Wine & Words Wednesday 17/05/17

Just look at that beautifully balanced date (I'm a bit weird like that, I love dates that are balanced in some way of another). Let us celebrate with a bottle of wine and a great book. Just because. Today's wine is brought to you by a favourite South Australian winery, Bird in Hand. Looking for a …

Wine & Words Wednesday 03/05/17

Wine & Words Wednesday has arrived and not a moment too soon! This week is has an important accompaniment: cheese. All the cheese and for good reason, I promise (I mean, is cheese ever a bad idea? I think not). This Wednesday's wine of the week comes from McLaren Vale favourite Coriole Vineyards. Coriole is located …

Wine & Words Wednesday 19/04/17

Easter has just ended for another year. A weekend of family, friend, drinks and too much food. Time for a detox? Definitely not. Another Wednesday, another bottle of wine. This week embarrassingly enough I have already drained the bottle I wanted to discuss. Proof that it is a great drop? Most definitely. What wine am …

The Stella Prize 2017

I learnt something this week. Two of the most notable literary prizes in Australia are the Miles Franklin Award, celebrating literary meriting novels that depict phases of Australian life, and the Stella Prize for exemplary literary works by Australian women. What I did know was that both these awards are celebrating the same person. Stella …

Wine & Words Wednesday 05/04/17

It's my favourite day, once again. Wine & words Wednesday is here again and I have my glass in hand and bottle opened and ready to go. Once again we are travelling to the Clare Valley to Shut The Gate Wines. I have described this winery several times already so I'll spare you the long spiel …

Women of Writers Week

Despite writers week and International Women's day both being a distant memory, I feel compelled to write a post about my amazing experience of listening to so many amazing and inspiring women tackling relevant cultural issues in their fiction. Melina Marchetta, an old favourite author of mine tackles the very relevant issue of Islamophobia in …

Wine & Words Wednesday 22/03/17

Wine Wednesday is here again, lets do a little happy dance and proceed to cracking a bottle. What am I cracking today? Well, a pretty special bottle in my opinion. Hahndorf Hill Winery is a boutique winery just outside the historic town of Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. This is a beautiful winery that uses sustainable practices …

Writers Week Wisdom

Gosh, I love alliteration! Can you tell? Recently Adelaide played host to Adelaide Writers Week, part of the annual Adelaide Festival, so I packed up my bags, took some annual leave and went on down to the beautiful Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden. Let me set the scene for you: despite the calendar switching over to autumn …

Wine & Words Wednesday 08/03/17

Wine & Words Wednesday is back! Crack a bottle to celebrate and join the party. I know you are just as excited as I am so lets get straight into it. What wine am I introducing you to today? Well I'm glad you asked. We are returning to a recent favourite with Shut The Gate. Shut …

Unexpected Hiatus

So it's March? Where have I been the last two months? Well, gosh, even I don't know where time has gone. All I can say is after a big year of reading 103 books, writing 132 blog posts and foraying into bookstagram I finished the year tired and worn out. So tired and worn out …