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Book Review: Into the Abyss by Anthony David

July 1, 2020 by Caroline Barron Leave a Comment

This review first appeared in Otago Daily Times, 13 June 2020.

Filed Under: Blog Posts Tagged With: Anthony David, book review, Into the Abyss, psychology

Auckland Writers Festival: Hope in the Faces of Strangers: Tim Winton

May 26, 2015 by Caroline Barron Author 3 Comments

Before seeing Tim Winton at the Auckland Writers Festival, if I’d seen him walking down the street I’d have pegged him as an aging surfer dude. And maybe tried to sell him drugs. Not really. But apparently that often happens to him.

“Most people expect clever symmetry in life. But most people die mid-sentence” – Tim Winton.

Image credit: Hank Kordas
Image credit: Hank Kordas

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Filed Under: Blog Posts Tagged With: Auckland Writers Festival, book review, Broome, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music, iron ore mining, lost manuscript, magic, Tim Winton, Western Australia

Auckland Writers Festival: Writing Tips and Orgies with Amy Bloom

May 16, 2015 by Caroline Barron Author Leave a Comment

Amy Bloom. Image copyright Caroline Barron 2015
Amy Bloom. Image copyright Caroline Barron 2015

To look at Amy Bloom you might not guess she once went on ‘A Cruise to Nowhere’ with 40 cross dressers and their wives. You also might not guess she has been a barmaid, a psychotherapist and the server of canapés and drinks (carafes of vodka) to the Yiddish Opera cast.

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Filed Under: Blog Posts Tagged With: A Cruise to Nowhere, Amy Bloom, Auckland Writers Festival, Away, book review, Lucky Us, Normal, Silver Water, story seeds, Wesleyan, Yale

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