http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council Your issues, ideas, insights Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3390 Cathy Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:30:03 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3390 Pater Carey. He captures Australia and Australians in ways no other does. Pater Carey. He captures Australia and Australians in ways no other does.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3388 Terry Clift Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:11:00 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3388 Stieg Larsson. His books are the quintessential example of thriller/mystery writing. His character portraits are superb and he manages to maintain the reader's interest through 3 consecutive books. It's a great pity we won't see any more from him. Stieg Larsson. His books are the quintessential example of thriller/mystery writing. His character portraits are superb and he manages to maintain the reader’s interest through 3 consecutive books. It’s a great pity we won’t see any more from him.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3385 Jeanell Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:00:55 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3385 David Malouf. His writing is moving and elegant, but so simple. Poetry and prose together. David Malouf. His writing is moving and elegant, but so simple. Poetry and prose together.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3384 Judy Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:28:50 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3384 Tom Keneally is always good value and this is embossed with his uncanny ability to appear to write from his heart as well as his head. Tom Keneally is always good value and this is embossed with his uncanny ability to appear to write from his heart as well as his head.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3383 Bonson Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:28:34 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3383 Some people say you have to have big complex words and imagery to be a great writer, but sometimes these big words get in the way of feeling the story, the character, and the subtleties of being in the moment. When you read Haruki Murakami's stories you aren’t transfixed by the words or the wordplay. The words themselves become almost invisible, like listening to a symphony where you forget the notes or the instruments, but be transported by the moods and emotions to another place, like some childhood memory that has been awoken from a deep sleep. Some people say you have to have big complex words and imagery to be a great writer, but sometimes these big words get in the way of feeling the story, the character, and the subtleties of being in the moment. When you read Haruki Murakami’s stories you aren’t transfixed by the words or the wordplay. The words themselves become almost invisible, like listening to a symphony where you forget the notes or the instruments, but be transported by the moods and emotions to another place, like some childhood memory that has been awoken from a deep sleep.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3382 mOnika Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:46:50 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3382 Michael Leunig was a heart opening experience at Stanton Library never to be forgotten. He has the authentic honesty and humour of truly humane beings and is a real treasure. Australia can be proud of having produced such a human being. Michael Leunig was a heart opening experience at Stanton Library never to be forgotten. He has the authentic honesty and humour of truly humane beings and is a real treasure. Australia can be proud of having produced such a human being.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3381 David Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:58:18 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3381 Peter FitzSimons. Entertaining, honest, tells it like it is, great family story. Peter FitzSimons. Entertaining, honest, tells it like it is, great family story.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3380 John Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:38:41 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3380 Charles Dickens, because his writing is so definitive and descriptive. It is writing applicable for all time periods. Charles Dickens, because his writing is so definitive and descriptive. It is writing applicable for all time periods.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3379 Kate Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:12:02 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3379 Caroline Jones. Moving memoir of her father- very honest and compassionate. Caroline Jones. Moving memoir of her father- very honest and compassionate.

]]> http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3378 Ellen Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:11:23 +0000 http://www.northsydneyblogs.com/council/?p=42#comment-3378 John Shelby Spong. Here is a cleric who retaines a deep faith in the face of a realistic view of scriptures. John Shelby Spong. Here is a cleric who retaines a deep faith in the face of a realistic view of scriptures.

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