by Marisa Wikramanayake | Aug 27, 2014 | Round-ups
Ok, here’s the obligatory Game of Thrones joke: Winter is not coming. Winter has come and will soon be gone. Right. Now let’s never mention this again. On to the main event. Picture this: tropical weather, verdant green as far as the eye can see and a gin...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Jun 29, 2014 | Round-ups
It’s now halfway through the year at Australian Women Writers and while we have all dabbled happily in fiction of all forms and genres, some of us want something based not in worlds woven for our pleasure but more in the reality we know and experience right now....
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Jun 26, 2014 | Round-ups
Dear readers, I have a confession to make. I am not such a geek goddess after all. In my haste to entertain you and entice you to read more, I forgot that we keep track of all our reviews using not just the handy dandy list that I usually look at but also a...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | May 16, 2014 | Interviews
A fan once told Marianne de Pierres that she was getting a tattoo of her book title because it was what turned her onto reading. It’s not surprising that she engenders such a reaction from a large loyal fanbase – the first time I met her was at a...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Apr 23, 2014 | Round-ups
Come, come, come, dear reader. Here’s a hand outstretched to you because you won’t believe the words (and worlds) we have fallen into over the last two months. We have a rabbit hole (or seven) to find. Forget the gloves, you may need hankies. If you...