo…
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December 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Whites Can Dance Too, was more about techno music than I ever expected to encounter: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/13/w...
Give a booklover a literary biography of an author they love: #SpelltheMonthInBooks
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Spell the Month in Books December 2025
Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month, but that’s the day for #6Degrees, so here we are, a week later instead. This month’…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Give a booklover a literary biography of an author they love: #SpelltheMonthInBooks
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Reposted by Lisa Hill
New review: 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑥 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑘𝑜𝑝𝑓: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑠, by Jonas Kreppel www.complete-review.com/reviews/yidd...
Adventures of Max Spitzkopf - Jonas Kreppel
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Adventures of Max Spitzkopf by Jonas Kreppel.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New review: 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑥 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑧𝑘𝑜𝑝𝑓: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑠, by Jonas Kreppel www.complete-review.com/reviews/yidd...
Another VPLA shortlist, another disappointment: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/10/2...
2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Shortlists
These are the standout 2025 novels ignored by the judges of the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The VPLA wastes the opportunity to showcase more authors and books by not publishing …
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December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Another VPLA shortlist, another disappointment: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/10/2...