Staff faves...March 2023
Published on 02 March 2023
Kate loved Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History.
This is a quick-witted and quirky account of the badass women who contributed to our great nation, but were sadly left out of the records for the most part (thanks patriarchy). If you enjoy history, humour and heroines, this is the book for you!
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Kate has also read the 60th anniversary edition of Judith Wright’s ‘Birds’.
A collection of her poems observing and celebrating our feathered friends. Wright was one of Australia’s most celebrated poets, however she was also a conservationist and campaigner for Aboriginal rights. Definitely a lady worthy of celebrating on IWD.
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On Kate’s to read list is Julia Gillard’s ‘Not now, not ever’.
Ten years on from her famous ‘misogyny’ speech, Gillard and a host of other women examine the history and current culture around sexism and misogyny and see where feminism is taking us next.
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Amanda recommends:
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose
A gorgeous read! ‘Life is a process of forgiveness for the choices we make in order to be ourselves.’
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The Quiet Girl
A delicate and reflective film, exquisitely shot in rural Ireland, with Gaelic language weaved into the landscape and home lives of a poor and trammelled woman and her little family of many hungry girls. A powerful paean to gentleness, love and tenacity.
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Diana’s Wedding
About ‘the world’s worst parents not even trying to do their best’ Norwegian style. So funny. A woman with a big heart and prone to making a mess of things.
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Lulu listened to The Alice Network by Kate Quinn.
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Jessie really loved Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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Jann just finished reading The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland and really loved it!
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BJ is listening to and loving Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
Wise-cracking Kerry Salter has spent a lifetime avoiding two things—her hometown and prison. But now her Pop is dying and she's an inch away from the lockup, so she heads south on a stolen Harley. Gritty and darkly hilarious, Too Much Lip offers redemption and forgiveness where none seems possible.
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BJ recently read Stone Blind: Medusa’s Story by Natalie Haynes
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Claire is listening to Cut by Susan White
A fictional story about female surgeons in a male dominated hospital.
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Sue loved Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz
Freedom, only Freedom is a profound and compelling read. The author and others critique the Manus Prison system and describe the lives of those incarcerated on Australia’s offshore detention centres, and of the local populations who are imposed upon to oblige the Australian governments demands. At once bleak in the telling of so many distressful and confronting personal stories of the refugees, and in the account of ongoing governmental neglect and persecution, this book is enlightening and I recommend it to anyone interested in social justice, humanity, and the ongoing issues for refugees worldwide.
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Debbie just finished reading the excellent Sulari Gentill mystery series about Rowland Sinclair and his coterie of companions. A combination of historical fiction and non-fiction, these are humorous and very engaging.
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More recently, Sulari Gentill has written a standalone novel called The Woman in the Library, which is available in both print and electronic form.
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Beck is currently juggling two books:
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus eAudiobook on Borrowbox
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The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
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